The Sheriff's Department arrested a 63-year-old local man and charged him with the manufacture of marijuana last week. Donald Wayne Cantrell faces charges of manufacture of a Schedule VI controlled substance (marijuana) after he was allegedly found with more than 40 plants in his back yard on July 2.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, a sheriff's department drug detective went to Cantrell's residence and spoke with him about some marijuana plants. The sheriff said Cantrell admitted to growing the illegal weed, and reportedly showed the plants to the detective.
Ray said approximately 42 marijuana plants were taken from the property.
Cantrell was arrested and taken to the sheriff's department for booking. His bond was set at $10,000 and he will appear in court on July 17.
Meanwhile, Oscar Alexis Garcia, 18, of Clarksville was charged with evading arrest, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, and underage driving while impaired, and was cited for not having driver’s license and other traffic infractions on July 3.
Ray said a deputy was called to investigate reports of a possible drunk driver on Cookeville Highway when he encountered Garcia’s vehicle driving erratically. The officer reportedly saw the vehicle leave its lane of travel several times, and deputy attempted to stop it, but Garcia sped away at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. Garcia allegedly ran four traffic lights, and was swerving in and out of traffic.
At one point, Ray said Garcia pulled over to the shoulder of the road and stopped, but took off again when the officer got out of his patrol car. That began a chase of more than 13 miles before the vehicle was stopped on Hurricane Ridge Road.
Garcia allegedly still refused to leave the vehicle and resisted being handcuffed. The sheriff said Garcia had a strong odor of alcohol on his person, and admitted to drinking two beers.
He is also wanted in Montgomery County for violation of probation. His bond was set at $6,000 and he will appear in court on July 10.
Kyle Russell Hill, 40, was charged with simple possession of a Schedule II drug (Morphine), simple of a Schedule III drug (Hydrocodone), and simple possession of a Schedule IV drug (Alprazolam) on June 15.
Ray said a sheriff's department drug detective saw a man open the driver side door of Hill's vehicle and put something under the floor mat in the parking lot of a local retail outlet. When Hill came out of the store, the drug detective approached him, and Hill reportedly gave consent to a search.
Ray said the detective found a morphine 60 milligram pill inside a cellophane pack under the driver's-side floor mat. Hill allegedly admitted that he had paid $30 for the pill, and the other man delivered it to his car.
Since Hill had his young daughter with him, Ray said the detective asked him to come to the sheriff's department on the following Friday, but he did not appear that day.
Ray said that while a deputy was serving the warrant for simple possession of a Schedule II drug (Morphine) on June 30, Hill pulled a blister pack with four Hydrocodone pills and a plastic pill pouch with two and one half Alprazolam pills from his pocket. Hill allegedly said the pills did not belong to him
His bond was set at $4,500, and he will appear in court on July 17.
Mildred Ann Weier, 43, of Woodbury was cited for simple possession of a Schedule VI drug (marijuana) and possession of drug paraphernalia (marijuana pipe).
The sheriff said a drug detective spotted a vehicle setting in a field off Highway 70 east with the brake lights activated on July 3. A woman was reportedly slumped over inside the car.
The officer conducted a welfare check of the woman, and while speaking with her, learned that Weier had marijuana in the car. The officer conducted a search and found a small case containing less than half an ounce of marijuana and a pipe. She will appear in court on July 17.
Jackie Lee Farless, 49, was charged with domestic assault on July 3.
Ray said Farless got into an argument with his ex wife, who he still lives with. Farless allegedly pushed her into an outside storage shed causing injury to her left arm and right leg. Farless was determined to be the primary aggressor, and was placed under arrest.
His bond was set at $1,500 and he will appear in court on July 10.
Steven Anthony Nelson, 36, was charged with domestic assault on July 3.
Ray said a deputy was dispatched to a South College Street apartment in reference to a domestic assault that occurred at an Allen Street home. The officer reportedly spoke with a woman who said that she and Nelson, her husband, had gotten into an argument, and that he began threatening her.
The woman said she picked up a pan from the kitchen sink to defend herself, but Nelson pushed her to the ground and hit her several times, causing a cut to her nose, a swollen eye and scrapes to her elbows. Other parties reportedly pulled him off the woman, and she apparently left the property. Nelson was determined to have been the primary aggressor and was arrested.
His bond was set at $1,500 and he will appear in court on July 10.
Eustacio Tacho Hernandez, 31, was charged with driving under the influence and issued citations for no driver’s license, violation of the open container law, violation of the financial responsibility law (no insurance), failure to maintain his lane of travel, and violation of the implied consent law on July 4.
The sheriff said said a criminal detective saw a gold Chevy Cavalier traveling on Short Mountain Highway leave its lane of travel several times. The detective stopped the car and spoke with the driver, Hernandez who reportedly had a strong odor of alcohol on his person. The detective allegedly found an open container in the vehicle, and said Hernandez submitted to, but performed poorly on, field sobriety tasks. He refused to take a blood test.
Hernandez allegedly admitted to having consumed five beers, and or the safety of himself and the public, was arrested and brought to the jail for booking. His bond was set at $1,500 and he will appear in court on July 10.
