Crime Beat: Recent felony arrests

Ashley Hunter
ECB Publishing, Inc.

Josephus McCloud – October 18
Josephus McCloud, 54, of Monticello, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 18, by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthews for McCloud’s possession of drugs, drug paraphernalia and weapon ammunition.
According to the report issued by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), deputies were sent to assist the Department of Corrections (DOC) in executing a search warrant that had been issued for the residence of Josephus McCloud.
During that search warrant, DOC Officers Leona Massey and Robin Frutig found a broken glass pipe, several drinking straws that contained white residue and ammunition inside McCloud’s personal vehicle.
After those items had been found, the truck was secured and a Jefferson County warrant permitted a second search on the vehicle. During the secondary search, deputies found an additional glass pipe containing cocaine and three small plastic bags that also held a white residue.
All items were collected as evidence and photographed before McCloud was arrested for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Josephus McCloud was transported to the Jefferson County Jail by Deputy Harrison.

Willie Davis, III – October 20
Willie J. Davis, III, 31, of Birmingham, Ala., was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 20, by Cpl. Bethea, with the JCSO, after Davis trespassed following a previous warning.
According to the report issued by the JCSO, Cpl. Bethea and Deputy Godwin were dispatched to a residential address after the home’s occupants reported that Davis, a man they knew, was on their front porch. Davis had previously trespassed on their property a few days earlier, at which point he had been issued a warning.
When Cpl. Bethea arrived at the address, Davis approached Cpl. Bethea’s patrol car and demanded to know why law enforcement had been called.
After Cpl. Bethea had explained the situation to him, Davis insisted that he was just there to use the residents’ wifi.
Davis was detained in handcuffs, at which point the responding officers noticed that Davis appeared to be under the influence of alcohol; deputies could detect the odor of alcohol coming from Davis’ person, and he also had an open can of beer in his possession.
While Deputy Godwin remained with Davis, Cpl. Bethea spoke with the home’s residents, who stated that several years ago, Davis had resided in their home, but that it had been years since he lived with them.
According to one of the home’s residents, Davis had been walking around outside their home, cursing and arguing with another resident through the window.
While Cpl. Bethea took a sworn written statement from the willing resident, Deputy Godwin conducted a pat-down of Davis’ person, which lead Davis to admit that he had a pair of brass knuckles. The concealed brass knuckles were discovered and set aside.
After being placed under arrest, Davis was transported to the Jefferson County Jail for booking.
Florida Statute 790.001, a “concealed weapon” includes any metallic knuckles or any other weapon that is concealed with the purpose as to hide the weapon. Due to this, Davis was arrested on the charge of an unlicensed carry of a concealed weapon in addition to his charge of trespass after warning.
During the booking process, it was discovered that Davis also had two outstanding warrants that called for his arrest, related to animal neglect and domestic violence.

Da’Sadria Stephens – October 21
Da’Sadria Shaleah Stephens, 23, of Monticello, was arrested on Monday, Oct. 21, by JCSO’s Cpl. Adamczyk on the authority of a warrant that called for Stephens’ arrest.
According to the report issued by the JCSO, on Monday, Sept. 2, Deputy McCoy responded to the Jefferson County Days Inn concerning a battery that had been committed on an employee at the hotel.
Upon his arrival, Deputy McCoy made contact with the victim/hotel employee, who stated that a black female had entered the hotel lobby at 12:15 a.m. and asked for the inn’s room rates. When the employee asked for more information so that he could provide a more accurate price, the woman refused to respond. The employee eventually quoted the woman a rate of $120. When the woman asked to be given the room, the employee asked the woman for her information as well as a payment card to pay for the room – the woman, however, refused to give a card number or identification information and became belligerent.
As she continued to yell at the employee, the woman demanded that a room be given to her, adding that she “had family staying” at the hotel. When the employee asked for information on her family, the woman began to walk towards the door, still yelling at the employee.
When the woman left the lobby, the employee followed her in an attempt to close and lock the lobby door, but the woman managed to turn back and strike the employee in the face, causing injury.
She then fled to a truck that was being driven by a man, and the driver sped away from the hotel.
The employee attempted to gather a tag number and identified it as a Florida-registered vehicle.
A few days later, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Deputy McCoy returned to the case, as a second employee had more information on the attack and the female subject.
The second employee stated that she had been informed by a friend of Da’Sadria Stephens that Stephens had bragged about hitting the victim in the face.
This account was confirmed when Deputy McCoy made contact with the friend.
The next day, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, the victim provided an interview with a JCSO investigator and then took part in a photo lineup, where he identified Stephens as the woman who had attacked him.
A warrant was released for Stephens’ arrest. On Monday, Oct. 21, Da’Sadria Stephens was taken into custody and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on the charge of battery of a person 65 years of age or older. A $3,000 bond was set for Stephens.

Mary Hagan – October 21
Mary L. Hagan, 31, of Monticello, was taken into custody on Monday, Oct. 21, by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Freeman on the authority of a warrant that called for Hagan’s arrest.
According to the report issued by the JCSO, Hagan had been previously charged in September of this year for battery on a law enforcement officer, firefighter or EMT.
As part of her sentence, Hagan was placed under community probation for three years.
After only three weeks of probation, Hagan violated the terms of her sentence by leaving her county of residence without first obtaining permission from her probation officer; reportedly, Hagan entered Madison County, where she was ultimately arrested on DUI charges in the neighboring county. This was her second violation of probation, as Hagan had been instructed to live without violating the law within her three years of supervision. Hagan also failed to abstain entirely from the use of alcohol or illegal drugs, with she had been instructed to do.
A warrant calling for Hagan’s arrest was sealed by Judge Caloca-Johnson on Monday, Oct. 14, and a week later, on October 21, Hagan was taken into custody and transported to the Jefferson County Jail, where she was held without bond.

Thomas Henry – October 24
Thomas Lee Henry, 41, of Madison, Fla., was arrested on the authority of an outstanding warrant that called for his arrest.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Godwin took Henry into custody after a Henry committed several drug-related crimes months prior, leading to the release of a warrant.
According to the report issued by the JCSO, on Wednesday, July 17 of this year, Deputy Peacock assisted the Monticello Police Department (MPD) when the Jefferson County 911 Communication Center dispatched him to a call related to two individuals passed out inside their vehicle.
Upon arriving at the scene, MPD’s Sgt. Tharpe approached the vehicle on the driver’s side, while Deputy Peacock made contact with the passenger. After waking the couple, Deputy Peacock observed multiple bags on the vehicle’s center console, containing what appeared to be a green, leafy substance.
He also noticed that the driver, identified as Thomas Henry, had a bag protruding from his pants pocket, which seemed to contain a white substance.
When Sgt. Tharpe assisted Henry out of the vehicle to speak with him, Deputy Peacock alerted Sgt. Tharpe to the bag in Henry’s pants; during a search of Henry’s person, Sgt. Tharpe removed multiple bags of white powdery substance.
An additional search of the vehicle uncovered several bags of green, leafy substance in the center console. When Deputy Peacock made a statement to Sgt. Tharpe that it was “likely synthetic cannabis,” Henry interjected, telling the officers that it was “catnip” and that he was selling it as if it were synthetic cannabis, duping his customers into believing that it was cannabis.
A further search of Henry’s vehicle revealed a store-bought case of sealed catnip in the center console, giving weight to Henry’s claim.
Henry continued to insist that the leafy substance was catnip, saying that it was legal to purchase and sell. He had found that the herb could still give a person a high when the plant was smoked – Henry had not been Mirandized at this point but was freely providing this information to law enforcement.
The substance was tested and weighed, and proved to indeed be catnip – 66 grams of catnip, which Henry could legally purchase and sell.
However, Henry was also found in possession of 2.4 grams of cocaine, which had been individually packaged between 29 different bags.
For possession of cocaine, Henry was charged with the intent to manufacture, sell or distribute an illegal substance, as well as the sale of a Schedule II drug.
Thomas Henry was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on Thursday, Oct. 24.
Paris D'Elia Geathers, 22; arrested Sunday, Oct. 27; charged with DUI. Bond set at $500. Released on same day.
Kendrick Shawn Alexander, 42; arrested Sunday, Oct. 27; charged with DUI. Bond set at $500. Released on same day.
Joshua Matthew Stephenson, 20; arrested Sunday, Oct. 27; charged with violation of probation (VOP). Bond set at $1,000. Released on same day.
Ira Ray West, 53; arrested Sunday, Oct. 27; charged with petit theft and resisting without violence. Bond set at $500. Released on same day.
Donna Kay Conroy, 66; arrested Saturday, Oct. 26; charged with driving while license suspended (DWLS). Bond set at $500. Released on following day.
Gerald Vernell Larry, 60; arrested Saturday, Oct. 26; charged with simple battery. Bond set at $1,000. Released on following day.
Fernando Ramos, 25; arrested Friday, Oct. 25; charged in court. No bond amount or release day provided.
Shundayal Harris, 30; arrested Friday, Oct. 25; charged with DWLS and breach of peace. Bond set at $500. Released on following day.
Linden Tuslim Samuels, 27; arrested Friday, Oct. 25; charged with disturbing the peace. Bond set at $500. Released on following day.
Nicole Ashley Boone, 30; arrested Thursday, Oct. 24; charged with domestic battery. Bond set at $100. Released on same day.
Alyssa Brooke Granger, 22; arrested Thursday, Oct. 24; charged with domestic battery. Bond set at $100. Released on following day.
Jaishunda Arisha Nicole Daniels, 22; arrested Thursday, Oct. 24; charged with DWLS with knowledge. Bond set at $500. Released on following day.
Oscar Leon Barfield, 47; arrested Thursday, Oct. 24; charged with grand auto theft. Bond set at $5,000. No release day provided.
Sandra Lynn Woodall, 48; arrested Thursday, Oct. 24; charged with grand theft of motor vehicle. Bond set at $5,000. No release day provided.
George Gilbert West, 58; arrested Wednesday, Oct. 23, on an out-of-county warrant. No bond amount provided. Released on following day.
Joshua Eric Bryan, 35; arrested Tuesday, Oct. 22; charged with writ of attachment. Bond set at $1,800. Released on following day.
Van Alexander Johnson, 43; arrested Tuesday, Oct. 22; charged with a writ of attachment. Bond set $1,500. Released on same day.
Gerald Lorenzo Norton, 38; arrested Tuesday, Oct. 22; charged with writ of attachment. Bond set at $800. Released on same day.
Tyrone Brook Crumity, 31; arrested Friday, Oct. 18; charged with DWLS, knowingly. Bond set at $500. Released on same day.
William Leo Wright, 52; arrested Thursday, Oct. 17; charged with domestic battery. Bond set at $1,000. Released on same day.
Wesley Lee Mount, 57; arrested Thursday, Oct. 17; charged with failure to have wholesale salt water license; dealers failure to keep required records; and buying saltwater product from unlicensed dealer. Bond set at $500. Released on same day.
Andrew Raheem Jones, 26; arrested Thursday, Oct. 17; charged with burglary to dwelling unarmed and criminal mischief, less than $200. Bond set at $5,000. No release day provided.
Sheldon Lawrence Hathorn, 52; arrested Thursday, Oct. 17; charged with out-of-county warrant, fugitive from justice. No bond amount provided. Released on following day.
Johnny Wayne Huggins, 59; arrested Monday, Oct. 14; charged in court. No bond amount provided. Released on following day.