May 20, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Three men charged in a case 18 months ago stemming from a road hunting incident were sentenced last Tuesday, May 14 in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
43-year-old Jeremie Donald Johnson, 22-year-old Isaac Daniel Hall, and 23-year-old Elijah Thomas Hall were each originally charged with two counts of reckless endangerment and one count of vandalism. Johnson was also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. Isaac Daniel Hall was later charged and indicted for aggravated burglary and theft of property over $2,500 in a separate case.
All three men appeared in DeKalb County Criminal Court May 14.
Johnson entered a plea to the felony charges of reckless endangerment and attempted possession of a firearm. He received a 2-year sentence in each case to run consecutively for a total of 4 years, but all suspended to probation. A restitution amount is to be determined. On January 20, 2023, Johnson entered a plea in General Sessions Court to the misdemeanor offense of hunting from across the road or within 100 yards of a house and spotlighting deer. In that case, Johnson received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days on probation, and he lost his hunting privileges for 2 years.
Elijah Hall pleaded guilty to vandalism under $1,000 and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to supervised probation. Restitution is to be made jointly and severally with the co-defendants in the case. On January 20, 2023, Hall entered a plea in General Sessions Court to the misdemeanor offense of hunting from across the road or within 100 yards of a house and spotlighting deer. In that case, Johnson received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days on probation and lost his hunting privileges for 2 years.
Isaac Daniel Hall entered a plea to aggravated burglary and vandalism over $1,000 and he received in the burglary case a 4-year TDOC sentence on supervised probation and a 2-year term for the vandalism with supervised probation to run consecutively for a total of 6 years. On March 13, 2023, Hall entered a plea in General Sessions Court to the misdemeanor offense of the illegal taking/possession or destruction of wildlife and received a six-month sentence suspended to supervised probation with a lifetime suspension of his hunting privileges.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said at the time of the incident that on November 5, 2022 after receiving a report from a resident on Lower Helton Road, Alexandria that someone had fired a shot through his home, sheriff’s department detectives started an investigation which pointed to two men, Johnson and Isaac Hall, who had allegedly fired a shot from the roadway while deer hunting which went through the residence where a man and woman were present placing them in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury. Although the residents were not injured from the shooting, more than $1,200 in vandalism was reported inside their home including damage to a window, interior walls, and a light fixture.
Johnson, a convicted felon for different offenses of aggravated assault in DeKalb and Wilson County, was found to be in possession illegally of several firearms upon his arrest on November 11, 2022.
Isaac Hall was also found to be in possession of several weapons at the time of his arrest on November 11, 2022 which the detectives learned were stolen from a residence either that day or the day before on Hurricane Ridge Road.
Sheriff Ray said the investigation revealed that Isaac Hall had allegedly broken into the home on Hurricane Ridge Road and taken a Remington 7-millimeter rifle, 22 caliber Ruger rifle, and a 50-caliber muzzleloader all valued at $3,900 which were all in Isaac Hall’s possession upon his arrest. The homeowner also reported missing from his home a 357 Magnum Remington.
In other cases, 38-year-old Jennifer Dawn Johnson entered a plea by criminal information on May 14 to possession of over 0.5 grams of methamphetamine with intent to sell and she received an 8-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation. She was fined $2,000. Johnson was given jail credit of almost one month.
28-year-old Quajonta Jeremies Cason entered a plea by criminal information to possession with intent to sell under 0.5 grams of the schedule II drug methamphetamine and received a 6-year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000. Cason was given jail credit of almost three months.
55-year-old Theodore Aguayo entered a plea to possession with intent to sell under 0.5 grams of the schedule II drug methamphetamine and received a 6-year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000 and is to be granted judicial diversion if eligible.
36-year-old Randi Renee Dossett entered a plea by criminal information to possession with intent to sell over 0.5 grams of the schedule II drug methamphetamine and received an 8-year TDOC sentence suspended to supervised probation. She was fined $2,000.
32-year-old Joshua McAllen Beckham entered a plea by criminal information to possession with intent to sell under 0.5 grams of the schedule II drug methamphetamine and received a 6-year sentence suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000 and given jail credit of almost two months.
51-year-old Laura Carol Ratliff entered a plea to first offense of driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days all suspended to CPS probation except for 48 hours to serve. She will lose her driver license for one year.
24-year-old Damion Alexander Dishman entered a plea to attempting to sell a schedule I drug and received a 6-year sentence all suspended to TDOC probation pursuant to judicial diversion. He was fined $2,000.
54-year-old Angela Joan Close entered a plea to attempted sale of a schedule II drug and received a 3-year sentence suspended to TDOC probation pursuant to judicial diversion. She was fined $2,000.
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