A man was charged with several drug and narcotics violations Friday afternoon on Summer Street. Around 1:15 officers responded to a disturbance of a male with a machete on the property of 70 & Summer Coin Laundry. According to the report, officers located Daniel Snipes with a machete in his hand, sitting on the ground with a dog. Snipes had previously been issued a written trespass warning a few months ago and was therefore placed under arrest for criminal trespassing. A search located a baggie of suspected meth, a burnt aluminum can, and a partial bottle of liquor. Snipes was charged with criminal trespassing, public intoxication, possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, and transported to the Greene County Detention Center. Animal control was called and took possession of the dog.
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Officers took a report of a theft of a motor vehicle at 5:00 PM Friday. The victim stated the car was a four-door 2003 Silver Honda Accord, and named a possible suspect, according to the report. The victim has not been in possession of the vehicle since August 11th.
The theft is under further investigation.
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WARRANTS
A local woman was arrested Saturday for Financial Exploitation of the Elderly. Greeneville police learned that the suspect, Eronda Way of Wesley Avenue, had left a residence in a black Ford F-150. Officers located the vehicle in the parking lot of a local gas station on the Asheville Highway and confirmed that Way was a passenger in the vehicle. Way was taken into custody and served the warrant arrest for Financial Exploitation of the Elderly, and Theft of between $10,000 and $60,000 at the Detention Center.
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Police learned that a female wanted on a warrant was staying at a local motel on East Andrew Johnson Highway. The door was answered by the suspect, Candice Masters of Chuckey, who was informed of the active criminal Violation of Probation warrant. According to the police report, while officers were waiting on Masters to get dressed, a white crystal substance believed to be Meth was in a glass dish on the desk next to the door. Masters was placed in custody and transported to the Greene County Detention Center, where she was served her warrant and additionally charged with Possession of Methamphetamine.
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