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We have been able to update our weekly Public Safety Newsletter to now include arrest reports from Swain County Sheriff's Office, Bryson City Police Department, Jackson County Sheriff's Office, Sylva Police Department, Macon County Sheriff's Office, Highlands Police Department, and Franklin Police Department. All individuals listed here are innocent until proven guilty. 


 

Arrests for 7/22/22-08/01/22
 


Name: Joseph William- Ferro Grier

Department: Macon County

Charge: Poss SCH II CS, Poss Of Meth,
Possess Drug Paraphernalia 

 


Name:   Amanda Jo Dixon

Department: Macon County

Charge: FTA X2
 


Name: Jacquelyn Ruth Stewart 

Department: Macon County

Charge: FTA


Name:  Octavio Ortega Mendoza

Department: Macon County

Charge: DUI


Name: Amy Marie Gibson

Department: Macon County

Charge: Indictment
 


Name: Zachariah Todd Palmer 

Department: Macon County

Charge: Warrant


Name: Regina Leigh Sanders

Department: Macon County

Charge: Warrant for Attempted Arson,
Warrant for Larceny of A Firearm


 

Name: Kevin Allen Johnson

Department: Macon County

Charge: Fugitive Out of State- Felony

 

Name: Jessie Mal Cowart

Department: Macon County

Charge: Habitual Felon, PWIMSD SCH II CS


Name:   Ronald Lee Wickham

Department: Macon County

Charge: DWLR
 


Name: Morgan Allen Shirley

Department: Macon County

Charge: B&E, Poss of Stolen Goods, Larceny after B&E,
Resist Obstruct and Delay LEO, Poss F-WN/LQ/MXBV <21, 

Injury to Real Property
 


Name:  Mikel Paul Worley 

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Simple Assault

 

Name: Parker Davis Spackman

Department: Highlands 

Charge: Larceny from A Merchant
 


Name:  John C Debrowsky 

Department: Franklin PD

Charge: Financial Card Theft, OPFP, Identity Theft, Larceny

 

Name: Kevin Allen Johnston

Department: Franklin PD

Charge: Destruction/ Damage/ Vandalism of Property,
Conditions of Release Order Violation


 

Name:   Bryan Scott Garringer

Department: Franklin PD

Charge: Trespass of Real Property 

 

 


Arrests For 7/25/22 - 08/01/22


Name: Kenneth Lee Standingdeer

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: Identity Theft

 

Name:  Heather Lee Taylor

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: Probation Violation
 


Name: Christy Dawn Griffin

Department: Swain Co 

Charge:  2nd Degree Trespass

 

Name: Autumn Lynn Mccoy

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: 1st Degree Trespass

 

Name: Corey Lee Mullinax 

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: FTA, DWI, DWLR
 

 

Name: James D Ross

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: DWI

 

Name: Dora Alvarado

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: FTA


Name: Melissa Dawn Burrell  

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: Unauthorized Use of MV

 

Name: Justin Michael Carpenter

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: Hold For US Marshal

 

Name:  Richard Perry Fulford

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: B & E MV x 3, Felony Larceny

 

Name: Paul Christopher Hampton

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: FTA 

 

Name: Christopher Lee Johnson

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: Poss. Meth

 

Name:  Christy Dawn Grffiin

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: Second Degree Trespass
 


Name: Bianca Diane Donalson

Department: Swain Co 

Charge: Parole Violation 
 

 


Arrests For 07/27/22 - 08/01/22



Name: Dustin Shane Gilman 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Warrant for Arrest For Simple Assault
 


Name: James Adam Brooks

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Trafficking Opium/ Heroin, Poss Meth,
Maintain Vehicle/ Dwelling/ Place controlled Substance Felony




Name: Kaylee Ann Hedden

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  Trafficking Opium/Heroin, Poss Meth, 
Maintain Vehicle/ Dwelling/ Place controlled Substance Felony



Name: Javier Alejandro- Luna Sanchez

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Second Degree Trespass, Mis Larceny

 

Name:  Edward Lee Smith

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  OFA

 

Name: Robert Dylan Thomas

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Mis Larceny, Second Degree Trespassing,
Felony Possession SCH II CS

 


Name: Amanda Lee Mezyk 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Larceny Of a MV, Poss Stolen MV, Mis Larceny
 

Name: James Adam Brooks

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Warrant for Arrest- Mis Larceny,
Warrant For Arrest- Second Degree Trespassing

 


Name: Kaylee Hedden

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Warrant For Arrest- Mis Larceny
 

 

Arrest Report Abbreviations


To streamline the arrest reports and make them more efficient, I am going to be abbreviating reoccurring words and language in charges. Here is a list of abbreviations for reference.

AWDW – Assault With a Deadly Weapon 
DWLR – Driving While License Revoked
DUI/DWI –Driving Under the Influence
MV – Motor Vehicle 
Poss – Possession
Meth – Methamphetamine
Para –Paraphernalia
PV – Probation Violation
ROD – Resist/Obstruct/Delay law enforcement
FTA – Failure to Appear
AOF – Assault on a Female
PWISDM – Possession with intent to sell, deliver, manufacture
OFA – Order for Arrest
B&E – Breaking and entering
AWDW – Assault with a deadly weapon
Sch CS – Schedule Controlled substance 
Sch I – Heroine, Ecstasy, GHB, Methaqualone, Peyote, Opiates (and others)
Sch II – Cocaine, Raw Opium, Opium Extracts-Fluid and Powder, Codeine, Hydrocodone, Morphine,
Methadone, Methamphetamine, Ritalin (and others)
Sch III – Ketamine, Anabolic Steriods, Some Barbituates (and others)
Sch IV – Valium, Xanax, Rohypnol, Darvon, Clonazepam, Barbital (and others)
Sch V – Over the counter cough medicines with codeine (and others)
Sch VI – Marijuana, Hashish, Hashish Oil

*All individuals listed are innocent until proven guilty*

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