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MCSO K9 Unit makes arrest for heroin trafficking

On Friday, February 4, deputies with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office arrested two individuals for Trafficking Heroin following a traffic stop. K9 Officer Nick Lofthouse & his partner “K9 Diesel” were patrolling on Highway 441 when the officer observed a vehicle occupied by two people leaving a local motel and begin traveling north. The officer continued to follow the vehicle and observed the driver make a moving violation. The vehicle continued north and while continuing to follow the vehicle, Lofthouse was able to identify the driver as an individual he knew as Amy Smith and knew she did not have a current NC Drivers License.
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. 

 

January 31:
 

Name: Joshua Ryan Wiggin 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  FTA On Felony x3, FTA On Misdemeanor
 

Name: Austin Henery Posey 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Assault On A Female, Resisting Public Officer 
 

Name: Christopher Cody Watkins 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Felony Poss Marijuana 
 

February 1:


Name:  Casey West 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Parole Violation, Misdemeanor Probation Violation 
 

Name: Tyler Johnathan Thurman

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Larcey By Employee 
 

February 2:


Name:  Michala Cheyenne Taylor 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Traffick In Meth, Maintain Veh/Dwell/Place CS, Poss Drug Para, Alter/Steal/Destroy Criminal Evidence, Poss SCH I CS
 

Name: Kristian Alexander Dreml

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Felony x2, FTA On Misdemeanor, B&E MV, Misdemeanor Larceny, Surrender Of Surety x2 
 

Name: Nicholai Lamb 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  FTA On Felony, FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

February 3:


Name:  Dillon Scott Gilhaus 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  DWI
 

Name: Bradley Kevin Jones 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Felony, FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

Name: Joshua Blake Gerrald 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Misdemeanor Probation Violation, H/I Felony Probation Violation 
 

Name: Ronald Lee Wickham 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Poss Stolen MV, Poss Of Stolen Goods, Child Support Contempt, Poss Meth, Poss Drug Para, FTA on Misdemeanor 
 

Name: Callee Suzanne Bowman

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  H/I Felony Probation Violation x3 
 

Name: Derek Gene Camp 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Felony Poss Marijuana, Trafficking In Opium Or Heroin, Poss Drug Para 
 

Name: Dustin Edward Harvey 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  FTA On Misdemeanor x3, Misdemeanor Probation Violation x2, Poss Stolen Firearm 

 

February 4:


Name:  Jonathan Andrew Wyles 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Statutory Rape Of Child <=15 x2, Indecent Liberties With Child x2, First Degree Kidnapping x2, 
 

Name: Gary Edmond Deetz 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Larceny By Employee x13
 

Name: Kimberly Marie Cates 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Misdemeanor Probation Violation 
 

Name: Richard Steven Willis 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: H/I Felony Probation Violation, FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

February 5:


Name:  Cameron Lee Peek 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Felony Assault On Handicapped 
 

Name: Carissa Rosetta Mcgaha

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  DWI
 

Name: Amy Morgan Smith 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Identity Theft, Resisting Public Officer, Obtain Property False Pretense, Poss Meth, H/I Felony Probation Violation, Trafficking In Opium Or Heroin 
 

Name: Joseph William-Ferro

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Trafficking In Opium Or Heroin 
 

Name: Michael Dewayne Jenkins 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Assault On A Female
 

Name: Hannah Elizabeth Erdman 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Misdemeanor
 

Name: Carlos Manuel Tabares

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  DWI
 

Name: Elizabeth Claire Cook 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

February 6:


Name:  Rachel Jewel Urrutia 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge:  B&E, Larceny After B&E, Injury To Personal Property 
 

Name: Brandon Alan Hanson 

Department: Macon Co Sheriff 

Charge: Assault On A Female 


January  31:


Name: Tavares Monwell Mattox 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Assault & Battery 


February 1:

 

Name: Michael James Fulford 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Second Degree Trespass
 

Name: Blaise Alexander Hermsen

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Misdemeanor Larceny 

 

February 2:
 

Name: Paul Christopher Hampton JR

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Poss Meth, Poss Drug Para
 

Name: Joshua Ramoth Huskey 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Assault With A Deadly Weapon x2 

 

February 3:
 

Name: Anita Kaye Blythe 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  FTA On Misdemeanor x3 
 

Name: Dillion Dustin Hart 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  FTA On Misdemeanor 
 

Name: Ricky Eugene White 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Poss Meth 

 

February 4:
 

Name: Simone Shantel Cramer-Thorne 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Extradition/Fugitive Other State 
 

Name: Erica Aclare Lambert 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  FTA On Misdemeanor

 

February 5:
 

Name: John Triston Ball 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Probation Violation 
 

Name: Tonya Marie Cook 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Liquor Conduct Licensed
CS Gambling x3, Operate Video Machine x3, Gambling x3

 

Name: Blaise Alexander Hermsen 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Sexual Battery, Assault On A Female 
 

Name: Justin Neil Slaughter 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Misdemeanor Larceny 
 

February 6:
 

Name: James Leon Massesy 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  Child Support 
 

Name: Erica Aclare Lambert 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Arrest:  FTA On Misdemeanor 

January 31-

 

Name: Darren Ray Carter 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: First Degree Trespass 
 

February 1-
 

Name: Whisper Nicole Cogdill

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Poss Drug Para, FTA- Maintain VEH/Dwell/Place/CS, FTA-Trafficking in Meth 


Name: Hunter Alexander Morgan 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Civil Contempt Child Support Purge
 

February 2-


Name: Jackson Alexander Bradley 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: OFA- Poss Of Drug Para, OFA- Unsupervised Probation Violation 
 

Name: Jeffery Lopez Irizarry 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- AWD DWI KISI????

 

Name: Joshua Clifford Marks 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- Operate Vehicle No Insurance, FTA- Expired registration Card Tag, FTA- DWI License Revoked 
 

Name: Edgar Ellis Bingham

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Misdemeanor B&E

 

February 3-


Name: David Charles Roberts 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: Felony Poss Of Meth, Felony Poss Of Heroin, Poss Of Drug Para 

 

Name: Joshua Cameron Cope 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- Poss Open Container Alcohol in the passenger area of MV, FTA- Consume Alcoholic Beverage Off-Premise Permit, FTA- Consume Alcholicolic Beverage Off-Premise Permit, FTA- DWLR, FTA- Operate Vehicle no insurance, FTA- Drive/Allow Motor Vehicle No Registration, FTA-Expired Registration Card/Tag, FTA- Expired/No Inspection, FTA- Speeding, FTA- Driving While License Revoked, FTA- Poss Meth 
 

Name: Edgar Ellis Bingham 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Communicating Threats, Injury to Personal Property
 

February 4-

 

Name: Richard Steven Willis 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: WFA- FTA, Felony Probation Violation 
 

Name: Kimberly Marie Cates 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: OFA- Probation Violation 

 

February 5-
 

Name: Trista May Best 

Department: Sylva PD

Arrest: Felony PWIMSD SCH II CS, Poss Of SCH II CS, Drug Equipment Violation 
 

Name: Rickie Ray Clyburn

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Assault On A Female 
 


February 6-
 

Name: Jorge Mendoza Villeda 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Assault On A Female 
 

Name: Katrina Lynn Cook 

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- Larceny, FTA-Injury To Personal Property, FTA-Poss Drug Para, FTA-Poss Meth
 

Name: Fredrick Earl Stillwell

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: FTA- Misdemeanor Probation Violation, FTA- Misdemeanor Larceny, FTA-Poss Stolen Goods/Property, FTA-Poss Drug Para 
 

Name: Isaac Climbingbear

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Poss Marijuana Para, Poss Drug Para, Simple Poss SCH VI CS, Felony Poss SCH I, Poss Meth
 

Name: Christina Chandler Bonin

Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs

Arrest: Probation Violation 

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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