Man Wanted in Missouri Arrested by Sheriffs Department

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man last week wanted in Missouri.
35 year old George William Rogers, II of Potts Camp Road, Smithville is charged with being a fugitive from Justice. His bond is $25,000 and he will be in court March 5. Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Saturday, February 28 Rogers was arrested on a warrant from Missouri for violation of probation. He will be extradited to Missouri.
55 year old Daniel Ray Anderson of Dry Creek Road, Smithville is charged with two counts of a fourth offense of driving on a suspended license. He was further issued a citation for violation of the registration law, violation of the financial responsibility law, and for not wearing a seatbelt. His bond totals $12,500 and he will be in court March 12.
Sheriff Ray said that on Monday, February 23, a deputy spotted Anderson driving a motor vehicle. Knowing that Anderson had prior warrants against him, the officer stopped his automobile. A computer check confirmed his license were suspended. He was placed under arrest and brought to the jail for booking. Anderson has three previous driving on suspended charges against him on August 30, 2011, June 22, 2009, and November 26, 2006.
In the other DSL case against Anderson, Sheriff Ray said that on May 5, 2014 a deputy was dispatched to a two vehicle crash on Blue Springs Road. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with Anderson, who was apparently involved in the accident. The deputy checked his license and found them to be suspended for failure to satisfy a citation in Putnam County on May 3, 2001. Anderson left the scene of the accident before the officer could take him into custody.
23 year old Travis Joe Davenport of Eagle Creek Road, Smithville is charged with driving on a revoked license. His bond is $1,500 and he will be in court May 21. He was further issued a citation for his vehicle having a brake light out. Sheriff Ray said that on Monday, February 23 a deputy stopped a gray Jeep traveling on Highway 56 south for a traffic violation (brake light out). The officer spoke with the driver, Davenport who admitted he did not have a valid license. A computer check confirmed that his drivers license were revoked on April 17, 2014 for failure to satisfy fines in a criminal offense in Warren County. He was placed under arrest.
47 year old Bobby Dean Porterfield of Richland Road, Murfreesboro is charged with a fourth offense of driving on a revoked license. He was further issued a citation for violation of the responsibility law (no insurance) and a violation of the light law. His bond is $6,000 and he will be in court March 12. Sheriff Ray said that on Monday, February 23 a deputy stopped Porterfield’s vehicle on Highway 70 for having a tail light out. While speaking with the officer, Porterfield admitted that he did not have a drivers license. A computer check revealed that Porterfield had at least three previous charges for driving on a revoked license.
48 year old Paul Jerome Grizzle of Sugar Tree Knob Road, Liberty is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $1,500. Sheriff Ray said that on Tuesday, February 24 a deputy was dispatched to Short Mountain Highway in response to a domestic assault. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with a woman who said that her boyfriend, Grizzle became intoxicated and violent. She claims Grizzle pushed her over a chair in the living room, pushed her into the railing on the porch outside, and then pushed her into the corner of a building while she was trying to get help. The woman said she was afraid that Grizzle might assault her again after the officer left. Grizzle was placed under arrest.
49 year old James Bertland Blankenship, III of McMinnville is charged with simple possession of a schedule II drug dilaudid. His bond is $1,500 and he will be in court March 5. Sheriff Ray said that on Thursday, February 26 a sheriff’s department detective went to Banks Pisgah Road to serve a warrant. While there, the officer spoke with Blankenship who consented to a search of his person and vehicle. Inside Blankenship’s pants pocket, the detective found three hypodermic needles. Blankenship also had a small plastic baggie in another pocket containing three and a half dilaudid pills. He was placed under arrest. Meanwhile, 44 year old Jefry Vincent Overall of McMinnville was cited for simple possession of a schedule II drug (morphine) arising from the same incident. He will be in court March 5. According to Sheriff Ray, Overall was in a vehicle which was searched. Found inside the automobile was a pill bottle bearing Overall’s name. The bottle contained one morphine fifteen milligram pill and two oxycodone thirty milligram pills. Overall could not produce a prescription for the pills at the time.
20 year old McKay Lindon Gray of Antioch Road, Smithville is charged with a second offense of driving on a revoked license. His bond is $3,000 and he will be in court April 16. Sheriff Ray said that on Thursday, February 26 a deputy saw Gray operating a motor vehicle. Knowing that Gray’s license were revoked, the officer stopped his automobile. A computer check confirmed that Gray’s license were revoked for a DUI in 2013. Gray had also been cited twice that year, once for driving on a suspended license and driving on a revoked license. He was placed under arrest.