B L O T T E R
Sept 21 2023


Glen Wesley Adkins

   Felony 37 for this year was awarded to Mr Adkins ( DOB 11-21-62, Queen Shoals) around Aug 18th. Green Shirt J A Miller was the obliging Badge. Probable cause was found by Magistrate Jeff Boggs.
   From the criminal complaint and excerpted a bunch by us:  Adkins tried to pass a fake $100 at the Family Dollar store on Main St.  With all the protections built into paper money, it was pretty easy for the Manager to spot the bogus currency. Adkins took the 100 bill and left the store. Of course, the almost transaction was recorded on video tapes.
  While the wording gets a wittle corn-fusing, sounds like Adkins when to Bullard's ParMar store and passed the bill to that store.
  The next day Adkins called the Green Shirts fretting about maybe getting into trouble for passing fake bills. On the phone Glen Adkins told law enforcement, he had gone back to ParMar and gave them a true 100 dollar bill to replace the bogus one.
   Yelp the exchanges at ParMar was on tape too.
   Adkins is charged with 2 counts of passing counterfeit  currency that he knew was fake.
   Dollars are too tough to print up these days. For all the criminals that read this newspaper, you might have a better chance at reproducing social security cards or deep discount coupons. Just a thought readers.
  



Matthew Duane Evans

   Felony 38 goes to Matthew Duane Evans ( DOB 2-4-73, Lizemores) around July 21st in County Clay. Green Shirt C A Lane did the honors with Magistrate Jeff Rider OKing the probable cause issue.
  Some people still remember the old movie Thunder Road with Robert Mitchum where the star always managed to speed away. Those days are long gone.
   Reading in part: Around 10 pm on July 22nd, Green Shirt Lane and Wiseman were out tooling around in the Lizemores section of Clayberry on routine "trying to catch a bad guy" patrol when a tan Chevy came their way with loud exhaust and no sticker.
  Folks, before we continue, if you're a criminal or up to no good, how stupid to have ANYTHING catching attention!!!
  Now: Yelp, on came the blue lights and chase began. At high speeds the Chevy high tailed it up Ripatoe swerving all over the place.... While on Ripatoe, the driver made a sharp turn on an ATV path. About 1.3 miles up the side road, there was the Chevy smashed into a tree with one male skedaddling from the passenger side. Catching him on foot after a 50 yard chase,  Samuel Todd Murphy was stuffed into the cruiser.
  The driver, Matthew Duane Evans was also arrested. And you guessed it, Evans had none of the mandatory paperwork necessary to have a vehicle on the road nor a driver's license.
   Evans was charged on fleeing with reckless difference,  driving suspended,  no MVI,  defective equipment, and no insurance. Murphy was charged with fleeing on foot.
   Both were taken to Central Regional Jail on our dime.

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