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Carroll County Sheriff’s Reports

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Drug Possession — Westley White, 40, of 33 St. John Church Road, McKenzie, was charged with possession of schedule II, schedule VI, and drug paraphernalia during an April 29 traffic stop near McKenzie.

Deputy Chance Townes reported he pulled over a motorcycle driven by White at Pace Road and Wilder Cemetery Lane for a taillight violation. White told Townes that his license was suspended. White initially gave Townes permission to search the bike but not his person, but he then said the deputy couldn’t search the bike. Deputy Cody Walker ran his dog around the bike, and the dog indicated the presence of illegal substances. No drugs were found on the bike, but methamphetamine, marijuana, and a metal pipe were found in White’s pockets.

Theft of Community Funds — Jacob Dale Coleman, 41, of 4075 Terry Road, Huntingdon, was recently indicted on a charge of theft over $2,500 and under $10,000 for allegedly stealing funds from a local community sports league.

According to the report by Deputy Michael Mulligan, he was asked by representatives of the West Carroll Softball/Baseball League to attend a Feb. 28 league meeting, but he was unable to attend due to other obligations. Mulligan was later advised that a little over $8,000 was missing from the league’s account at Centennial Bank in Trezevant, and bank records indicated that numerous questionable transactions were made on that account by Coleman, who was the former league president. Banks records showed Coleman made 20 ATM withdrawals from that account between June 17, 2021, and January 28, 2022 in amounts between $100 and $300. The case was presented to the Carroll County Grand Jury during the May session, and the Grand Jury delivered a true bill against Coleman after hearing the evidence against him.

Missing Rifle Scope — On Feb. 9, Huntingdon Director of Public Safety Walter Smothers reported that a 4.5 x 14” Leopold rifle scope valued at $750 has come up missing from a box in a storage room at the Huntingdon Police Department.

Smothers said the scope was transferred from the evidence room to the storage room about a year ago, though he said the scope might have been misplaced.

Drug Possession — Santanna Danielle Moore, 28, of 1050 Old Lavinia Road, Cedar Grove, was charged with possession of schedule II (meth) with intent, possession of schedule II (Xanax), and possession of drug paraphernalia, and Jesse Leo Thomas, 23, of 2575 Westport Road, Huntingdon, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia during a May 8 traffic stop in Cedar Grove.

Deputy Ryan Hamilton reported he pulled over a vehicle driven by Thomas with Moore as a passenger for a license plate display violation. After Thomas denied permission to search the vehicle, a K-9 dog indicated the presence of illegal substances. Thomas was found to be in possession of a pipe with meth residue inside it. A search of Moore’s purse yielded 33 Xanax pills, and a digital scale was found in the middle console. When advised that she would be strip-searched by a female officer at the Carroll County Jail, Moore produced a glass pipe and four bags containing 17 grams of a substance that field-tested positive for meth from her clothing.

Multiple Charges — Desmond Jamone Stewart, 24, of Milan was charged with felony evading, aggravated assault on a first responder (two counts), and reckless endangerment, and Caitlyn Madison Armstrong, 19, of Humboldt was charged with felony evading, all following a high-speed pursuit in Carroll, Gibson, and Crockett Counties.

According to the report by Deputy Dakota Meier, he attempted to pull over a Ford Fusion driven by Stewart with multiple passengers, including Armstrong, after observing suspicious behavior, detecting the odor of marijuana, and seeing the vehicle swerve across the centerline. The vehicle sped away on Little Grove Road, and Meier and other deputies pursued the vehicle along Little Grove Road, Terry Road, Highway 104, Highway 220, Highway 70, Highway 79, Highway 77, and Peggy Lane. Unsuccessful attempts were made to spike the vehicle’s tires by other deputies. The pursuit continued into Gibson County, and a Tennessee Highway Patrol Helicopter observed three people get out of the Fusion and get into a white car, which was later pulled over by Humboldt and Crockett County officers with six occupants being detained. Meier went to the scene and spoke with Stewart, who admitted to being the driver of the Fusion. Officers searched the Fusion, which smelled of marijuana, but no illegal substances were found.