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Years in the making, US Forest Service releases revised land management plan
 

The U.S. Forest Service has revised the land management plan for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. The forest plan provides a strategic framework for managing the Forests over the next 20 years. The plan includes desired conditions for the future of the Forests and objectives that describe actions the Forest Service will take to move toward those conditions.

The U.S Forest Service first launched the assessment phase of its land management plan revision process for Western North Carolina’s Pisgah and Nantahala national forests in 2013.
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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. 

 

February 7:


Name: James Robert Walsh

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Misdemeanor PV, FTA On Misdemeanor x6, Surrender Surety 
 

February 8:


Name: Lance Edward Hughes 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Poss Drug Para 
 

Name: Eric Christopher Gibson 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Communicating Threats, Parole Violation x2
 

Name: Clarissa Anne Smith 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Poss Meth, Poss Drug Para, Resisting Public Officer 
 

February 9:
 

Name: Jaric Thomas Keener 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Assault On A Female, Interfere Emergency Communication 
 

Name: Joshua Clifford Marks  

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA For DWLR
 

Name: Justin Johnson Stanfield 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: B&E, Poss Stolen Goods, Larceny After B&E, Obtaining Property False Pretenses 
 

Name: Dana Marie Henry 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Poss Meth 


Name: Amanda Joy Lomas 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Felony x3, FTA On Misdemeanor x3
 

February 10:


Name: Robert Charles Tallent 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: B&E, Poss Of Stolen Goods, Larceny After B&E
 

Name: Regina Leigh Sanders 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: True Bill Of Indictment 


Name: Brian David Dills 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Obtain Property False Pretense 
 

February 11:


Name: Crystal Leeann Thomas 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

Name: Gary Michael Passmore 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  WRIT, Interfere Elect Monitor Device 


Name: Madeleine Marie Taylor 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  FTA On Felony 


Name: Marcus Cody Waldroup 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Felony 


Name: Jessica Dee Crisp 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: First Degree Trespass 


Name: Carl Kenneth Floyd 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Trafficking Meth x2, Poss Drug PAra, Poss Stolen MV
 

February 12:


Name: Kenneth Kristopher Knight 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

Name: Rey David Gonzalez Lopez 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: DWI


February 13:

Name: Christhian Ruiz Ramirez

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: DWI
 

Name: Jeramiah Lyndon Biddix 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: DWI

 

February 7:
 

Name: Erica Aclare Lambert 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

February 8:
 

Name: Joshua Ramoth Huskey 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Communicating Threats 
 

Name: Cecilla Geneive Mendoza 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Violate Domestic Violence Protection Order 
 

Name: Jake Michael Radford 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: FTA On Felony x2, FTA On Misdemeanor
 

Name: Kyle Forrest Shytles 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Hold For Us Marshall 
 

Name: Gentry Keith Weiss 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Hold For US Marshals 

 

February 9:
 

Name: Daniel Edwards Franklin 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: First Degree Trespass 
 

Name: Gabriel Scott Green 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Larceny Of A Firearm, Injury To Personal Property, Second Degree Kidnapping, Assault With A Deadly Weapon, Injury To Personal Property 
 

Name: Autumn Lynn Mccoy

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Harboring Fugitive 
 

Name: Lontee Pressley 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Carrying Concealed Gun, Conspire to sell SCH I CS, Conspire To Sell SCH II CS, Assault On A Female 
 

February 10:
 

Name: Rebecca Rae Dehart 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Poss SCH II CS
 

Name: Dustin James Kirkland 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Probation Violation 
 

Name:  Autumn Wright 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Obtain Property False Pretense
 

February 11:
 

Name:  Mary Ann Jones 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

Name: Trent Harrison Kasprow 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:   PWISMD SCH II CS
 

Name: Miranda Leaann Ward

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Simple Poss SCH II CS
 

February 12:
 

Name: Justin Reeves Lambert 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: Second Degree Trespass 
 

Name: April Nations 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  FTA On Misdemeanor x2 
 

Name: Marie Lotus Seay 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: FTA on Felony, FTA on Misdemeanor 
 

February 13:
 

Name: Eli William Mathews 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest: DWI


February 7-
 

Name: Andrew Douglas Anderson 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- Violation Of Court Order, FTA-Resisting Public Officer
 

Name: Jessica Ann Normand 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest:  FTA- Assault Inflicting Serious Injury 


February 8-
 

Name: Kevin Allen Queen 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: OFA- First Degree Trespass
 

Name: David Charles Roberts 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA On Felony


February 9-
 

Name: William Clay Tucci Caselli 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: WFA
 

Name: Ashley Marie Saladin

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: OFA- FTA- Misdemeanor Larceny, OFA-FTA Poss Stolen Goods/Property 
 

Name: Amanda Angienete Buchanan

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- Trafficking Opium Or Heroin By Transportation, FTA- Trafficking Opium Or Heroin By Poss, FTA- Poss Drug Para, FTA- Poss Heroin, True Bill Indictment
 

Name: Steven Dale Eplin 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Civil Non-Support
 

Name: Micahel Jerome Drakeford 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Child Non-Support 
 

Name: Susan Ashley Welch 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Carry Concealed Gun, Poss Drug Para, Poss Meth 

 

Name: Joseph William Ferro Grier 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: WFA- Probation Violation Macon Caounty, Jackson County FTA- Communicating Threats, Jackson County FTA- Interfere Emergency Communication, Jackson County FTA- Assault On A Female 
 

Name: Jacquelyn Ruth Stewart

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- Misdemeanor Larceny, Poss Of Heroin 

 

February 10-
 

Name: Carlos 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: Felony Incest

 

Name: Steven Lee Capps 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Poss/Disp/Alt/Fict/Revd/ Drivers License, Poss Drug Para, DWLR Not Impaired REV
 

Name: Krystal Leann Ogle 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Poss Stolen Goods/Property, FTA- Felony Conspiracy 


February 11-
 

Name: Avey Lamar Whitsett

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: Simple Poss Of A SCH II CS, Simple Poss Of A SCH IV CS, Poss Of Drug Para
 

Name: Tiffany Lasha Watson

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: WFA-First Degree Tresspass

 

Name: Sheyenne Victoria McClellan 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Obtaining Property By False Pretenses, Poss Stolen Goods/Property, Larceny After B&E x2, B&E A MV x2, Larceny B&E, Attempt Larceny, Attempt B&E MV
 

Name: Derrick Blaine Blakley 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA


February 12-
 

Name: Brendan Christopher Poole 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: Felony B&E, Felony Larceny After B&E, Felony Poss Of Stolen Goods/Property 
 

Name: George Michael Martinez

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- No Operators License, FTA- Speeding 
 

Name: Jessica Lynn Holliday 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- Jackson- Unsafe Passing Yellow Line, Misdemeanor FTA- Jackson- Defrauding Drug/Alcohol Screen Tests, Misdemeanor FTA- Jackson- Probation Violation Out Of County x3, OFA- Assault & Battery 


February 13-
 

Name: Christina Scott Poole 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: Felony Conspire To B&E Building 
 

Name: Gary Lawrance Grantham 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: Resisting A Public Officer, Intoxicated & Disruptive, Misdemeanor Larceny 
 

Name: Jimi Gail Hoover 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: Simple Assault 

 

Name: Melinda Murphy Howell 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: OFA- Felony Probation Violation 
 

Name: Criton Douglas Shook 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Maintain A Vehicle For CS, Trafficking Meth By Poss, Trafficking Meth By Transportation, Trafficking Opium Or Heroin By Transportation x2
 

Name: Paul Michael Branks

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Misdemeanor 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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