Public Safety Newsletter

Macon County Superior Court sentences Swain man to minimum of 5.8 years in prison for drug trafficking

BY BRITTNEY LOFTHOUSE ON AUGUST 30, 2022

A Swain County man pleaded guilty Monday in Macon County Superior Court to trafficking illegal drugs, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said. Casey Wayne McKeehan,…

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 8/12/22 - 08/22/22

Name: Austin Mccall

Department: Macon County

Charge: FTA

Name: Harold Andrew Williamson

Department: Macon County

Charge: True Bill Of Indictment

Name: Luther Victory Sinnett IV

Department: Macon County

Charge: Child Support Contempt

Name: Anthony Shamal Bryson

Department: Macon County

Charge: Child Support Contempt

Name: Meghan Judith Woody

Department: Macon County

Charge: Violation of Conditions of Release

Name: Jacquelyn Elyssa Miller

Department: Macon County

Charge: Poss Meth, Poss Sch II CS

Name: Blake Sanders

Department: Macon County

Charge: FTA

Name: Enrique Patino Paredes

Department: Macon County

Charge: AOF

Name: John Lyman Boyce

Department: Macon County

Charge: Sex Offender On Child Premises,
Tresspass on Posted Property, Open Cpntainer

Name: Derik Cooper

Department: Macon County

Charge: Assault on a Female, Poss Meth

Name: Ismael Palacios- Romero

Department: Macon County

Charge: DWI

Name: Joyce Winn

Department: Macon County

Charge: FTA

Name: Marcus Tyler Stamey

Department: Franklin PD

Charge: DWI

Name: Jamie Patrick Oneal

Department: Franklin PD

Charge: Trafficking Sch I by Poss, Trafficking Schedule I CS By Transportation,
Maintain Vehicle For Use/Sale/ Keeping CS, Poss CS on Jail Premises,
Alter Criminal Evidence, Poss Drug Paraphernalia, Fail to Yield Light/Siren, DWLR

Name: Juan Manuel Gonzalez-Arvizu

Department: Franklin PD

Charge: PWIMSD Marijauna, Maintain Vehicle For Use/Sale/ Keeping CS,
Poss Drug Paraphernalia

Name: Casey Wayne MCkeehan

Department: Franklin PD

Charge: OFA x2

Arrests For

Name:Tami Lynn Thornhill

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Poss Meth, Poss Drug Paraphernalia

Name: William Jason Woodard

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Larceny, Consume On Premise With OFF Premise Permit

Name: Matthew Aten Olson

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Felony Trafficking SCH I, Poss Drug Para x 2

Name: Stephanie Renee Watson

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 2nd Degree Trespassing, Simple Assault,
Resist,Delay, Obstruct a Public Officer

Name: Matthew Ennis Shiver

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Carrying concealed while intoxicated, Expired Reg

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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