Fairfield Glade Police Department Press Release:
On Tuesday August 31, 2021 at approximately 12:50 PM, Officers from the Fairfield Glade Police Department responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Lakeview Drive near Lakewood Drive. Officers arrived to find a male subject laying on the side of the roadway later identified as Joshua Tyler Dannels of Crossville. Upon investigation, it was determined that Dannels had been traveling with his ex-wife Sydney Smith of Fairfield Glade. It was concluded by investigators that after a verbal argument between the pair, Dannels exited the vehicle and at some point was struck by the vehicle while Smith was operating the vehicle. Dannels was transported by Cumberland County EMS to UT Medical Center. Officers located Smith as short time later at her residence in Fairfield Glade and she was arrested and booked into the Cumberland County Justice Center. Smith was charged Aggravated Domestic Assault and placed under a $1,500 bond. Her court date is set for September 9, 2021 in Cumberland County General Sessions Court.