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Pursuit, Drug Violations — A Huntingdon man was arrested following a May 5 police pursuit in Huntingdon.
Andrew Smothers, 32, of 105 Green Valley Road was charged with multiple drug/narcotics and other violations. According to the report by Deputy Ethan Parham, he observed a black 1994 Nissan pickup truck driven by Smothers on Lexington Street at around 9:40 a.m. A computer check showed that the vehicle’s license plate did not match the vehicle. Parham activated his blue lights and attempted to pull the truck over, but it accelerated to a high rate of speed and crossed Highway 22 into a gravel driveway. At one point while pursuing Smothers, Parham’s patrol vehicle collided with Smothers’ truck and both vehicles went into a ditch. Smothers fled on foot but was finally apprehended by Parham and another officer.
Smothers allegedly resisted being taken into custody as was tased by officers. Officers found three grams of methamphetamine in four baggies, a small bag of marijuana, a plastic bag containing 99 Alprazolam pills, and $2,083 in Smothers’ possession. Eleven ounces of marijuana in 11 bags, digital scales, and meth residue were found in a backpack inside Smothers’ vehicle.
Drugs In Jail — A female inmate was charged when illegal drugs were allegedly found in her possession.
Tammy Therese Toth, 55, of Bruceton was charged with introduction of contraband into a penal facility. According to the report by Deputy Dennis Adkins, a bag containing Xanax and Thorazine pills was found on Toth’s person while seeing the jail nurse to provide a urine sample.
Assault — A Cedar Grove man was arrested May 8 after allegedly striking his wife.
Nathaniel Chadwick Ward, 41, of 1780-139 Patsy Lane was charged with simple assault. According to the report by Deputy Kenny Tucker, Ward and his wife got into a verbal argument at Dollar General in Cedar Grove. After they left the store and got into a vehicle, Ward allegedly struck his wife in the head and chest several times and pulled her hair.
Theft — An inmate was recently charged for allegedly stealing from his mother’s bank account.
Charles Joseph Baker, 29, of Cedar Grove was charged with theft over $1,000 and less than $2,500. According to the report by Deputy Jason Walker, Baker’s mother, Roberta Drinkard, contacted the Sheriff’s Department and reported that someone had taken a total of $1,361.83 out of her account in several unauthorized transactions between March 3 and April 16.
Investigators found that Baker, who is an inmate at the Carroll County Jail, had gotten his mother’s debit card number without her permission and had given that number to friends so that they could put money in his commissary account at the jail.
DUI — Two Benton County men were arrested during a May 4 traffic stop on Highway 114 near Buena Vista.
William Dale Porter, 56, of Camden was charged with DUI (third offense), violation of implied consent, driving on a revoked license, and habitual motor offender, and Bradley Glenn Shepherd, 53, of Camden was charged with DUI by allowance and public intoxication.