32-year-old Valencia Hill was booked into the Montgomery County Jail in the early hours of January 1st after THP State Trooper Irish McDonald says she crossed the center line multiple times and admitted to drinking champagne prior to driving. She reportedly performed poorly on field sobriety tests and was charged with DUI. Hill is free on a $2,500 bond.
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Soldier charged with assaulting sister’s boyfriend with a baseball bat — Austin Farris
20-year-old Fort Campbell Soldier Austin Farris is free on a $5,000 bond after Clarksville Police say he struck his sister’s boyfriend across the face and mouth with a baseball bat. He is charged with felony aggravated assault.
Man charged in assault of a child at Oak Plains Youth Academy — Damon Stewart, Sr. arrested
An investigator with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 56-year-old U.S. Army Veteran Damon Stewart, Sr., intentionally threw a 10-year-old child to the ground at Oak Plains Academy Youth Center for Trauma & Psychiatric Services while using a known improper restraint technique and began pushing on the juvenile’s chest as other staff members attempted to pull him off the child. Stewart is charged with assault and is free on a $5,000 bond.
$10,000 bond set for ounce of marijuana found during traffic stop — Jonathan Widney
Clarksville Police Department Officer Robert Schohn says he observed 22-yea-old Jonathan Widney speeding on 101st Airborne Division Parkway and conducted a traffic stop.
During the traffic stop for speeding, K9 Officer N. Rodriguez arrived, and Officer Schohn made Widney exit the vehicle and informed him he was going to deploy the K9 for an open-air search after Widney denied consent to search the vehicle previously during the traffic stop. Upon threat of the K9 deployment, Widney admitted there was an ounce of marijuana in the trunk. Widney was charged with felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $10,000.
Woman charged with felony auto burglary after food fight — Lahajsia Unique Amos
20-year-old Lahajsia Unique Amos is free on a $5,000 bond after Clarksville Police say she got into a food fight with a female acquaintance of her child’s father, who was bringing a car seat to her house on Christmas Eve. She allegedly punched her in the head, pulled her hair, and assaulted her with a fountain drink and bag of food from Wendy’s, which she took from the victim’s car. The victim threw a yogurt cup back at Amos.
Since both parties were involved in the fight, and neither pressed charges, Officer JT Knoblock charged Lahajsia Amos with felony burglary of a motor vehicle, stating she took the bag of Wendy’s food used during the assault from the victim’s vehicle without permission.
Soldier arrested after throwing 4 pounds of brownie mix at wife — Zachary Nelson
Bailey Ledford Nelson says she hid in her bedroom and called 911 Monday night after her husband, 27-year-old U.S. Army Soldier Zachary ‘Dylan’ Nelson threw a roll of paper towels and a 4lb box of brownie mix at her. She successfully ducked to avoid the brownie box, however, it left a dent in the wall. Nelson was charged with domestic assault and is free on a $250 cash bond.
Clarksville Police will no longer tow vehicles for parking violations, despite $500K in unpaid fines
In a recent City of Clarksville Parking Commission meeting, it was revealed that the Clarksville Police Police Department is now refusing tow requests from the city’s parking enforcement officers. This, combined with the city’s fear to take on the liability for booting illegally parked vehicles, will continue to add to the over $500,000 of unpaid fines, and lack of downtown parking availability, as people know they can park all day without paying the meter, without any penalty or enforcement.
The city currently has no viable way to collect unpaid tickets or enforce the laws on vehicles. The city has stopped projecting unpaid fines as potential revenue until it’s collected since so little of it is ever paid.
City Update: Clarksville assists with tornado recovery efforts
The City of Clarksville and distinct City leaders are working alongside various organizations and independently to assist those affected by the recent tornadoes and powerful storms that swept across six states the night of Dec. 10.
Free downtown parking in December
Throughout the month of December, the City of Clarksville will waive all downtown parking fees every Friday for metered and City-managed garage parking to promote shopping local during the holiday season.
