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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. 
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Arrest For 10/8- 10/15

October 2nd- 

 

Name: Seth J Price 

Department: Franklin PD

Charge:  DUI, Consumption Of Alcohol Under the Age 21, Concealed Weapon sViolation By MCSD


October 8th 

 

Name: Cody Morgan Charles

Department: Macon Co

Charge: - Assault Inflicting Serious Bodily Injury
 

Name: MICHELLE MARIE NICHOLSON,

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Larceny - Felonious
 

Name: Willie Eldon Watts

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Communicating Threats, Assault on a Female
 

Name: Danny Michael Cook

Department: Macon Co

Charge: POSSESS METHAMPHETAMINE,  POSSESSION SCH II CS - FELONY, Resist, Obstruct and Delay LEO


October 9th 


Name: Jeffery Lynn Carpenter

Department: Macon Co

Charge: WS For Offenses Committed In jurisdiction 
 

October 10th 
 

October 11th
 

Name:  Divinity Aleza Guest

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Second Degree Murder
 

Name: Andrew Parker Casto

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Warrant Service for offense(s)
committed in jurisdiction

 

Name: Isaac John Carion

Department: Macon Co

Charge:  DVPO Violation

October 12th 
 

Name: Zachary Holder

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Misdemeanor Stalking


October 13th

 

Name: Joshua Edly Gregory

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Breaking & Entering a place of worship


Name: Kishi Marie Mashburn

Department: Macon Co

Charge:  - Breaking & Entering a place of worship

 

Name: Dana Marie Henry

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Failure to Appear) A&A DWLR, NOT IMPAIRED REV


Name: Andrew Hesselbirg

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Resist a Public Officer


Name: Joshua Edly Gregory

Department: Macon Co

Charge:  Warrant Service for offense(s)
committed in jurisdiction

 

Name: Kisha Marie Mashburn

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Warrant Service for offense(s)
committed in jurisdiction

 

October 14th
 

October 15th 
 

Name: Robert Tyler Moose

Department: Macon Co

Charge: Carrying Concealed Gun

 

Arrest 10/9- 10/15
 

October 10th 
 

Name:  Kasey Joshua Blain 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: PWISMD CS I
 

Name: Brandi Thompson 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: DWI, Public Consumption 
 

October 11th 
 

Name:  Ronald Jay Bish II

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Non Iv-D Non Child Support Of Child 
 

Name: Harvey Paul Brooks 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Hold Foe US Marshal 
 

Name:  Bobby R Hayes Jr 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Hold For US Marshal 
 

Name:  Brent Arthur Huggins 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Hold For Us Marshals 
 

Name:  Jacob Ryan McClure 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Hold For US Marshal 
 

Name:  Robert Paul Taylor 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Felony, FTA On Misdemeanor x3  
 

October 12th 
 

October 13th 
 

Name:  Tony Ray Johnson JR

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Misdemeanor
 

October 14th 


Name:  Susan J Blankenship 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: DWI 
 

Name:  Siceria Maney 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge:  Defrauding Innkeeper, Misdemeanor Larceny 
 

Name:  Lucas Levi Smith 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Misdemeanor Probation Vioaltion Out Of County, Misdemeanor Larceny, Assault On a Female 
 

Name:  James Crawford Soap 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Weekender 
 

Name:  Chasity Marie Taylor

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Poss Meth, Poss Drug Para 
 

Name:  Todd Marcus Watty 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Defrauding Innkeeper, Misdemeanor Larceny 
 

Name: Jessica Ashley York 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: Misdemeanor Larceny,  FTA On Misdemeanor, Simple Poss SCH III CS  

 

October 15th 

October 16th 

 

Name: Benjiman Franklin Groenewold 

Department: Swain Co Sheriff 

Charge: FTA On Misdemeanor, Communicating Threats 
 

 

Arrest 10/9- 10/15

October 9th 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  
 

October 10th 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  

 

Name: Gary Dean Buchanan  

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge: Simple Assault 
 

Name:  

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge:  
 

October 11th 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  
 

Name: Travis Wayne Fisher 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge:  Habitual Felon/True Bill Of Indictment


Name:  Gordon Dale Buchanan 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge: Second Degree Trespass, Communicating Threats, Simple Assault x2 
 

October 12th 
 

Name: David Charles Roberts 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: WFA- Simple Assalt 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  
 

Name: Kelly Marie WalkingStick 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge:  FTA DWLR And Speeding 
 

Name: Sara Jane Elizabeth Pannell 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge: FTA Shoplifting Concealment Of Goods, FTA Felony Larceny Poss Stolen Goods 
 

Name:  Lemajor Compton 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge: Poss Of A Firearm By Felon, Poss Of Meth 
 

Name: Dillion Wayne McKay Watkins

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge:  FTA- Felony Poss SCH I CS, FTA Poss Meth, FTA- Poss Drug Para, FTA- Ficticious/Altered Title/Registration Card/Tag, FTA Obtain Property By False Pretense 
 

October 13th 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  

 

Name:  Michael Ampardo De Arce 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge:  Violation Of Domestic Violence Protection Order 
 

Name: Blake Davis Tolley 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge:  Injury To Personal Property, Break/Enter Terrorize/Injure 
 

Name:  Cadence Patton Green 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge:  B&E Non Forcible 
 

October 14th 
 

Name: Richard Vance Jones 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: OFA-DWLR
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: 
 

Name: 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  

 

Name:  Michael Ampardo De Arce 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge: Domestic Violence Protective Order Violation
 

October 15th 
 

Name: Tommy Lee King 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  OFA- Felony Poss OF Meth, OFA- Poss Of Drug Para 
 

Name: Jesse D Namotka 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Poss Of Marijuana 

 

October 16th 
 

Name: William Joseph Conner 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  OFA Felony Habitural Felon, WFA- Assault On A Government Official, WFA- Resisting A Public Officer 
 

Name: Edwin Antonio Romero 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge: Felony Poss OF Meth, Poss SCH IV, Poss Drug Para 
 

Name: Jason Randall Westover 

Department: Sylva PD

Charge:  Felony WFA

 

Name:  Jerry Lee Stiwinter 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

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

Name: Amanda Ellen Wood 

Department: Jackson Co Sherriff 

Charge:  FTA/ Second Degree Trespass 
 

 

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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