The sheriff’s department has arrested a  Murfreesboro woman and charged her with stealing more than $100,000 and a vehicle from a patient in a Smithville nursing home.
Robin Ann Baquedano, 31, has been charged with one count of theft of property over $10,000 and one count of theft of property over $60,000 in the case.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, a deputy was dispatched to a McMinnville Highway home on Jan 15 to investigate a report of suspicious persons driving a Ford Fiesta belonging to a patient at NHC Healthcare Center in Smithville.
The officer reportedly questioned Baquedano and another person about the vehicle, which was apparently not present at the residence. Baquedano reportedly told the lawman that she did not know where the car was, but believed that her mother had it.
The deputy then went to NHC and spoke with the victim, who reportedly told him that no one should be driving her vehicle.
Then, on Feb. 4, Rutherford County police allegedly found Baquedano driving the victim's car in Murfreesboro. She was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and held for the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department.
Ray said a further investigation revealed that Baquedano had stolen approximately $105,000 from the same victim's money market account at Regions Bank in Smithville between Nov. 8 and Feb. 5.
Baquedano has allegedly admitted to the theft of the money.
Her bond was set at $200,000 and she will appear in court on April 14.
Meanwhile, Reginald Hill Miller, 50, was charged with domestic assault on Feb. 16.
Ray said the Sheriff's Department received a complaint of a physical altercation in progress at a Walker Creek Road home. The responding officer reportedly spoke with a woman who had a split lip, swollen eye, and two cuts to her left cheek.
Ray said she told the deputy that her husband had assaulted her after a disagreement over the family dogs. Miller allegedly admitted to committing the assault, and  was taken to jail.
His bond was set at $2,500 and he will appear in court on Feb. 27.
Joshua Lesley Johnson, 32, of was arrested on Feb. 19 on a grand jury sealed indictment.
He is charged with one count of sale and delivery of a Schedule III drug (Subutex) and one count of violating a drug-free zone.
He was arraigned on Feb. 21, and his bond was set at $30,000.
Deanna Brooke Pedigo, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct on Feb. 22.
Ray said while a detective was conducting an investigation at DeKalb Market, Pedigo started yelling, cursing, and throwing things. She was arrested and taken to the jail for booking.
Her bond was set at $2,000, and she will appear in court on March 6.