June 29, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
An Alexandria woman accused in a knife attack on her boyfriend has been charged with aggravated assault.
37-year-old Pamela Lynn Salas of Walker Creek Road, Alexandria is under a $6,500 bond and will be in court July 14.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on June 26 a deputy was summoned to a residence on Walker Creek Road due to a report of a physical domestic involving a knife. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with a man who said that he and his girlfriend, Salas, had gotten into an argument before Salas picked up a knife and began trying to cut him with it. The man did receive a cut on his arm from the attack.
A Liberty man who tried to flee on foot while being served with a warrant has been charged with evading arrest.
49-year-old Ricky Shannon Nokes of Pea Ridge Road is under a $2,500 bond and he will be in court on July 14.
Sheriff Ray said that on June 20 a deputy went to a residence on Pea Ridge Road to serve a Cannon County warrant on Nokes. Upon arrival the officer informed Nokes that he had a warrant for his arrest, Nokes fled on foot but he was later taken into custody at a neighbor’s home where he had locked himself in a bathroom.
38-year-old Marcus Anthony Williams of Peytons Road, Pleasant Shade is charged with domestic assault. He is under a $10,000 bond and will make a court appearance on July 14.
Sheriff Ray said that on June 20 a deputy spoke with a woman who said that four days prior on June 16 Williams had held her down, leaving bruises on her knees and refused to let her leave. Williams was later taken into custody and charged in the case.
47-year-old Joseph Nathaniel Bragg, Jr. of North Congress Boulevard, Smithville was charged on June 20 with violation of an order of protection. He is under a $3,000 bond and will make a court appearance on July 14.
Sheriff Ray said Bragg was knowingly at the residence of a woman he was supposed to keep away from according to an active order of protection against him. The woman was home at the time.
An intoxicated woman found in the road on Allen Ferry Road last week has been charged. 37-year-old Tiffany Rayl of Highland Avenue, Smithville is under a $1,000 bond and will be in court July 14 on a public intoxication charge.
Sheriff Ray said that on June 21 a deputy was dispatched to Allen Ferry Road to conduct a welfare check of a woman who was reported to be lying in the road. Upon arrival the officer found the woman, Rayl in the roadway trying to get into vehicles passing by. She was determined to have been under the influence of narcotics.
52-year-old Russell Albert Summit, Jr. of Parker Lane, Manchester is charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked or suspended license. He is being held without bond pending a court appearance on August 11.
Sheriff Ray said that on June 21 a deputy was dispatched to the area of McMinnville Highway due to a report of a man sitting slumped over behind the wheel of his vehicle parked at Whorton Springs Baptist Church. After Summit was awakened the officer asked him to step out of the vehicle. Summit was unsteady on his feet and had a strong odor of alcohol on him. Summit submitted to but performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. A background check through central dispatch revealed that this was Summit’s second offense of DUI and that his license was suspended.