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Messick charged with arson and vandalism
A Knoxville woman has been charged with arson and vandalism over $60,000 by a Cocke County Grand Jury. Deborah Messick, 49, is charged in the November, 2014 fire which destroyed the Delmar Jackson home on Splashaway Road, Newport. The $160,000 fire was investigated by Agent Tommie Morelock of the Tennessee Bomb and Arson Division. Cocke County Bailiff Colby Franco arrested Messick on August 23, while she sat at the Cocke County Courthouse. Her bond is set at $50,000. Jackson told investigators he left for work at about 4:30am, and was contacted by a neighbor at 5 am, reporting his home was on fire on November 3. Investigators photographed a set of tire tracks which appeared close to where the fire was started. Jackson named a suspect who he said may have been responsible for the fire. Also in February, 2015 Messick, and Victoria Stafford,45, also of Knoxville were charged with aggravated burglary and theft over $1,000 in the July, 2014 burglary of the Jackson home prior to the fire.
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