On December 14, Lewisburg Police gave chase to a Chevrolet Impala observed speeding on First Avenue and passing other cars in front of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office.

The driver, Joseph Travis, 21, of Shelbyville, lost control of the vehicle on the curve on Old Farmington Road approaching the library and came to a stop off of the road.

Joseph Travis and a juvenile were removed from the car and handcuffed, while a third occupant, Ronald Travis, 47, of Christiana, resisted being cuffed.

Ronald, step-father of Travis, struggled with LPD officers and was tased twice in order to successfully restrain him. Officers noticed a strong smell of alcohol on Ronald, who also was slurring his speech.

He was treated at Marshall Medical Center for an arm injury sustained during the scuffle.

The juvenile in the car told officers that the men were supposed to drop him at his home but had refused despite several requests to let him out.

He stated that Joseph was driving erratically, had hit a telephone pole on Maple Street and had left the scene, and had fired a handgun through the car's sunroof while they were driving.

Ronald was charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest and held on $2,000 bond.

Joseph was charged with evading arrest, reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident. He was also charged with aggravated kidnapping for refusing to let the juvenile out of the car. Because the juvenile had lived with Joseph at one time, a charge of aggravated domestic assault was added, along with two counts of reckless endangerment.

Joseph Travis was given a bond of $34,500.

* In the early morning hours of December 14, a patrolling Lewisburg police officer noticed a car on Mooresville Highway driving well under the speed limit and crossing both the center and right-hand lane lines several times.

The officer pulled over Patsy Minor, 56, of Columbia, and, while collecting her information, noticed an empty airline-sized liquor bottle on the floor behind the driver's seat.

Minor denied having been drinking but did agree to field sobriety tests. Described in the report as "unsteady" on her feet, she was unable to complete any of the tests.

According to the report, she almost fell more than once while standing and experienced difficulty trying to focus on or follow the officer's finger.

After trying again unsuccessfully to complete the tests, she declined to try anymore and reportedly told the officer that in fact she had been drinking.

While Minor was taken to Marshall Medical Center for blood to be drawn, an inventory of her car, prior to having it towed, turned up 23 total airline-sized liquor bottles, 17 of which were empty. While unsure of when those might have been consumed, a search of Minor at the jail did discover two more bottles in her socks.

She is held on a $1,000 bond prior to her court appearance.

* Lewisburg Police responded to a reported domestic assault on December 15. Samantha Asbury and her mother had reportedly been arguing earlier during the day. Asbury left to "cool off" but returned to get earphones at which point they again argued.

Returning to the house again later, Asbury reportedly struck her mother and had to be pulled off of her by another party.

The mother stated that she had not told Asbury to return, despite Asbury's statement to the contrary. Officers found that Asbury, while returning to the home several times, was the primary aggressor and arrested her for domestic assault with a bond of $1,000.

* LPD stopped Daisy Turner in the early morning hours of December 20 for not having working taillights on her truck. Noticing a strong smell of marijuana in the truck, officers asked permission to search the vehicle to which Turner agreed.

Finding a joint inside the vehicle, officers asked Turner if she had anything else in the truck or on her person.

Turner pulled a baggie of what is believed to be marijuana out of her pants and told officers she had a blood pressure pill in her jacket. The pill field tested to be Ecstasy.

A hypodermic needle was also found in the truck.

She was charged with simple possession, possession of a Schedule I drug, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

* Ashley Reynolds was arrested in connection to a disturbance with an ex-girlfriend at the Celebration Inn on December 21.

The report states that he had gone to the motel to return clothing to her, but while there he accused her of cheating on him. She tried to leave the room and call 911, but Reynolds closed the door and took her phone from her.

He reportedly hit her head three times against the door, threw a bucket at her that also hit her in the head, and drug her across the room. He fled the room, taking her phone and wallet with him. Reynolds was picked up later in the evening by police and charged with domestic assault, theft over $500, and interfering with an emergency call. Bond was set at $6,000.

* Lewisburg Police officers responded to a disturbance call on Sugartree Drive on December 22.

There they encountered Tammy Been and her husband James Crowley. According to the police report, both had been drinking and both reported that the other had struck them but that everything was fine.

Noting that neither person was forthcoming in response to questions and instead was blaming the other. Officers could not determine what exactly had occurred or who was the aggressor.

Crowley agreed to leave for the night to allow the situation to calm down.

A couple hours later, police returned to the home after a 911 call from Been.

She met officers outside and claimed that Crowley had returned and that his mother, who also lived in the home, had awoken Been by hitting her with a cane and that Crowley had also assaulted her.

Claiming that "her head was about to explode," Been was examined by EMS and no injuries were found.

Crowley said that Been had once again hit him and officers observed a scratch on his his nose, supporting his claim.

Crowley's mother also said she saw him struck, but neither party would agree to write out a statement for police.

Officers felt that Been was being untruthful with her version of events and identified her as the primary aggressor, arresting her for domestic violence with a $1,000 bond.

On December 26, LPD received a call about a car out of gas on Foxboro Drive, the occupants of which, Been and Crowley, were knocking on doors in the neighborhood in search of gas.

The responding officer, the arresting officer from the night of the 22nd, knew that the conditions of Been's bond would not enable her to have contact with Crowley.

Asked if she had been drinking, Been said that she had not for several hours, although she did have a bottle of whiskey belonging to Crowley in her pants.

Determining that Crowley was a passenger in the car, he was taken home by another officer.

Identified as the driver, possessing alcohol, and smelling of it as well, Been was asked to perform sobriety tests.

After performing poorly, Been was charged with DUI. The DUI charge came with a $500 bond, but Been was unable to be released for violating bond conditions by being with Crowley. Been's actions made her ineligible for bond.

She will appear in Lewisburg City Court on January 30.

Compiled by Scott Pearson