Sheriff Patrick Ray and Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins reported last week that two men were arrested after an undercover drug buy.
On September 20, 42-year-old Anthony Charles Skaroupka, and his brother 46-year-old Jason Richard Skaroupka, both of 1222 South College Street Apt. C-6, Smithville, were arrested after a raid by the Smithville Police Department and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department’s joint Drug Task Force.
Anthony is charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is under a $55,000 bond. Jason is charged with two counts of sale and delivery of a schedule II drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a weapon by a felon. He is under a $115,000 bond. Both are due in court on October 3.
On September 19, a search warrant was executed at the men’s home on South College Street after undercover drug buys were made from the residence on August 15 and September 19. The Skaroupka brothers were not at the residence when the search warrant was executed. The Skaroupka brothers were found at a business on Broad Street in Smithville.
Sheriff Ray said, “While conducting a search warrant on the home of Anthony Skaroupka, miscellaneous drug paraphernalia was found in his bedroom which included water bongs, used syringes and many small plastic baggies, and a weed grinder. While being detained, a search of Anthony Skaroupka’s person was conducted and a small container was found in his waistband. Inside the container was approximately 0.5 grams of methamphetamine.”
For Jason Skaroupka, Sheriff Ray alleged, “On August 15 and September 19, he sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant working with the Smithville Police Department in an undercover capacity. While conducting a search warrant on the home of Skaroupka on September 19, miscellaneous drug paraphernalia were found in his bedroom, which included water bongs, used syringes, many small plastic baggies, and a weed grinder. A handgun was also found in his bedroom.”
In other Sheriff’s news, on September 23, 52-year-old Jill Henderson, AKA Max Knudsen, of South Driver Road, Dowelltown was arrested for disrupting a meeting or procession. She is under a $1,500 bond and is due in court October 10.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said, “Henderson did knowingly and intentionally commit the act of disrupting a meeting procession by refusing to sit down and stop speaking. After her allotted three minutes were up at the county commission meeting, when asked to sit down the defendant replied to the chairman to ‘shut up.’ When asked by law enforcement officers to sit down the defendant replied, ‘you will take me out in cuffs sirs.’ Henderson said that multiple times. The defendant still caused a disturbance until escorted out of the meeting room.”
Sheriff Ray explained the law saying, “That law is disrupting a meeting or procession, and it says a person commits an offense if the intent is to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering; the person substantially obstructs or interferes with the meeting, procession, or gathering by physical action or by verbal utterance. Violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.”
