Newton Woman Arrested on Fugitive Warrant from Tennessee
Miranda Marie Benfield
Newton Woman Arrested on Fugitive Warrant from Tennessee
March 9, 2021
33-year-old Miranda Marie Benfield of Vision Drive in Newton was arrested by Newton Police yesterday (March 8) on a felony warrant as a fugitive awaiting extradition to another state.
Benfield is wanted by the Carter Co. Sheriff’s Office in Elizabethton, Tennessee for aggravated burglary, failure to appear, and a probation violation. She is on probation following a conviction on schedule II drug charges.
Following her arrest, Benfield was jailed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility under a $50,000 secured bond. A first appearance in District Court was scheduled today in Newton.
In a rare event, last Tuesdayâs low bidder for the Muddy Creek Bridge Project approved by the Linn County Board of Commissioners was disqualified after failing to register to be listed on a âplan holders listâ and turning in a bid that excluded one item and an incorrect quantity on a second bid item.
Linn County Roadmaster Wayne Mink told Commissioners Roger Nyquist, John Lindsey and Sherrie Sprenger Tuesday morning that Carter & Co. from Salem, which has done business with the county on several other occasions, submitted a bid of $840,594.
Second low bidder was Marcum & Sons of Redmond at $856,000. The county engineerâs estimate was $1,090,305.
A deadly crash is under investigation in Carter Co. According to the Kentucky State Police, an eight-year-old child was ejected from a car crash on I-.