Lisa Marchesoni
Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2008 6:53 am

A husband accused of assaulting his wife and kidnapping a domestic violence worker was indicted on multiple charges by the Rutherford County grand jury during its November term.

William Irwin Jr., 40, of 211 Ashmont Lane was accused of assaulting his wife, Lanena.

While the wife sought help at the Domestic Violence office, Irwin jumped into his wife’s car and allegedly kidnapped domestic violence worker Druecilla Jimenez Aug. 18 from the Memorial Boulevard office, Murfreesboro Police Detective Tannas Knox reported. Jimenez convinced Irwin to release her unharmed physically.

Grand jurors indicted him on charges of domestic assault, four counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a prohibited weapon, aggravated stalking, violation of a protective order, attempted aggravated kidnapping, theft of his wife’s car and reckless endangerment with a motor vehicle.

In another case, defendant Christopher Ridgeway, 26, of La Vergne, was indicted for first-degree murder.

Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Mark Di Nardo accused Ridgeway of stabbing Lanny Travis June 29 on J.D. Todd Road.

Another set of indictments charge Samuel Jenkins, 34, of Brinkley Road with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated arson and violation of a protective order.

Jenkins was accused of setting fire to Doug and Kimra Merritt’s home in La Vergne
with the Merritts, Sydney Jenkins and her two children, ages 5 and 3 days old, inside, La Vergne Police Detective Kyle Norrod reported.

Defendant Dominic G. Lyons, 20, of Nashville, was indicted on charges of three counts of attempted first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery and possession of a weapon.

Murfreesboro Detective James Abbott accused Lyons of trying to kill Daley Thompson, Damien Kuzina, 21, and Thomas Johnson, 22, of Smyrna, during a shooting April 29 on Leaf Avenue.

In another case, defendant Christopher N. Dudiak, 18, of Panther Creek Road in Christiana was indicted for especially aggravated robbery.

Dudiak was accused of striking a man with a baseball bat in the side of his head, leg and foot and robbing him of his wallet Aug. 20 on South Church Street, Murfreesboro Police reported in an arrest warrant.

In sexual assault cases, John W. Turner, 49, of Crusade Drive was charged with criminal exposure to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Sheriff’s Detective D.J. Jackson accused Turner of having sexual relations with a woman, knowing he was infected with HIV. She found numerous prescriptions and brochures about HIV in his home and confronted him, but Turner denied having HIV.

Medical tests showed he was positive for HIV, Jackson reported.

Thomas “Trevor” Gilbert, 30, of Rock Springs Road near Smyrna was charged with six counts of aggravated statutory rape.

Smyrna Police Detective Angela Istvanditsch reported Gilbert allegedly had sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl on several occasions from Aug. 24 to September 2007.l

In an unrelated case, defendant Emad Kadhim Azraki, 46, of 813 Naylor Ave. was indicted on a rape charge.

The victim went to Azraki’s apartment complex May 28 searching for a room to rent but while there, Azraki allegedly forced her into a bedroom and raped her, Murfreesboro Police Detective Paul Mongold reported.

Defendant Lestin Y. Motino, 26, of East State Street was charged with soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor, statutory rape and rape of a 17-year-old girl, Murfreesboro Detective Wayne Lawson reported.

Defendants will receive copies of their indictments Monday from Circuit Court Judge David Bragg on the fourth floor of the Judicial Building.

Other defendants indicted include:

John J. Allen, DUI.

Brandon Anderson, sale of Schedule II drugs (two counts), sale of marijuana (two counts), conspiracy to sell Schedule II drug.

Minnie Patrice Elder Anderson, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana for resale, possession of Schedule I for resale, maintaining dwelling for sale of drugs, unlawful possession of inhalant.

Tabitha Arroyo, conspiracy to sell Schedule II drugs, possession of Schedule II drug with intent to sell.

Leslie Ann Baker, DUI.

Omar Barrera, forgery.

David Bess, DUI (second offense).

Edmond Mitchell Boggess, DUI, consumption of alcohol under the age of 21.

Anita Cantrell, DUI (second offense).

Barak A. Carpenter, DUI (third offense, two counts).

John William Cherry, DUI (second offense, two counts).

Mohammad Reza Chorazghiazad, DUI.

Chris Tina Collins, theft.

Tadelro Conley, burglary to auto, theft.

Angela M. Cousens, theft (two counts).

Kimberly R. Crouch, forgery.

Glenn Phillip Duzan Jr., forgery (five counts).

Shelley Edwards, domestic assault.

James Don Everett, phone harassment.

Carlos E. Forbes, felonious possession of cocaine, alteration of serial number, failure to appear.

Kira Gipson, domestic assault, false imprisonment.

Franklin Gomar, violation of sexual offender registration act.

Katherine L. Goodwin, forgery.

Brandy Greer, filing a false report.

Ryan Matthew Guptill, aggravated burglary, theft.

John M. Hendrix, aggravated burglary, theft (two counts).

Jeremy Daniel Hix, driving while declared motor vehicle habitual offender.

Arnold E. Horne Jr., felony possession of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of Schedule II drug for resale, possession of a weapon by a felon, theft.

Andrea K. Huddleston, forgery (three counts).

Adam Imes, aggravated burglary, theft.

Latoya L. James, forgery.

Stanley Jewell, aggravated assault.

Christopher Johnson, aggravated burglary, theft (two counts), burglary of motor vehicle.

John Johnson, aggravated assault, aggravated domestic assault.

Michael Lance, aggravated assault.

Kelvin W. Lawrence, evading arrest.

Daniel Ledbetter, leaving scene of personal injury crash, filing a false report.

Lisa Majors, DUI (second offense).

Christopher McCardell, burglary of motor vehicle, theft, fraudulent use of credit card (three counts), leaving scene of crash.

Shawn J. McVaughn, theft.

Brittany A. Miller, aggravated burglary, theft.

Salim N. Nazeer, solicitation of a minor (four counts), attempted aggravated statutory rape.

Sean Patrick Parker, filing a false report (seven counts).

Molly D. Peco, DUI, filing a false report.

James T. Pitts, DUI, consumption of alcohol under age 21.

Tracy L. Preston, aggravated burglary, theft.

Paul Provost, DUI (second offense).

Lisa H. Rhodes, DUI (fourth offense), failure to report crash.

Brian Jeffrey Settles Sr., driving while declared motor vehicle habitual offender.

Pamela Shull, DUI (fourth offense).

Timothy Simpson, failure to appear.

Catherine K. Smith, burglary of motor vehicle, theft.

Phillip Jerome Smotherman, aggravated assault.

Charles Doyle Stacey, theft, forgery (five counts).

Theophilus Starks, conspiracy to sell Schedule II drug.

John Gregory Thompson, DUI.

Richard Alan Wall Jr., felonious possession of marijuana.

Stephanie Webb, sale of Schedule II drug.

Tracy King West, DUI.

Mark E. Winkler, aggravated assault.