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Suspects resist officers during arrests

By DAVID MELSON - dmelson@t-g.com
Posted 1/7/23

Three suspects allegedly caused problems for area law enforcement officers during arrests this week.

•Shelbyville officers faced a struggle while arresting a DUI suspect early …

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Suspects resist officers during arrests

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Three suspects allegedly caused problems for area law enforcement officers during arrests this week.
•Shelbyville officers faced a struggle while arresting a DUI suspect early Monday.
Donnelly Lynn was spotted driving on the wrong side of North Main Street at 2:05 a.m. Monday by Officer Bailey Dineen.
Lynn allegedly told Dineen he was in the wrong lane because he was “cussing at” management who had ordered him to leave a nearby bar.
Officers’ orders to give them his hands for handcuffing were allegedly resisted. Lynn kicked Officer Benjamin Cobb at one point, police said.
Lynn suffered a head cut while striking and kicking the partition between front and rear seats of Dineen’s patrol car and was taken to Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital for treatment.
Charges of assault on an officer, resisting arrest, DUI and failure to observe due care were filed against Lynn. Bond was set at $30,000.
•A man removed from his home Tuesday afternoon by Bedford County deputies was charged with assault on an officer, resisting arrest and domestic assault.
Rodney C. Parsons, 54, of Highway 130 East was arrested as an alleged domestic dispute was being investigated. Parsons is accused of aggressive actions toward a woman at the house earlier in the day.
Deputy Gabrielle Doyle’s report said Parsons cursed repeatedly and was continuously “acting belligerent” while she and Sgt. Clyde Boyce took him from a bed at the home to Bedford County Jail. Parsons was allegedly “acting too aggressive for the jail staff to take the handcuffs off him” after being placed in a cell, Doyle’s report said.
Doyle said she watched as Parsons kicked a corrections officer in the leg.
Bond was set at $10,000.
•A DUI suspect who insisted he just wanted to go to bed was charged with resisting arrest after allegedly trying to reach his bedroom early New Year’s morning,
SPD Sgt. Chris Vest saw Ernesto Lopez driving with lights on Madison Street, his report said.
Lopez allegedly ignored blue lights and drove to his Bird Street home, where he allegedly said he was going into the house to sleep and ignored commands to stop. Vest said Lopez grabbed a dishwasher beside a door and a utility pole guy wire as he was physically pulled by one arm from the home.
A threat to tase Lopez allegedly stopped him from grabbing Vest’s handcuffs as he was being arrested.
Charges of DUI and driving on a revoked license were also filed.
Bond was set at $10,000.
Assault
A friend of a 4-months-pregnant woman was charged with aggravated domestic assault after allegedly striking her in the face several times with his fist.
Devanta James was arrested Tuesday after his mother took the woman and dropped her off for treatment at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital, police said.
Drug charge
•A “small bag” of methamphetamine was found in an SUV after the driver was stopped for speeding Tuesday, police said.
Jonathan Mulgado Abad was allegedly driving 50 mph in a 30 mph zone on West Lane Street as he passed Officer Brock Horner.
Horner said he smelled marijuana and searched the vehicle.
Abad was charged with simple possession of a schedule II drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, and several driving-related violations. Bond was set at $4,000.
•Marijuana and methamphetamine were found on a woman who allegedly refused to pay for or leave a room at Shelbyville Inn, North Cannon Boulevard, on New Year’s Day,
Sarah Ann Marie Wright possessed a backpack containing 7 grams of marijuana and 1 gram of crystal methamphetamine, police said.
Wright was charged with possession of schedule 2 and 6 drugs and paraphernalia and violation of probation. Bond was set at $9,000.
•A “small bag” of methamphetamine was found on a driver stopped Sunday for not having a license.
Rachel Gregory Gotham was stopped in her driveway in the Deery Street area after Officer James Sharp saw her, knowing she was unlicensed.
Gotham was charged with simple possession of a schedule 2 drug, no driver’s license and violation of the open container law.
•Cocaine was confiscated from a driver stopped for DUI at 3:21 a.m. New Year’s Eve on Barksdale Lane.
Officer Jonathan Evans’ said in his report he was transporting Jose Gustavo Lopez to the judicial commissioner’s office and noticed he put an object underneath the back seat of the patrol car.
Officer Dylan Farrar found a bag containing cocaine under the seat moments later.
Lopez was charged with DUI, possession of a schedule 2 drug, tampering with evidence, driving without a license, failure to observe due care and failure to maintain lane. Bond was set at $30,000.
Thefts
•A 2008 Chevrolet Corvette stolen Tuesday or Wednesday from a home in the 2400 block of Highway 130 East was recovered Wednesday night in Winchester, a BCSO report said.
Three rings and a bracelet were stolen as well, A suspect, who is related to the victim, has been named as a suspect and was photographed in the Corvette.
•Power and hand tools were taken from a vehicle at a Neeley Avenue apartment complex between Monday and Wednesday, police said.
A window was smashed to gain entry. A suspect with connections to the victim was named.
•A man ran out of Walmart with $409 worth of work tools and clothing Friday, Shelbyville police said.
Store security said a staff member confronted the suspect near the front door but was unable to stop him.
Animal abuse
A raccoon and a squirrel, both with their eyes shot out, have been found this week in the driveway of a home in the 600 block of El Bethel Road, the BCSO was told. A resident said gunshots have been heard in the area.
Jail intake
The following were arrested since Sunday by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, Shelbyville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts. Due to temporary computer problems at the BCSO, only names and charges are available. The intake listings will return to their regular format when possible.
•Solis Anahi Martinez: financial responsibility, no driver’s license
•Nelson Arguleta: following too close, driving without a license, registration law, financial responsibility, criminal impersonation (two counts)
•Kendrick Benson: attachment
•Dustin Bryant: failure to appear
•William Butler: speeding, financial responsibility
•Cody Clark: auto burglary
•Hunter Crawford: driving on revoked license, seat belt law
•Evla Mae Davis: probation revocation
•Gary Dodson: failure to appear
•Sirenia Domingo: no driver’s license, failure to yield, financial responsibility
•Olivia Dudeck: theft over $2,500
•Jeffrey Edmondson: driving on suspended license
•Steven Allen Fite: speeding, driving on revoked license
•Mateo Francisco Miguel: DUI, driving on revoked license, implied consent, leaving scene of a crime
•Greg Gallargo: contributing to the delinquency of a minor, possession of schedule 6 drug with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia
•Robert Gammill: violation of probation
•Julio Gaspar: DUI, no driver’s license
•Rachel Gotham: no driver’s license, possession of schedule 2 drug
•Roseann Green: driving on revoked license
•David Hernandez: DUI, due care
•Willie Hudson: driving on revoked license
•Ernesto Lopez: DUI (second offense), driving on revoked license, resisting arrest
•Jose Lopez: DUI, no driver’s license, failure to maintain lane, due care, possession of schedule 2 drug, tampering with evidence
•Lidia Marie Lopez: driving on revoked license, light law, financial responsibility
•Maria Lux: no driver’s license
•Callie Lynch: failure to appear
•Donnelly Lynn: DUI, due care, resisting arrest, assault on an officer
•Miguel Martinez Mata: no driver’s license, light law, financial responsibility
•Jonathan Melgado Abad: simple possession of schedule 2 drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, speeding, registration violation
•Austin Moody: failure to appear
•Danyella Morales: failure to appear
•Dakota Mashawn Morrow: violation of probation
•Jimenez Nelson: following too close, driving without a license, registration law, financial responsibility, criminal impersonation
•Melissa Odea: violation of probation
•Laura Orozo Arias: no driver’s license, speeding, financial responsibility
•Rodney Parsons: domestic assault, resisting arrest, assault on an officer
•Estefan Perez: domestic assault, simple assault
•Alisia Perry: domestic assault, vandalism
•Nathan Pineda: no driver’s license, light law
•Gregorio Quiroz Solis: due care, no driver’s license
•Elber Ramirez: public intoxication, criminal impersonation
•Ezequiel Ramirez: DUI, no driver’s license
•William Reese: no driver’s license
•Kendall Sanders: failure to appear
•Roberto Sandoval: light law, no driver’s license, financial responsibility, registration violation, move over law
•Erika Schmidt: harassment, filing false report
•Terry Sims: DUI, failure to yield, no proof of insurance
•Dustin Jamal Singleton: DUI, implied consent, retaliation for past action
•Lee Small: custodial interference
•Robert Shane Stewart: failure to appear, bench warrant
•Kimberly Vaughn: driving on revoked license, light law, financial responsibility
•Brian Walker: failure to appear, bench warrant (public intoxication)
•Chad West: financial responsibility, due care, DUI, driving on suspended license
•Frankie Wilhoite: violation of probation, public intoxication, violation of bond condition, show cause hearing
•Jason Willmon: violation of probation
•Megan Wood: DUI, due care
•Sarah Wright: violation of probation, possession of drug paraphernalia
*Jeremy Zimmer: driving on suspended license, financial responsibility, registration violation

•Everette Zimmerman: contributing to delinquency of a minor