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Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a gang member and sovereign citizen who bit off the end of an officers thumb. Alexander Ray Johnson, 30, was convicted of Aggravated Assault and two counts of Assault. Judge Bob McGee set the case for sentencing on March 28.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens DUI Unit obtained a felony conviction against an impaired driver who caused a traffic accident. Jorge Arturo Gutieres, 49, was convicted of Reckless Endangerment and Driving Under the Influence First Offense. Judge Steve Sword revoked Gutieres drivers license for violating the Implied Consent Law and set his case for sentencing on April 11.

Prosecutors in Charme Allens DUI Unit obtained a conviction today against an impaired driver who drove off the interstate. Scott William Wesselman, 32, was convicted of Driving Under the Influence First Offense. Judge Bob McGee set the case for sentencing on March 21.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Major Crimes Unit obtained convictions against a man who attacked his coworkers with a mattock at a community farm. Timothy Whitaker, 54, was convicted of Attempted Second Degree Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Reckless Endangerment.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens DUI Unit obtained convictions against an impaired driver who struck several parked cars and later claimed that the parked cars struck her. Vanessa Elizabeth Helfant, 38, was convicted of Driving Under the Influence.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Major Crimes Unit obtained an eighteen-year sentence against a man who shot at a police officer. Ryan Stephen Stiles, 40, was convicted of Aggravated Assault and Evading Arrest. Judge Bob McGee handed down the sentence and sent Stiles to the Tennessee Department of Correction.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens DUI Unit obtained convictions against an impaired driver who crashed into another vehicle on I-40 near the West Hills exit. John Christopher Chapman, 42, was convicted of Driving Under the Influence and Reckless Endangerment.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Career Gang Unit obtained multiple convictions against a gang member who murdered a man last year on Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue. Odell Luther Glass, Jr., 35, was convicted of First Degree Felony Murder, Reckless Homicide, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon. Judge Bob McGee sentenced Glass to life in prison with the possibility of parole after fifty-one years.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Felony Drug Unit obtained a fifteen-year sentence against a methamphetamine dealer. David Paul Beets, 42, was convicted of Possession with Intent to Sell Methamphetamine over .5 Grams in a Drug Free School Zone. Judge Scott Green ordered Beets to serve fifteen years in prison without the possibility of parole.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Felony Drug Unit obtained a seventeen-year-sentence against a Detroit heroin dealer who sold drugs near Inskip Elementary. Sparkle Trenetta Jones, 36, was convicted of Sale and Delivery of Schedule I Heroin in a Drug Free School Zone. Judge Scott Green handed down the sentence today with the first fifteen years to be served without the possibility of parole.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Career Gang Unit obtained a twenty-one-year sentence against a career criminal who broke into a home off Rutledge Pike. Billy Ray Moats, 42, was convicted of Aggravated Burglary and Theft. Prosecutors sought and Judge Bob McGee handed down the maximum sentence of twenty-one years in prison.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Career Gang Unit obtained forty-seven convictions, including twenty-nine felony convictions, against a career criminal who already had sixty-four felony convictions on his record. Curtis Anthony Burnside, 39, was convicted of twelve counts of Burglary, seventeen counts of felony Theft, sixteen counts of misdemeanor Theft, and one count each of Simple Possession and Criminal Impersonation.

Prosecutors and investigators on the Drug Related Death Task Force have closed a residence that has been the scene of several overdoses and one overdose fatality. 118 East Inskip Drive was closed today by order of Judge Bob McGee under the state nuisance law.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Felony Drug Unit obtained convictions against a Detroit heroin dealer who sold drugs near Inskip Elementary. Sparkle Trenetta Jones, 36, was convicted of Sale and Delivery of Schedule I Heroin in a Drug Free School Zone. Judge Scott Green revoked Jones bond and set the case for sentencing on November 9 where Jones faces between fifteen and twenty-five years in prison.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens office obtained a sentence of life plus thirty-one years against a Detroit heroin dealer who shot a man in Bearden. At trial last month, Jaleen Genard Allen, 24, was convicted of First Degree Murder, Especially Aggravated Kidnapping, and Employing a Firearm During the Commission of a Dangerous Felony. At a sentencing hearing today, Judge Scott Green stacked thirty-one years in prison on top of the mandatory life sentence imposed for First Degree Murder.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Major Crimes Unit obtained a conviction against a man who robbed a convenience store off Maynardville Pike. Tony Lynn Nix, 47, was convicted of Aggravated Robbery. At sentencing, Nix will face between eight and twelve years in prison without the possibility of parole.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Felony Drug Unit and investigators with KPDs Repeat Offender Squad closed a local nightclub under the state nuisance law. Ebony Lounge and Events, located at 3434 MLK Avenue, was closed by order of Judge Steve Sword based on gang activity, shootings, and extremely violent behavior occurring at the club.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Major Crimes Unit obtained a sentence of life plus twenty-five years against a man who murdered his ex-wife in front of his two-year-old child leading to a nationwide manhunt. Tyler Ward Enix, 39, was convicted last year of First Degree Murder and Especially Aggravated Robbery.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens Career Gang Unit obtained a twenty-year sentence against a gang member who robbed four teenagers in Mechanicsville while they were playing basketball. Dashun Jawuan Shackleford, 19, was convicted in June of four counts of Aggravated Robbery, and the jury found that Shackleford was a member of the Crips street gang.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allens White Collar Unit dismantled an entire cell of the Felony Lane Gang that came from Florida and was operating in Knox County and surrounding jurisdictions. Members of this cell included Lindsay Alex Rosenfeldt, 29, Demetrius Jamal Gunn, 28, Jarvis Letrey Lewis, 32, Weldon Jermaine Glinton, 33, and Joshua Chai Spicy, 43. In total, the members of the gang were convicted of fifteen felonies for Identity Theft, Theft over $2500, and Burglary of a Vehicle.