Accused rapist among 80 grand jury indictments

A Dyer County grand jury indicted Katius Williams, 630 E. Thomas, with aggravated burglary, aggravated rape and aggravated robbery. He is accused of entering a woman's home July 25, raping her at gunpoint and stealing $23.

A series of rapes in the southern and eastern portions of the city began in February. The Dyersburg Police Department warned the community about the rapes at the end of July.

The grand jury also handed down a second indictment for aggravated burglary and aggravated assault in connection with a home invasion, District Attorney Phil Bivens said. Williams is accused of entering the unlocked front door of an East Dyersburg home between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Aug. 1. Williams pointed a gun at the two women inside the house and told them not to move. One of the women said she screamed the whole time Williams was in the house, which was about five minutes.

Williams has been in the county jail since his arrest Aug. 2.

Those two indictments were among 80 the grand jury issued Monday. Those named in the indictments are to be arraigned Monday in Dyer County Circuit Court.

Following is a partial list of the indictments. Some of the indictments will remain sealed until the persons named in them have been arrested.

* Demetria Eugena Alexander, 50, 1827 Curry St., was indicted for aggravated assault. She is accused of hitting a girl with a baseball bat July 5 after the girl allegedly tried to kick Alexander's dog.

* Renita Lynn Baker, 209 Newbern RoEllen Road, Newbern, was indicted on four counts of forgery.

* Marcus D. Benford, 323 King Ave., and Brian Bernard Benford, 1254 Wheeler St., were indicted on two counts of forgery.

* Charles A. Bounds, 102 Parks St. in Trimble, and Wesley A. Bounds, 2110 H. Caudle Road in Kenton, were indicted for aggravated assault.

* Elizabeth Ann Burnette, 23, 909 Hamer Road; Emily S. Kilzer Montgomery, 27, of the Executive Inn Room 212 in Dyersburg; and Jesie Lee Palmer, 24, 1095 Fuller Road, were indicted for promoting the manufacture of methamphetamines. They were arrested Aug. 28 in the hotel room with items used to make methamphetamines.

* Tyler Pierce Camaso, 20, 429 Victory Ave., was indicted for burglary of a motor vehicle. He was accused of breaking into a vehicle and stealing a car stereo on April 5.

* Camaso and Larry Dewayne Holland Jr., 20, 305 Butterworth, were indicted for two counts of aggravated burglary and one count of theft of property in excess of $1,000. The men are accused of breaking into two homes on Red Bell Road on June 2.

* Jimmy Ray Ciechan, 301 Bell Ave., was indicted for possessing more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell.

* Daniel Shawn Clark, 33, 1621 Harris St.; Chrissy Lee Simpson, 31, and Crystal Marie Jackson, 25, both of 1829 Harris St.; and Samantha Gail Saldana, 24, 533 Foreman Lane in Pontotoc, Miss., were indicted for especially aggravated robbery. They are accused of hitting a man in the head with a brick and taking his money, jewelry, bank card and checkbook on Aug. 6. The man was taken to The Regional Medical Center in Memphis with a head wound.

* Christopher M. Criswell, 27, 116 W. Parkview, and James V. Titherington, 218 A St., were indicted for possessing more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell.

* Tommy Crosno, 40, 1109 KW Ave., was indicted for initiation of a process intended to result in methamphetamine manufacture. He was accused of setting up a meth lab in the backyard of his home.

* Mark A. Curry, address unavailable, was indicted for 9th offense driving on a revoked license and evading arrest in a motor vehicle.

* Calvin L. Fields, 44, 1332 Bose St., was indicted for violating the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender Act.

* Gary Daniel Flowers, 27, 6884 Conner Whitefield in Ripley, was indicted for aggravated assault. He was accused of hitting a man in the head with a beer bottle June 27 at The Rocks on Brewer Road.

* Cody Steven Gardner, 24, 409 College St. in Ridgely, was indicted for theft of property in excess of $1,000. He was accused of stealing 21 vials of medicine from a Dyersburg Regional Medical Center "crash cart" while being treated on May 24.

* Charles Timothy Goforth, address unavailable, was indicted for violation of the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender Act.

* Joshua L. Haley, address unavailable, was indicted for evading arrest and resisting arrest.

* Elton Hearn, 311 Bishop, was indicted for possessing more than half a gram of cocaine with intent to sell and possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony.

* Shawn N. Jackson, 40, 1628 Schaffer St., was indicted for manufacturing marijuana. Law enforcement officers reportedly found 15 cannabis plants growing at his home on Aug. 2.

* Brad E. Jones, 209 St. Joseph, was indicted for evading arrest in a motor vehicle.

* Harvey G. Justice III, 1301 Moss St., was indicted for possessing more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell. He allegedly had 292 grams, or slightly more than half a pound, of marijuana in his home on July 8.

* Christopher Wayne Lee, 1821 Countryman, was indicted for aggravated robbery.

* Donnie Wayne Lee, address unavailable, was indicted for two counts of robbery and one count each of burglary, theft of property in excess of $1,000 and failure to appear.

* Charles L. Livingston, 18, 110 Pease Ave., was indicted for possessing more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell. Dyersburg Police searched his home July 13 and reportedly found 28 grams of marijuana in his bedroom.

* Brian Allen Loyd, 34, 531 Lake Road, was indicted on four counts of forgery and one count each of burglary, theft over $1,000 and simple possession of cocaine. He is accused of forging checks belonging to his employer, Curtis Construction Co., in September; burglarizing West Dyersburg Church of Christ and taking two televisions and a video cassette recorder on Aug. 25; and possessing three rocks of cocaine Sept. 27 when he was arrested on the forgery warrants.

* Ryan Wade Mathis, 24, 220 Lake St. in Ridgley, was named in an indictment for escape and accessory after the fact. He escaped custody of the Dyer County Sheriff's Department on Sept. 9 during a trip to the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was awaiting possible transport to Western Mental Health Institute in Bolivar. He was apprehended three days later in Union City. He had been sentenced Aug. 21 to a total of nine years imprisonment on burglary and theft charges.

* Andrew T. McDaniel, 1500 Lewis, was indicted for aggravated assault.

* Jeremy Scott Moore, 2441 St. John Ave., was indicted on four counts of forgery.

* Shannon L. Moses, 240 Dillard St., was indicted for possessing more than half an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell.

* Timothy Franklin Neal, 35, 515 Garland, was indicted for theft of services less than $500 and vandalism less than $500. He was accused of illegally obtaining electricity from Dyersburg Electric. Electrical service to 425 McDermon had been disconnected on March 10, but a Dyersburg Electric employee found the meter box seal had broken and the insulator boots removed.

* Neal and William Joseph Sanderson, address unavailable, were also indicted for burglary, theft in excess of $500, and simple possession of dihydrocodeinone, a Schedule III controlled substance.

* Stephanie M. Pratt, address unavailable, was indicted for possessing less than half a gram of methamphetamines (a Schedule II controlled substance) with intent to sell.

* Donald E. Pruitt, 406 Cronan St. in Ridgely, was indicted for theft of property in excess of $1,000.

* Randall Ewell Reeves, address unavailable, was indicted for felony vandalism in excess of $1,000.

* Robert Brandon Riles, 2529 Highway 104 West of Dyersburg, was indicted for two counts of forgery and one count each of simple possession of methamphetamines and possession of contraband in a penal institution.

* Kirk A. Robertson, 201 Slaughter Drive, was indicted for theft in excess of $1,000.

* Joshua Alan Sanders, 35, 125 Pecan Cove, was indicted for vandalism in an amount less than $500 and domestic assault. He was accused of nearly kicking in the door to his estranged wife's home on Aug. 5 and causing her to fear bodily injury on Aug. 9.

* Angelia M. Ditto Smith and Helen M. Smith, addresses unavailable, were indicted for selling dihydrocodeinone, a Schedule III controlled substance.

* Teddrick L. Smith, 26, 1006 Tibbs, was indicted for four counts of violation of the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender Act and one count of resisting arrest.

* Danny David Walker and Wendy Brooks, both of 209 E. Calhoun St., were indicted for possessing more than half a gram of methamphetamines with intent to sell.

* Cornelia T. Watson, address unavailable, was indicted for forgery.

* Kevin Gerald Wengstrom, 18, 331 Sellers Drive, was indicted for aggravated burglary and attempted aggravated burglary.

* Clyde Stanley Williams, 636 Cherry St., and Carl Stephen Clarke, 365 Greenway, were indicted for aggravated burglary and theft in excess of $1,000.

* James Terry Wilson, 26, 2154 Randall Road, and Charles Mack King Jr., 2230 St. John Ave., were indicted for aggravated burglary and theft in excess of $1,000. They are accused of participating in the burglary of a Randall Road home on July 23 and possessing knives and coins stolen from the house.

* Randy J. Wilson, 315 Broadway, was indicted for simple possession of methamphetamines.

* Eric J. Yandell, address unavailable, was indicted for sexual battery.