Man Charged with Child Abuse or Neglect

A Dowelltown man has been arrested for child abuse or neglect after he was caught driving drunk with a three year old child in the vehicle with him.
40 year old Juan Carlos Sosa Salazar of Vandergriff Hollow Road, Dowelltown is charged with a second offense of driving under the influence, driving while license revoked, and child abuse or neglect. He was also issued citations for no insurance, violation of the open container law (two open beers), and driving on roadways laned for traffic. His bond is $8,000 and his court date is September 14.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Sunday, August 27 a deputy was patrolling on east broad street when he spotted a vehicle failing to maintain its lane of travel. The officer pulled over the automobile and spoke with the driver, Salazar. A three year old child was a passenger in the vehicle. Salazar had a strong odor of alcohol on his person. His eyes were red and watery and his speech was slurred. Salazar admitted to having earlier consumed one beer. He submitted to but performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. He refused to give blood for a test and a search warrant was obtained for a blood sample. A computer check revealed that his license were revoked for a 2015 DUI offense in DeKalb County. Salazar was charged with child abuse or neglect for knowingly placing the life of the child passenger at immediate risk of bodily injury by driving under the influence.
33 year old Nathan Bradley McMinn of Christine Street, Smithville is charged with driving under the influence and driving while license revoked. He was also cited for no insurance, violation of the registration law, violation of the open container law, possession of drug paraphernalia, and simple possession of a schedule III drug (suboxone) His bond totals $4,500 and his court date is September 14. Sheriff Ray said that on Tuesday, August 22 a deputy was patrolling on Highway 56 heading south when a green Jeep Cherokee passed him heading northbound. Knowing that the driver, McMinn had a revoked license, he pulled him over at Pine Creek Nursery. The officer detected a strong odor of alcohol on McMinn’s person and his eyes were glassy. McMinn refused to perform field sobriety tasks and submit to a blood test. A computer check confirmed that his license were revoked for failure to satisfy fines, costs, or taxes on a criminal offense in Warren County. The date of the revocation was September 5, 2014. A search of his vehicle yielded an open container of beer, a pill, and drug paraphernalia (glass pipe).
32 year old Christy Mae Bell of Dry Creek Road, Smithville is charged with resisting stop, frisk, halt, arrest, or search. Her bond is $2,500 and her court date is September 14. Sheriff Ray said that on Thursday, August 24 as a deputy was attempting to take Bell into custody on a Wilson County warrant, she locked herself in a shed and ignored verbal commands to come out. The officer had to make forcible entry into the shed to get her. Bell then tried to pull away from the deputy to avoid being placed under arrest.
48 year old Billy Eugene Cook , Jr. of Toad Road, Dowelltown is charged with a second offense of driving on a suspended license and evading arrest. His bond is $8,000 and his court date is August 31. Sheriff Ray said that on Saturday, August 26 a deputy observed Cook enter a vehicle and drive on Highway 70 from the Dollar General Store at Snow Hill. Knowing that Cook had no valid driver license, the officer activated his blue lights to make a traffic stop but Cook initially refused to pull over. Cook continued driving on Highway 70 before turning onto Toad Road and coming to a stop at a trailer park. A computer check confirmed that Cook’s license were suspended on December 27, 2012 for failure to answer to an original violation. He also has a driving while suspended offense against him from Bedford County dating back to June 25, 2013.
28 year old Jose Carlos Zarazua of McMinnville is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $4,000 and his court date is September 14. Sheriff Ray said that on Friday, August 25 deputies were called to the Midnight Express on Sparta Highway where two people were reported to be fighting but they found the two, Zarazua and his wife, at another location. While speaking with them Zarazua grabbed and pulled his wife’s hair and began shaking her head, causing some of her hair to fall out.