January 3, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
A Silver Point man will be making a court appearance in February for being where he wasn’t supposed to be on Christmas Day.
67 year old Matthew Edwin Riihimaa of Captains Point Road, Silver Point is charged with 2 counts of bond condition violations and one count of violating an order of protection.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on December 25 a deputy was dispatched to a residence on Captain’s Point Road due to an unwanted person complaint. Upon arrival the officer found Riihimaa there along with the woman who has a court order of protection against him. Under the order and bond conditions, Riihimaa is supposed to keep away from this woman. A records check revealed the Riihimaa was also on bond from a previous charge of violating an order of protection due to a domestic assault on November 27. His bond totals $70,000 and he will be in court February 18.
49 year old Scottie Wayne Blalock of Lee Braswell Road, Smithville is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $1,500 and he will be in court January 28.
Sheriff Ray said that on December 27 a deputy was dispatched to the emergency room of the hospital due to a possible domestic incident which occurred at a home on Lee Braswell Road. Upon arrival the officer spoke to a woman who said that she and her boyfriend, Blalock got into an argument and that he punched her in the mouth causing her lip to bleed and stomped on her ankle causing it to swell.
47 year old Shawn Edward Soales of Blue Springs Road, Smithville is charged with a second offense of driving on a suspended license. His court date is January 21.
Sheriff Ray said on December 17 a detective pulled over a green Toyota Camry for a light law violation ( rear taillights not functioning properly). Soales, the driver, did not have a valid license. His license was suspended for failure to appear in Alabama with an action date of January 9, 2012. Soales also committed the same offense and was cited on April 25 2019 in DeKalb County.
41 year old Josh Wayne Gaw of Maxwell Street, Baxter is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $2,500 and his court date January 28.
Sheriff Ray said that on December 18 a deputy was dispatched to a domestic complaint on Smithville Highway. Upon arrival the officer spoke with a woman who said she and her former boyfriend, Gaw were coming home from Baxter when he slapped her and began pulling her hair. She had a red mark on the left side of her face. Gaw was determined to have been the primary aggressor.
44 year old Kevin Mansfield Curtis of White Bluff is charged with 2 counts of sale and delivery of a schedule II drug and is under a $60,000 bond. He was indicted by the grand jury for these offenses on November 24, 2014.