A Limestone County grand jury has indicted 151 people, including a man accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old child, a woman accused of stabbing a man who was arguing with her boyfriend, and a homeowner accused of burning down her home.

The cases were recently presented to a grand jury, which determined there was adequate evidence to formally charge the accused. The mostly felony cases will either be settled through plea agreements or tried in Limestone County Circuit Court.

William Adam McBay, 25, of 1002 Mason St., Athens, was charged with first-degree sexual abuse of a child under 12, records show.

Capt. Floyd Johnson of the Athens Police Department said the arrest stemmed from a complaint from the Limestone County Department of Human Resources regarding McBay. He is accused of abusing an 8-year-old child between Nov. 15, 2010, and the week of April 11.

If convicted of the Class C felony, the penalty is between 10 and 99 years in prison.

Stabbing 

The grand jury also formally charged Jana Marie Wallow, 20, of 15586 Shaw Road, Lot 17, on a charge of first-degree assault.

She is accused of stabbing Richard Wood, 56, in the chest and abdomen on Oct. 17, 2010, at a home in the 15000 block of Shaw Road. An investigator said an argument between Wood and Wallow’s boyfriend, James Matthew Lewis, prompted the stabbing. The investigator did not know the subject of the argument.

Wood, who suffered multiple stab wounds, had to be flown by MedFlight helicopter to Huntsville Hospital, where he was treated in the surgical intensive care unit.

Wallow was charged with first-degree assault at the scene. Lewis was arrested on outstanding warrants from Minnesota for violating terms of probation on convictions for making a terrorist threat and possession of a controlled substance.

If convicted of a Class B felony involving a deadly weapon, the penalty is a minimum of 10 years in state prison.

Arson

In a separate case, a homeowner facing foreclosure was charged with setting a fire that destroyed her Browns Ferry Road home on July 2, 2010.

A grand jury formally charged Honey May Thomas, 40, of 16385 Browns Ferry Road, with second-degree arson in connection with the blaze.

Thomas told The News Courier on July 3 that she and her 17-year-old daughter had lived in the home since 2007 but were not at home when the fire broke out. She said they first learned of the loss later that night and she said she believed the fire had been set but said she could not go into details. Thomas, who said the house was insured, said she had recently paid about $80,000 to remodel the home, which she said was to go on the market that week.

An investigation by Deputy State Fire Marshal Jimmy Collier and Limestone County Sheriff’s Investigator Jay Looney led to her arrest. She was charged following an interview with Limestone County Sheriff’s investigators.

“She gave a statement admitting her involvement due to her fear of losing her home in a pending foreclosure,” Limestone County Chief Investigator Stanley McNatt said at the time of her initial arrest.

If convicted of a Class B felony, the penalty is two to 20 years in prison.

Other indictments handed down by the grand jury include:

Assault, robbery, rape, abuse

Casey Cole White, domestic violence; Jacqueline Ann Rainey, second-degree assault; Michael Shawn Long, second-degree assault; Thomas Wayne Petty, first-degree robbery; Alison Wood Jacks, first-degree robbery; Christopher M. Thomas Jr., second-degree rape; Dessie Mae Turner, child abuse; and Joseph Allen Pylant, second-degree assault. 

Theft, forgery, burglary, mischief

Artis Jerome White, third-degree burglary; Hazel R. Balentine, second-degree theft of property; America Naomi Proffitt, possession of forged instrument; Benjamin Ted Moore, first-degree criminal mischief; Joshua Lloyd Patterson, first-degree theft of property; Beverly Denise Collins, possession of a forged instrument; Marshall Alexander Taylor, third-degree burglary; Cody Allen Murphree, first-degree criminal mischief; Jewel Lois Vowels, first-degree theft of property; Michael Andrew Miller, second-degree theft of property; James William Malone, theft by deception; Terry Glenn Bentley, third-degree burglary; Jerry Lee Clinard, third-degree burglary; Jared Michael Hill, possession of a forged instrument; William Carl Maddox, third-degree burglary; Christopher L. Martin, first-degree theft of property; Marty Jay Scroggins, second-degree theft of property; Jacob Allen, third-degree burglary; Donny Weldon Broadway, fraudulent use of a credit card; Bradley Allen Barran, first-degree theft of property; Charles Edward Driver, first-degree theft of property; Robert Dain Joines, second-degree burglary; Heidi Brianne King, theft by deception; Nakeia Dawn McNeal, first-degree theft of property; Robert Lane Mitchell, third-degree burglary; Rick Jared Moore, third-degree burglary; Brandon Glen Peacock, third-degree burglary; Andy Willard Pettus, first-degree theft of property; Anthony Ward, possession of a forged instrument; Anthony Ward, possession of a forged instrument; Gatlyn Christopher Walls, third-degree burglary; Sidney Wade Gates, first-degree theft of property; Joey Wade Trousdale, second-degree theft of property; Joseph Lee Joines, first-degree theft of property; Joshua Craig Standridge, first-degree theft of property; Gary Neil Coats, first-degree criminal mischief; Lisa Smith Blankenship, third-degree burglary; Christopher A. Barnett, first-degree burglary; Jonathan David Stebbins, first-degree burglary; Steven E. Weaver, second-degree theft of property; and Jeffery Dale Mason, first-degree theft of property.

Drugs 

Bobby Wayne Russell, possession of a controlled substance; Jeffery Seth Cook, possession of a controlled substance; Salvador Tellez Rios, possession of cocaine; Kelvin Lamar Williams, possession of marijuana; Demetrius O. Beverly, possession of marijuana; Brandi Shaneal Cannon, first-degree possession of marijuana; Shaunna Gaynel Crumpton, unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance; Kristin Marie Derringer, first-degree possession of marijuana; Christopher O. Malone, first-degree possession of marijuana; Buddy James Pitts, first-degree possession of marijuana; Isaiah O’Neal Rice, possession of marijuana; Cheryl Ann Smith, unlawful manufacturing a controlled substance; Latasha Ann Stewart, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Stephen Wade Thornton, conspiracy to traffic; Stanley Dwight Scroggins, possession of a controlled substance; Josha Neal Wray, possession of a controlled substance; Mark Anthony Lane, possession of a controlled substance; Corney Ann Randolph, possession of a controlled substance; Regina Michele Rye, possession of a controlled substance; Verna Dean Bass, unlawful distribution; Diana Cecilia Chabi, possession of a controlled substance; Ashley Nicole Hill, possession of a controlled substance; Terry Wade Johnson, possession of a controlled substance; Heidi Elizabeth Narmore, possession of a controlled substance; Matthew David Norton, possession of a controlled substance; Rosalynn Relyea Nugent, possession of a controlled substance; Kenndall Jo Summers, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Andy Bryant Thompson, attempting to possess a controlled substance; Teresa Ann Twitty, possession of cocaine; Connie Patterson Burnett, possession of a controlled substance; Brigette Sheree Hodges, possession of a controlled substance; Sandy Renae Pack, possession of a controlled substance; Ricky Levon Gilbert, possession of a controlled substance; LaCashrelle McCullough, possession of cocaine; Claybren Wilson Steelman, possession of a controlled substance; Bryan Keith Brackeen, first-degree possession of marijuana; Bryon Christopher Goff, possession of a controlled substance; Terry Joe Green, possession of a controlled substance; Kyle Wayne Martinez, possession of marijuana; Christopher Greg Barton, possession of a controlled substance; Melinda Kay Cottingham, chemical endangerment of a child; Gary Leon Cox, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Patricia White, chemical endangerment of a child; Cornelia Power Mewbourn, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Jason Daniel Fourroux, first-degree possession of marijuana; Melissa Gayle Medley, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Hazel Christina Thomas, possession of a controlled substance; Terry Wade Johnson, possession of marijuana; Michael Ray Hines, first-degree possession of marijuana; Joe Fitzgerald Hines, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Brandon Tyree Dearing, trafficking marijuana; Mamie Nelms Dearing, trafficking marijuana; Taika Latrice Terrell, trafficking marijuana; Pamela Dean Tucker, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Diana Cecilia Chabi, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Jackie Darlene Honea, unlawful distribution; Edward Glenn McMeans, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Timothy Mark Black, first-degree possession of marijuana; Autumn Brooke Devaney, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; Jarrod Keith Bowling, possessing/receiving a controlled substance; and Roderick Deshawn Brown, first-degree possession of marijuana.

Other crimes

Michelle Lynn Tubbs, two counts of obstructing justice; Johnny Wayne Ruffin, third-degree escape; Michael David Quillin, firearm possession; and Jonathan Cole Kirby, possession of a firearm.