Ervin found with heroin, meth

By angie meadows

Amanda Faye Ervin, 36, of Smithville was arrested on Sept. 4 and charge with sale and delivery of a schedule a drug I, heroin, and methamphetamine mfg/deliver/possess.  Two detectives conducted a traffic stop on a white SUV for failing to maintain its lane of travel. The driver was Ervin. She consented to a search, and in her bra was a needles and baggie of a crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine weighing .87 grams. She also had a container on her which contained two pieces of foil containing substance believed to be heroin weighing .12 and .10 grams. There was also a white pill in a container believed to be Subutex, and a baggie of marijuana weighing .43 grams. Inside the vehicle in the door, there were two baggies of a crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine weighing 3.5 grams and .6 grams, a digital scale, two pipes, rolling papers, five needles and four baggies found throughout the investigation. She was also written a citation for drug paraphernalia, simple possession of schedule II drug, simple possession of marijuana, and failure to maintain lane of travel.

Richard Allen Tilley, 49, of Smithville was arrested Sept. 1 for violations of order of protection. Sheriff Patrick Ray said an officer was dispatched to a location on Short Mountain Highway for a domestic. When he arrived, he saw Tilley and another person. A computer check revealed Tilley was the filer of an order of protection against the other person, which made him in violation of the order.

Kimberly Blanchfield, 32, of Dowelltown was arrested Sept. 4 and charged with domestic assault. A deputy responded to a domestic on Nashville Highway. Blanchfield was the daughter of the other person who was there. The mother stated Blanchfield had bitten her on the right side of the face, which the deputy did see along with a busted lip from where she had been struck in the face. Blanchfield had a strong odor of alcohol and was determined the aggressor.