Murder charges top grand jury's list

Three persons were named in two murders and a fourth person was charged with soliciting a murder.

Colton Dequan Whitelow, 18, 366 Cherry Dale in Halls, and Darnell Capri Madison, 18, 255-B Gay St. in Ripley, are charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. They are accused of shooting into a crowd Feb. 27 on Grayson Street in Newbern. Tamara Brown, a Newbern woman who was 7 months pregnant, was shot and killed. Donald Wilkes, 42, 215 Jones St., was shot in the hip.

A third suspect in the shooting -- Davonta Duffie, 15, 9580 2nd St. in Gates -- was not indicted. District Attorney General Phil Bivens said Duffie cannot be indicted until his case is transferred from juvenile court to adult court. A hearing to do that will be scheduled as soon as the crime lab completes its examination of the evidence, he said.

In an unrelated case, another juvenile, Tyler Demond Armstrong, 17, 339 Salenfriend, was indicted on a second-degree murder charge. He is accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Anthony Richardson on April 16 on Maxey Drive.

Armstrong and his girlfriend, Tamzie L. Stewart, 23, 103 Crawford Ave., also were indicted for possession of more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver. A search of Stewart's home on April 16 reportedly uncovered about 113.4 grams of cocaine.

Dottie Ann Floyd, 29, of Bethel Springs, was indicted for solicitation of first-degree murder and possession of dihydrocodeinone with intent to sell or deliver. She was accused of hiring someone to kill her ex-husband, Christopher Floyd. She reportedly met March 12 in the Dyersburg Mall parking lot with Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Nathan Bishop, who posed as a hit man. She allegedly paid Bishop $200 and gave him 120 hydrocodone pills - the first of three payments she was to make.

The grand jury also indicted Francisco Javier Torres-Lopez, 33, 401 Monroe St. in Newbern, on three counts of vehicular assault. He is accused of running a stoplight, crashing into another car and seriously injuring three persons on May 10. Jerry L. Heathcott, 65, and Rhonda Heathcott, 50, of Dyersburg, were both unconscious after the wreck and were taken to The Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Rudy M. Quintana, 36, of Nashville, a passenger in Torres-Lopez's truck, was treated at the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Police officers said Torres-Lopez was intoxicated.

The grand jury issued 58 indictments, some of which will remain sealed until the persons named have been arrested. Indictees will be arraigned at 1 p.m. June 30 in Dyer County Circuit Court. The indictments made public on Tuesday include the following:

* Misty Lynn Booker, 34, 417 N. Church Ave., Apartment B - contributing to the unruly behavior of a minor. She allegedly allowed a runaway juvenile to stay in her home last February.

* John Thomas Brandon, 38, 84 Moore Road in Jackson - possession of a firearm where alcoholic beverages are served and sold. He is accused of concealing a Jennings 9 mm handgun inside his jacket when he walked into Beedies, a local bar, on Jan. 17.

* Patrick Bumpus, 18, whose address is listed as 420 Willis St. in Newbern and as 1077 Wabash Circle or 329 Lyte Circle in Dyersburg - filing a false police report and theft of property in excess of $500. He is accused of taking three shotguns from the home of Dyer County Sheriff's Investigator Terry McCreight on Wabash Circle. Bumpus later reported that three men took the guns.

* Timothy J. Camaso, address unavailable - vehicular assault.

* Christopher Claybrook, 27, 1123 Wilson Circle - sixth offense driving with a revoked license.

* Cortez D. Cooper, 19, of Schaffer St.; Paul M. Isom, 22, 365 Wabash Circle; Nigel Lamar Mayberry, 19, 1821 Whitney Young; and Bryant Keith Thomas Jr., 18, 511 Roberts Ave. - possession of more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell and possession of more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell. The men were arrested Feb. 7 after Dyersburg Police found 102 grams of crack cocaine and 165 grams of marijuana in a house at 1005 Bruce Ave.

* Atavis Cortez Cunningham, 23, 402 Parks St. in Newbern - aggravated assault. He is accused of beating, kicking and stomping Philip Graff on April 12. Graff reportedly suffered a broken jaw, cuts and bruises.

* Chris Faulcon, 22, 408 Kist Ave. - possession more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell. He allegedly possessed 6.5 grams of powdered cocaine and 11 grams of crack cocaine on May 15 when police stopped a vehicle in which he was a passenger.

* Terrell Lee Gauldin, 24, 225 St. Joseph - driving on a revoked license, evading arrest and resisting arrest. The charges stem from two traffic stops in December: the first on Dec. 13 and the second on Dec. 29.

* Lisa D. Golden, 43, 600 Eaglewood Apartment B-1 - fourth offense driving with a revoked license.

* Donnie Ham, 59, and Wilma Doris Ham, 51, both of 227 High Ave. - driving while intoxicated. Donnie Ham reportedly drove into a utility pole Nov. 29 near the intersection of Parr and Tickle and left a trail of vehicle fluids all the way to the Wal-Mart parking lot on Lake Road, where he hit another pole. At Wal-Mart, Donnie Ham and Doris Ham switched seats and Doris Ham began driving the vehicle. Police stopped her as she drove out of the parking lot onto Mall Boulevard.

* Anthony Jackson, address unavailable - fourth offense simple possession of marijuana.

* Christy Renee Jones, 25, 236 1st St. - theft of property less than $500 and fraudulent use of a credit card in excess of $1,000. She is accused of stealing credit cards from the purse of her co-worker, Dianne Pratt, and then spent $1,783.89 at Wal-Mart on April 8. She also is accused of taking Donna Owens' purse from a shopping cart on the Wal-Mart parking lot on March 25. The purse was recovered.

* Spencer Douglas Luna, 19, who is listed as homeless - aggravated burglary. Luna is accused of breaking into a Sampson Avenue apartment on May 3 while a woman was sleeping inside.

* Lacy Deshon Mims, 19, 516 Jones St. in Newbern, and John Angelo Flagg, 32, 1015 Scott St. - robbery. They are accused of "stomping" a man's head and stealing his wallet May 13 at the Sunrise Inn. The wallet reportedly contained about $390.

* Jeremy Scott Moore, address unavailable - possession of more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell; possession of Alprazolam, a Schedule IV controlled substance, with intent to sell; and possession of methadone, a Schedule II controlled substance, with intent to sell.

* Cedric L. Moses, 31, 209 St. Joseph - eighth offense driving on a revoked license and failure to appear.

* Michael Ray Orman, 27, 383 Deal Road - aggravated robbery and theft of property in excess of $1,000. Orman is accused of borrowing a 1987 Toyota truck and a jacket from Addison Kirk on Jan 19 and never returning the items. Orman allegedly used the truck that day during a robbery of Lake Road Food Shop, 2555 Lake Road. An arrest warrant estimated that $600 was taken from the cash register.

* Brandon Scott Pevahouse, address unavailable - two counts of forgery.

* Regina Michelle Rattinger, 34, 130 Allen Hines Road - aggravated assault. She is accused of stabbing her 54-year-old mother, Donna M. Wilover, in the head with a pointed object on April 9.

* Tamario Redmond, 24, 506 Christie St. - possession of more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell, resisting arrest, third offense driving with a revoked license and failure to appear. A bag of cocaine reportedly fell from Redmond's possession while he was being arrested on an outstanding failure to appear warrant on Dec. 17. Redmond reportedly fought police officers, ripped one antenna from the police car and damaged a second antenna while being handcuffed. The bag contained 8.9 grams of cocaine, according to a crime lab report.

* Corey Pruitt, 21, 30 Twilla Lane - statutory rape. He was originally charged in General Sessions Court with six counts of statutory rape. He is accused of having sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl on Feb. 21, Feb. 27, Feb. 29 and March 3-5.

* Brandy Savers Ross, 32, of 1819 Troy Hickman Road, and Kevin W. Ross, 32, address unavailable - burglary and vandalism in excess of $500. They reportedly burglarized the Trimble carwash and vandalized the money-changing machine on April 24.

* Chrissy Lee Simpson, 30, 1805 Harris St., - second offense driving with a revoked license.

* Catherine E. Taylor, 35, Economy Inn Room 228 - theft of property less than $500, aggravated burglary, theft in excess of $1,000, fraudulent use of a debit card and two counts of forgery. Taylor is accused of breaking into her mother's home and taking her jewelry on Jan. 9; stealing $200 from her mother on Christmas Eve; and using Andrew T. McIntosh's debit card without his permission on April 9.

* Marlon Antwain Taylor, 30, 181 Lafayette in Ripley - possession of more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was arrested May 7 at the Colonial Inn and reportedly had 3 grams of cocaine, 51.5 grams of marijuana and a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson semi-automatic handgun in his possession.

* Brandon Keith Williams, who is also known as Brandon Keith Long, 25, 1421 Schaffer St. - one count of possession of more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell and three counts of simple possession of marijuana. The first charge stems from a Dec. 14 incident in which Dyersburg Police found a bag containing 64 grams of marijuana and a small set of scales on a parking lot after Williams exited a patrol car.

* Eric A. Williams, 25, 107 Pease St. - selling less than half a gram of cocaine and possessing more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell. Williams was a passenger in Bobby Hollis' vehicle on Nov. 2, when police conducted a traffic stop. Hollis told police he'd just purchased crack cocaine from Williams. Williams also was seen throwing a bag of crack cocaine out of the rear passenger window, the arrest warrant stated.

* Jasmine Williams, 20, 1106 Tucker Circle - filing a false police report. She is accused of providing false information to Dyersburg Police about a domestic situation on March 3.

* Marvin Williams, address unavailable - three counts each of burglary and theft of property in excess of $1,000.