January 14, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
A woman is charged with bringing a coffee pot to the jail containing pot (marijuana).
23-year-old Caitlin Lynn Clouse of Students Home Road is charged with bringing contraband into a penal institution. Her bond is $3,500 and she will be in court January 23.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on January 4 Clouse entered the front office of the jail offering to donate a free coffee pot to the jail annex. Correctional officers took the coffee pot and reported smelling marijuana. They searched the container and found inside a mixture of a green and brown leafy substance believed to be marijuana and tobacco which weighed 78 grams.
A convicted felon has been arrested after accidentally shooting himself with a handgun.
50-year-old Eric Trent Johnson of Joines Road, Smithville is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. His bond is $3,500 and he will be in court January 23.
Sheriff Ray said that on December 24 Johnson, a convicted felon, had possession of a handgun which accidentally discharged, wounding him. Johnson is on state probation on a Cannon County methamphetamine conviction, and he is not supposed to have possession of a weapon.
47-year-old Brandy Mae Murphy of AB Frazier Road is charged with domestic assault. Her bond is $2,500 and she will be in court January 23.
Sheriff Ray said that on January 11 a deputy was summoned to a residence on AB Frazier Road and upon arrival he spoke with Murphy and a man, her alleged victim. Both said they had been arguing over a necklace.
Murphy claimed that the man pushed her out the doorway to the home. He said Murphy scratched his back leaving marks before he moved her away from the door. The officer noticed visible scratch marks on the man’s back.
Witnesses said they saw Murphy grab the man by his neck and back during the argument. She was determined to have been the primary aggressor.
26-year-old Dakoda Lane Vance of Cookeville Highway is charged with two counts of violating bond conditions. His bond is $5,00. Sheriff Ray said that on January 7 Vance allegedly made contact with his victim in a domestic assault case in violation of his bond conditions. The next day, Sheriff Ray said while in jail a correctional officer discovered that Vance had made several phone calls over a period of seven days to the same victim in violation of bond conditions.
35-year-old Kelli Michelle Bess of College Street, Smithville is charged with aggravated assault. Her bond is $5,000 and she will be in court January 23.
Sheriff Ray said that on January 8 a deputy was called to Woodbury Highway, Liberty due to an unwanted guest. Upon arrival the officer spoke with the complainant who reported that Bess came to his home in her white Chevy SUV and pulled into a parking lot extremely quick nearly hitting him with her automobile.