More arrests have been made stemming from two separate recent incidents of drug smuggling into the jail.
25-year-old Robert Stephen Ryan Derrick, 23-year-old Christopher Edward Spoon, Jr. , 45-year-old Sherry Kay Barnes, 36-year-old Anthony Wayne Tramel, and 39-year-old Eric Wayne Tramel are each charged with bringing contraband into a penal institution. Each is under a $10,000 bond and will make a court appearance on January 30.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, Derrick and Spoon, both inmates at the jail, conspired to have 37-year-old Landon Craig Wyatt, Jr. smuggle into the jail buprenorphine strips hidden in the waistband of a pair of thermals. The inmates made arrangements by phone and Wyatt was caught and arrested bringing in the drugs on December 31.
Meanwhile, another inmate, Eric Wayne Tramel conspired with Barnes and Anthony Wayne Tramel by phone to have 37-year-old Caitlin Lynn Clouse smuggle into the jail a coffee pot containing 78 grams of marijuana mixed with tobacco. Clouse was caught and arrested on January 4.
Sheriff Ray described the charges in each specific case.
*“On December 31 Derrick participated in a crime by concealing Buprenorphine strips in the waistband of a pair of white thermals for another inmate. He placed a visit phone call to arrange this transaction”.
*” On December 31 Spoon participated in the introduction of Buprenorphine strips into the jail by concealing them in the waistband of a pair of white thermals for another inmate. Spoon placed a visit phone call to arrange this”.
- “On January 4 Barnes participated in the introduction of a coffee pot into the jail which held 78 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana and a brown substance thought to be tobacco. Barnes agreed to pick up and transport the coffee pot to an inmate at the jail so she could “put it together”. It was later actually brought to the jail by someone else”
*” On January 4 Anthony Wayne Tramel participated in the introduction of a coffee pot into the jail that held 78 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be methamphetamine and a brown substance thought to be tobacco by agreeing to put it together so it could be taken to the jail”.
*” On January 4 Eric Wayne Tramel participated in the introduction of a coffee pot into the jail by concealing inside of it 78 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana, and a brown substance thought to be tobacco. Tramel placed a phone visit call to arrange this”.
In other cases, 58-year-old Peter David Bohannon, Jr. of Gard Lane, Smithville is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver and driving on a suspended license. His bond is $12,500 and he will be in court February 6.
Sheriff Ray said that on Wednesday, January 15 a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a blue Dodge Ram due to failure to maintain lane of travel and spoke with the driver, Bohannon. The officer asked Bohannon to step out of the vehicle and during a pat down search, the deputy found a clear baggie and a pink baggie which held a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine which weighed a total of 1.1 grams. A background check revealed that Bohannon’s license was suspended for failure to appear in September 2024.
24-year-old Cory Michael Maes of Monterey is charged with driving under the influence. His bond is $2,500 and he will be in court February 6.
Sheriff Ray said that on January 19 at 2:55 a.m. a deputy was enroute to a call at the Gentleman’s Club due to a verbal altercation. Upon arrival the officer learned that the suspect had left the club in a gold Mercury on Sparta Highway. The deputy spotted the vehicle, pulled it over, and spoke with the driver, Maes who smelled of alcohol. Maes’ speech was slurred, and his eyes were dilated and glossy. Maes stepped out of the automobile but refused to submit to field sobriety tasks.
26-year-old Dakoda Lane Vance of Cookeville Highway, Smithville is charged with violation of bond conditions. His bond is $5,000 and he will be in court January 16.
Sheriff Ray said that on January 11 at around 7 p.m. Vance, an inmate at the jail, made a phone call to a victim of an active bond condition that stemmed from an arrest over a domestic assault case in which Vance had been the perpetrator.