Several more people have been arrested after attempting to smuggle drugs into the DeKalb County Jail. The arrests come a week after a woman was arrested trying to smuggle drugs into the jail in a coffee pot.
Sheriff Patrick Ray reported that on January 4, 23-year-old Caitlin Lynn Clouse of Students Home Road was arrested for introduction of contraband into a penal institution. Clouse reportedly entered the front office of the jail offering to donate a free coffee pot to the jail annex.
Correctional officers reported that the coffee pot smelled of marijuana, and after searching the container a mixture of a green and brown leafy substance, believed to be marijuana and tobacco, which weighed 78 grams, was found inside.
According to Sheriff Ray, 39-year-old Eric Wayne Tramel conspired with 45-year-old Sherry Kay Barnes, and 36-year-old Anthony Wayne Tramel, by phone, to have Clouse smuggle in the coffee pot. Each have a $10,000 bond and will be in court on January 30.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that two other inmates at the jail, 25-year-old Robert Stephen Ryan Derrick and 23-year-old Christopher Edward Spoon, Jr., conspired to have 37-year-old Landon Craig Wyatt, Jr. attempt to smuggle in buprenorphine strips hidden in the waistband of a pair of thermals. The inmates allegedly made arrangements by phone. Wyatt was caught and arrested on December 31.
Sheriff Ray laid out the individual charges in each case.
“On December 31, Derrick participated in a crime by concealing buprenorphine strips in the waistband of a pair of white thermals for another inmate. He placed a visit phone call to arrange this transaction.”
“On December 31, Spoon participated in the introduction of buprenorphine strips into the jail by concealing them in the waistband of a pair of white thermals for another inmate. Spoon placed a visit phone call to arrange this.”
“On January 4, Barnes participated in the introduction of a coffee pot into the jail which held 78 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana and a brown substance thought to be tobacco. Barnes agreed to pick up and transport the coffee pot to an inmate at the jail so she could ‘put it together.’ It was later actually brought to the jail by someone else.”
“On January 4, Anthony Wayne Tramel participated in the introduction of a coffee pot into the jail that held 78 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be methamphetamine and a brown substance thought to be tobacco by agreeing to put it together so it could be taken to the jail.”
“On January 4, Eric Wayne Tramel participated in the introduction of a coffee pot into the jail by concealing inside of it 78 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana, and a brown substance thought to be tobacco. Tramel placed a phone visit call to arrange this”.
In other Sheriff’s news, on January 11, 26-year-old Dakoda Lane Vance of Cookeville Highway, Smithville was arrested for violation of bond conditions. He is under a $5,000 bond and will be in court on January 16.
Sheriff Ray said that at around 7 p.m. Vance, an inmate at the jail, made a phone call to a victim of an active bond condition that stemmed from an arrest over a domestic assault case. Vance had been the perpetrator.
On January 15, 58-year-old Peter David Bohannon, Jr. of Gard Lane, Smithville, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver, and driving on a suspended license. He is under a $12,500 bond and will be in court on February 6.
According to Sheriff Ray, a deputy made a traffic stop on a blue Dodge Ram due to failure to maintain lane of travel, and spoke with the driver, Bohannon. The deputy asked Bohannon to step out of the vehicle, and during a pat down search the deputy found a clear baggie and a pink baggie, which held a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine that weighed a total of 1.1 grams.
A background check revealed that Bohannon’s license had been suspended for failure to appear in September 2024.
On January 19, 24-year-old Cory Michael Maes of Monterey was arrested for driving under the influence. He is under a $2,500 bond and will be in court February 6.
Sheriff Ray said that at 2:55 a.m. a deputy responded to a call at the Gentleman’s Club due to a verbal altercation. Upon arrival, the deputy learned that the suspect had left the club in a gold Mercury on Sparta Highway.
The deputy spotted the vehicle, pulled it over, and spoke with the driver, Maes, who allegedly had an odor of alcohol, slurred speech, and dilated and glossy eyes. Maes stepped out of the automobile, but refused to submit to field sobriety tasks. He was placed in custody.
