Public Safety News for Macon, Jackson, and Swain Counties

District Attorney’s legal assistant charged with three felonies in Swain County

According to District Attorney Ashley Welch, Joel King is no longer employed with the District Attorney’s office. Welch noted other than confirming King is no longer employed with her office, no additional information will be released at this time.

King was arrested over the weekend after a domestic violence situation in Swain County the sent the victim to the hospital with serious injuries. Swain County Sheriff’s Office records show King was arrested with two felony counts assault by strangulation and one felony count assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.

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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.

March 21:

Name: Stephanie Elizabeth Vincent

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: True Bill Of Indictment x3

Name: Casey White

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Assault On A Female

March 22:

Name: Melinda Ladra Johnson

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Extradition/Fugitive Other State

Name: Matthew Thomas Lockwood

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: FTA On Felony

Name: David Samuel Vinson

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Poss SCH II CS, Assault Inflict Serious Injury

March 23:

Name: Vanessa Lynnette Griffith

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Misdemeanor Larceny, Poss Of Stolen Goods, Obtain Property False Pretense

March 24:

Name: Gregory Allen Rhoden

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Poss Meth, Poss Drug Para

March 25:

Name: Jaclyn Sue Poole

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Poss Meth, Poss Drug Para

Name: Creedence Mccale Julian

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: H/I Felony Probation Violation

Name: Joshua Edward Woodall

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Hit/Run Fail Stop Property Damage, DWLR Impaired Rev

Name: Neil Ray Moore

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Misdemeanor Probation Violation, Misdemeanor Probation Violation

March 26:

Name: Austin Harley Mccall

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: FTA On Misdemeanor

Name: Kymberly Jeanne Owen

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: True Bill Of Indictment x4

March 27:

Name: Paul Lathrop

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: DWI

Name: Issiah Christopher Blanchard

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: DWI, No Operators License

Name: John Richard Bishop

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: First Degree Trespass, Resisting Public Officer, Disorderly Conduct

Name: Alexander Carl Farland

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: Poss Stolen MV

Name: Stephanie Hughes Byous

Department: Macon Co Sheriff

Charge: DWI

March 21:

Name: Lori Anne Buchanan

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: FTA On Misdmenaor x3

Name: Zachary Leon Mcdonald

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Assault On A Female

March 22:

Name: Kassandra Rene Crowe

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: FTA On Misdmenaor x2

Name: Timothy Ray Fisher Jr

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Poss In Prison Or Jail, Poss Meth

Name: Austin Zachary Rickman

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Second Degree Trespass

Name: William Smallwood

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Cruelty To Animal

Name: Chasity Marie Taylor

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Breaking Or Entering, First Degree Trespass

Name: Destiny Marie Tylor

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: B&E, First Degree Trespass

March 23:

Name: Houston Jeremaine Hornbuckle

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: FTA On Misdemeanor

Name: Boris Pesikan

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Poss Meth, Poss Drug Para

Name: Brenton David Widing

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: PWISMD SCH II CS, Poss SCH II CS, Poss Heroin, Poss CS Prison/Jail Premisses

March 24:

Name: Dustin James Kirkland

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Child Support

Name: Rebbecca Marie Poleck

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: B&E, Simple Poss SCH IV CS, Poss Drug Para

Name: Stephine Sparrow

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: FTA On Misdemeanor x12

Name: Crystal Machae Swayney

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Second Degree Trespass

Name: Chasity Marie Taylor

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Receiving Stolen Goods, B&E, Simple Poss SCH IV CS, Poss Drug Para

Name: Norman Rozelle Walkingstick

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Felony Child Abuse Serious Injury

March 25:

Name: Jimmy Dale Reed

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: FTA On Felony

Name: Thomas Raymond Tilley

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Poss Drug Para, Poss Of Meth

March 26:

Name: Manuel Alexander Cody

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: FTA On Misdemenaor

Name: Jordan Kirkland

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Flee/Elude, Arrest With MV, Assault Government Official/Employee, Injury To Real Property, Resisting Public Officer, Reckless Driving, Operate VEH No Insurance, No Operators License, Lane Change Signal Violation, Drive Left Of Center, Extradition/Fugitive Other State

Name: Vernon Frank Taylor

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Second Degree Trespass

March 27:

Name: Joel Carroll King

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: Assault Inflict Serious Injury, Assault With Deadly Weapon Serious Injury, Assault Inflict Serious Injury

March 28:

Name: Anthony Jason Posey

Department: Swain Co Sheriff

Arrest: FTA On Felony x2

March 21-

Name: Alexandrea Nichole Carpenter
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Shoplifting Concealment Goods

Name: Derek ALan Diehl
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Cyber Stalking, Stalking

March 22-

Name: Kenneth Wayne Edwards
Department: Sylva PD
Arrest: Felony B&E To Terrorize/Injury, Domestic Criminal Trespass, Assault On A Female

Name: Dylan Wallace Shannon
Department: Sylva PD
Arrest: Felony Poss SCH II CS, Poss Of Drug Para

Name: Austin Levi Ewart
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Communicating Threats

Name: Christopher Ian Cotterman
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Habitual Felon x2

March 23-

Name: Eric Daniel Vaughn
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Resisting Public Officer, DWLR, Unsafe Movement

Name: Kenneth Earl Adams
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: FTA- Unsafe Lane Change, FTA- Driving While Impaired

Name: Jeremy Lee Gunter
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Second Degree Trespassing

March 24-

Name: Errika Leah Bradley
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Misdemeanor Larceny

March 25-

Name: Miranda Mae Nashif
Department: Sylva PD
Arrest: Simple Assault

Name: Stephen George Nashif II
Department: Sylva PD
Arrest: Simple Assault, Assault On A Female

Name: Shannon Eugene Breedlove
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Poss Drug Para, Poss IV CS, Poss III CS

March 26-

Name: Harvey Douglas Lee Bumgarner
Department: Sylva PD
Arrest: WFA-Misdemeanor Larceny

Name: Heather Nicole Moose
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: School Attendance Law Violation

Name: Juliane Bump
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Poss Drug PAra, Simple Poss SCH III CS, Simple Poss SCH II CS, Poss Of A CS On Jail Premises, Felony Poss Of Cocaine

Name: Jess Harvey Cagle
Department: Jackson Co Sheriffs
Arrest: Reconnect Utility

March 27-

Name: Terry Jay Webb
Department: Sylva PD
Arrest: Domestic Violence Protective Order 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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