The charges stem from an allegation that Mr. Snyder broke into his ex-girlfriend s bedroom earlier this month. According to the court paperwork, Brown County Sheriff s Deputy Max Socks investigated a break-in at the home of Ray and Victoria Johnson of Nineveh. Mr. Johnson told the officer that Mr. Snyder broke into his step-daughter s room through a closed door that opens to the outside. One of the duties of Brown County Community Corrections Officer Bill Southerland is to visit people who have been placed by the court on probation. Ms. Stuart was charged with maintaining a common nuisance, a class D felony along with a misdemeanor charge of possession of paraphernalia last week.
Felonies are a more serious category of crime.
Earlier this month, Mr. Southerland said he smelled a strong odor of marijuana in the bedroom of Ms. Stuart s home, according to the court paperwork. The Brown County Commis-sioners voted last week to reappoint Mark Wayt to the Hamblen Township District Fire Board even though he doesn t live in Hamblen Township. Late last year, commissioners appointed Mr. Wayt to fill out the term of a member who had earlier resigned in order to break a deadlock on the three-member district board over awarding the township s fire protection contract. The appointment, which effectively lasted for only one meeting, allowed Mr. Wayt to vote in favor of awarding the contract to the Hamblen Township Volunteer Fire Department. At last week s commission meeting, Steve Graham told commissioners that although he is fairly new to the county, he has had 23 years experience as a firefighter and lives in Hamblen Township.