• Oct. 28 — Shoplifting - Officers responded to a report of shoplifting at 5:51 p.m. at One Stop Market, 463 N. Main St. The suspect was listed as unknown. The case remains active.
• Oct. 29 — Shoplifting, criminal trespass - Officers responded to a report of shoplifting and criminal trespass at 1:38 p.m. at Walmart, 150 Tanner Lane. The case was cleared by arrest.
Anderson County Sheriff’s Office
• Oct. 21 — Drug possession - Deputies responded to a disturbance in Rocky Top at 3:16 a.m. and encountered a suspect, who reportedly admitted having prescription medication without a prescription. Deputies recovered 1½ pills believed to be phentermine. Moore was arrested and charged with simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance.
• Oct. 21 — Wanted person, drug possession - Deputies stopped William Snyder II at 101 Wakefield Road in Oak Ridge at 8:16 a.m. after confirming two outstanding warrants for failure to appear and violation of probation. During the arrest, deputies discovered suspected methamphetamine and hypodermic needles. Snyder was charged with simple possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving on a suspended license, eighth offense, and failure to provide proof of insurance.
Clinton reduced the speed limit to 15 mph on Market Street from the usual citywide limit of 25 mph when the street was reopened recently after a nearly two-year upgrade project. - G. Chambers Williams III
The city of Clinton has asked a traffic engineer to look at the traffic flow on Market Street and Eagle Bend Road, between North Main and East Weaver streets, relative to both pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
City Manager Roger Houck on Oct. 26 told the City Council that the study was “in response to some issues raised with the reopening of Market Street.”
Houck said the city, after re-opening the street, lowered its speed limit to 15 mph from 25 mph.
“But we’re still having some issues, still getting some complaints,” Houck said.
One such complaint, he said, involved trucks.
“We’ve had a tremendous amount of trucks using it as a truck route,” he said. “One Fed-Ex truck went through and wiped out a few of our signs plus one of our new garbage cans. We’ve had a couple more do the same.”
He said the city added more “No Trucks” signs to warn truckers, but that the study might help further resolve the problem.
