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CITIZEN TRIBUNE
Local & State
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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Northeast Tennessee veterans honored
Around the State
Mohawk woman
arrested on drug charges
AMohawk woman found passed out behind the wheel of
her SUV at a car wash on East Main Street in Morristown
Saturday evening was jailed on felony and misdemeanor
drug charges, according to police.
Angela Malone, 46, Poncho Road, reported she had
taken prescribed hydrocodone – but none since Saturday
morning – and claimed ownership of 8 grams of marijua-
na, according to officer Ronald Sanchez.
She maintained a “friend must have left” 2 grams of
crystal meth, 23 oxycodones, two diazepams and three al-
prazolams in her purse without her knowledge, according
to a warrant, which states the pills were inside a plastic
cup.
EMS personnel, who awakened Malone before police
arrived around 7 p.m., concluded she was “overmedi-
cated,” and was not experiencing a conventional medical
emergency.
Malone faces charges of possession of meth and oxy-
codone for resale and simple possession of marijuana and
the generic Valium and Xanax pills.
Wine store to open in Newport
Newport’s first wine store will open its doors on Oct. 31
in the former Cedarwood building at the corner of Broad-
way and Hedrick Drive.
Laura Poland, with Goodwater Vineyards and Winery in
Bybee, says the plan is to allow people who have a valid
ID to taste all of the wines grown on the 30-acre vineyard.
“We have one of the largest vineyards in Tennessee.
Many of our wines are award-winning, including dry reds
and whites, semi-sweets, organic red and white musca-
dine. And we also have red and white muscadine juice as
well,” said Poland.
Doors to the store will open 10 a.m., and in the evening
there will be candy for Halloween trick or treaters.
Poland said the store also will have a gift shop.
CCHS goes on lockdown after report
of man with gun
About 30 Cocke County, Newport and Tennessee High-
way Patrol officers responded to Cocke County High
School at 10:30 a.m. Monday after a male was observed
on video surveillance carrying what appeared to be a long
gun.
Cocke County Sheriff Armando Fontes said the school
was put on lockdown after surveillance captured a male
student walking through the rear parking lot with what
appeared to be a rifle.
“We located the student who was in class, and as it turns
out he had brought only the wooden stock from a rifle
to the school for repairs in the vocational school,” Fontes
said.
The sheriff said a review of the video suggested the stu-
dent was holding a full-fledged weapon, and so the inci-
dent was treated as a legitimate threat based on the infor-
mation that was available.
Man arrested on drug charges with
kids in backseat
Authorities arrested a Church Hill man Saturday when
they said they found him passed out in his car with drugs
in the car, while two children were in the back seat.
Robert Joseph DeBord, 26, faces charges of driving
under the influence, child endangerment, possession of
Schedule IV drug, possession of drug parapharnelia and
driving on a suspended license.
According to an arrest report, Hawkins County depu-
ties responded to a call Saturday morning about a man
passed out in his car with two kids in the back seat, ages
unknown.
The report said a deputy found DeBord asleep with a
$10 bill rolled up into a straw with white powder on his
lap. DeBoard claimed it was medication, the report stated.
He then did a field sobriety test and failed, authorities
said.
Deputies searched the car and found a pill grinder, and
a pill bottle with Buprenorphine, Clonazepam and Gaba-
pentin, the report said.
He agreed to give a blood sample and was arrested, the
report said.
Man leads deputies
on wild police chase
A Kingsport man faces multiple charges after he led
Hawkins County deputies on a chase through two coun-
ties, authorities said.
Johnny Steven Sayler, 49, faces charges of felony evad-
ing arrest, aggravated assault, reckless driving, driving
while revoked, vandalism and domestic assault.
A Hawkins County deputy was patrolling in Church
Hill Thursday when he saw a black Chevrolet pickup
truck parked on the side of the road. The deputy stopped,
thinking the truck may be abandoned and found Sayler in
the back sleeping, an arrest report said.
The deputy called dispatch and found Sayler had an ac-
tive warrant for his arrest. Sayler heard the conversation
and took off in the pickup truck, the report stated.
Hawkins County deputies pursued and he led them on a
chase into Sullivan County, the report states. At one point,
Sayler drove off the road, hit the front steps of a house and
knocked down a tree, authorities said.
Finally, a tire on his truck blew out, the report said.
Sayler was taken into custody at the intersection of
Beech Creek and Blairs Gap roads in Sullivan County,
authorities said.
Four industrial sites chosen for
state program
NASHVILLE (AP) — Officials say four industrial sites
in Tennessee will receive help from the state to make them
more attractive to companies looking to expand or relo-
cate.
Department of Economic and Community Development
officials say the Select Tennessee Certified Sites program
helps communities prepare available industrial sites for
private investment.
The four new sites are the Shipps Bend Industrial Site
in Centerville; 75 Regional Commerce Park in McMinn
County; the Washington County Industrial Park Parcel 31;
and the McKenzie Airport Industrial Park.
Qualifications for certification include having at least
20 acres of developable land for industrial operations,
proper zoning to allow for ease of development and truck-
quality road access.
Officials say 11 companies have invested more than $1
billion to build facilities on certified sites, accounting for
nearly 4,100 job commitments.
From Staff Reports
Local politicians and veterans
groups turned out Monday at the New-
port National Guard Armory for a cer-
emony to honor Northeast Tennessee
military veterans.
A tank is on display and new mili-
tary flags will be raised to serve as re-
minders of the sacrifices made by the
area’s servicemen and women.
The event was spearheaded by Sher-
rell Shults, president of the Cocke
County Old Timer’s Veterans. He
thanked Blalock and Sons, as well as
Lowe’s andWalmart, who participated
in providing work and supplies for the
concrete pad that was poured for the
tank.
Maj. Gen. Max Haston, adjutant
general of the Tennessee National
Guard, told the crowd he is proud of
the local unit, which is attached to the
278th Armored Cavalry Regiment. He
added he is glad the tank is back at the
entrance to the Armory following the
widening of South Highway 321.
“This has been an absolutely won-
derful unit, it has gone to war twice
doing its job. We really appreciate
the community, and the community
support, it is absolutely obvious with
the community coming out here to do
something like this. This unit will con-
tinue to be busy and we will continue
to need the support of the community,”
Haston said.
Shults pointed out that all of the sol-
diers deployed from the local armory
to the war in Iraq, came home safely.
State Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby)
thanked Shults for his hard work on
the project. There are additional plans
to construct a covered pavilion at the
site.
“Sherrill contacted me two months
ago and asked me to help with this
project. None of this would have hap-
pened if it hadn’t been for Sherrill.
He has been relentless with area busi-
nesses, and that is because he wants
the generation behind me and you, to
know who the veterans are and what
they did. These guys volunteered to
put up their life so you and I can sleep
easy at night,” Faison said.
Also in attendance was State Sen.
Steve Southerland, R-Morristown.
Ray Snader
/Citizen Tribune
Sherrell Shults, president of Cocke County Old Timers Vet-
erans, addresses Maj. Gen. Max Haston, State Sen. Steve
Southerland, and State Rep. Jeremy Faison at the Monday
dedication of a tank at the Newport National Guard Armory.