The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department Sunday charged a 41 year old man with filing a false report after reporting a fatal stabbing, which did not occur.
Sheriff Patrick Ray says Phillip Wesley York of Lake Motel Smithville called 911 and reported to central dispatch that he had witnessed a murder.
After deputies arrived at York’s residence, York told a story of a 17 year old who had stabbed someone to death.
He said the 17 year old then ran off and hasn’t been seen since. Deputies investigated and learned that the parents of the person, to whom York was referring, does not have a 17 year old daughter. Deputies discovered that York’s story was bogus. York was heavily intoxicated at the time.
York was arrested for filing the false report and his bond was set at $5,000. He will appear in court on August 21st.
Meanwhile, in a separate case, 54 year old Danny Lee Atnip was arrested Wednesday at Mt Herman Church on Dry Creek Road.
Sheriff Ray says Atnip was found to have a syringe and a straw containing a yellow powdery substance believed to be dilaudid. He was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and his bond was set at $1,000. Atnip’s court date is August 21st.
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