January 2, 2024
By: Kelly Chambers
A 52-year-old man involved in a rollover crash on Midway Road while trying to elude law enforcement last Wednesday, December 27 will be making a court appearance January 18 on a host of drug charges.
Chad Everete Knowles of the Loop Circle, Smithville is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia; possession of a schedule II controlled substance for sale or delivery; possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver; evading arrest; possession of a schedule III drug with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver; simple possession of a schedule VI drug; and a second offense of driving on a revoked license. His bond totals $90,000.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, who investigated the crash, Knowles was traveling west in a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer on Midway Road at a high rate of speed apparently trying to elude a law enforcement officer when he lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a curve and overturned. He was taken by EMS to the hospital.
Sheriff Patrick Ray explained how his department was involved. “A deputy spotted Knowles driving and knowing that he did not have a valid driver license the officer activated his blue lights and siren and got in pursuit but instead of stopping, Knowles accelerated in a reckless manner to avoid arrest. After the crash, the officer searched Knowles’ vehicle and found a black digital scale with drug residue. During a pat down search, the deputy also recovered from Knowles’ pocket a clear baggie containing a single white pill believed to be Hydromorphone along with two other baggies that held a white crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine that weighed 8.59 grams and yet another clear baggie containing eight peach-colored pills thought to be Buprenorphine and 6.2 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. A background check through central dispatch confirmed that Knowles’ driver license was revoked.
64-year-old Robert Earl Nimmons of Tabernacle Road, Smithville is charged under a Grand Jury sealed indictment with three counts of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor under the age of 13. The alleged offenses all occurred on May 1, 2023. His bond is $200,000 and he is to be arraigned in criminal court on January 29.
30-year-old Dillian Tyler Hasty of Oakley Hollow Road, Alexandria is charged with domestic assault and interfering with an emergency call. His bond is $8,000 and he will be in court January 4.
Sheriff Ray said that on December 30 a deputy was summoned to a residence on Oakley Hollow Road due to an active domestic assault in progress. Upon arrival the officer spoke with the victim who reported that she and her husband, Hasty got in a physical confrontation during which she was struck several times in the face. She had visible scratch and red marks on her face and a busted lip. The officer determined that Hasty was the primary aggressor and he was taken into custody for domestic assault. The deputy also learned that when the victim initially called 911 Hasty allegedly grabbed and broke her phone trying to keep her from contacting emergency services. With children having been present during the incident, a referral was made to the state department of children services.