A 30 year old Smithville woman is charged with passing a forged instrument at a local pharmacy,
In his weekly press release, Smithville Police Chief Richard Jennings reports that Sara Rea Edmonds of 318 West Broad Street, Apartment 202, Smithville will be in court on the charge August 27th and her bond is $25,000
Smithville Police Officer Matt Farmer conducted an investigation about forged prescriptions being passed at Rite Aid Pharmacy in Smithville and he developed a suspect in the case. On August 2nd at approximately 5:50 p.m., the suspect entered Rite Aid Pharmacy and passed another forged prescription. Officer Farmer was not on duty but contacted Smithville K-9 Officer Brad Tatrow and sent him to Rite Aid Pharmacy. Officer Tatrow made contact with Edmonds and determined that she was attempting to pass a forged prescription for Hydrocodone pills. She was arrested and charged in the case.
34 year old Jo Ann Rutland, also known as Jo Ann Certain, of 2392 Bright Hill Road, Smithville is charged in connection with the theft of a purse belonging to Michelle Burklow. Bond for Rutland is $10,000 and her court date is August 20th .
Burklow’s purse was stolen from the Board of Education building on July 27th. The purse contained items valued at over $1,000. An investigation conducted by Smithville Police Officer Matt Farmer led to the arrest of Rutland.
27 year old Andrea Nicole Bass of 1018 Roy Womack Road, Smithville is charged with violation of probation. She was arrested on August 2nd by Smithville Police Officer Randy King. Bass’ original conviction was for possession of drug paraphernalia. Her court date is August 27th.
Smithville Police Officer Matt Farmer arrested 32 year old Nena Bell Sprague of Ole Possum Road, Watertown on a capias for failing to appear in General Sessions Court.
27 year old Patrick Nelson Blevins of 620 Anderson Ridge Road, Silver Point is charged with public intoxication, possession of a schedule VI controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. His total bond is $3,000 and his court date is August 20th.
Smithville Police Officer Matt Farmer was sent to South Mountain Street, Smithville on August 5th around 8:58 p.m. to investigate a complaint of a man walking in the middle of the roadway. Officer Farmer made contact with Blevins and determined that he was intoxicated. Witnesses told Officer Farmer they saw Blevins throw something into the bushes. Officer Farmer found a small black and red bag in the bushes. The bag contained a small amount of a green leafy plant material, believed to be marijuana and some rolling papers. During the search of Blevins, a pipe was found in his jacket pocket that Officer Farmer believed was used to smoke marijuana.
49 year old Grover Lamont Jones of 627 Restview Drive, Smithville is charged with theft of property under $500. His bond is $1,000 and his court date is September 1st.
Smithville Police Detective Jerry Hutchins was dispatched to Food Lion on South Congress Boulevard on August 6th at 9:50 p.m. to investigate a report of a shoplifter. Upon arrival, Detective Hutchins made contact with Jones and during the investigation, found four bottles of vanilla extract in Jones’ front pocket belonging to Food Lion that had not been paid for.
Chief Jennings says if any citizen has any knowledge of criminal activity occurring in our community, please report it to the proper authorities. Any information received by the Smithville Police Department will be confidential.
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