FORMER JACKSBORO POLICE CHIEF REVEALS REASON FOR ABRUPT DEPARTURE OF ALMOST ENTIRE FORCE
JACKSBORO, Tenn. (WVLT) - Former Jacksboro police chief, Jeremy Goins, said he and two others on the force resigned because Mayor Shayne Green interfered and overstepped in the police department, acco ...
FORMER VEC ACCOUNTANT PLEADS GUILTY FOR THEFT AFTER STEALING ALMOST $1 MILLION
Just before his trial was to start Monday in Kingston, Tennessee, a former accountant with Volunteer Energy Cooperative entered a guilty plea to a charge of theft over $250,000, stemming from an inves ...
MAN STEALS TRUCK FROM KINGSTON, FOUND IN MONTEREY
On Sunday, October 2, the Kingston Police Department responded to Redzone Performance located at 1612 Roane State Hwy in reference to a stolen vehicle call. A 2008 Toyota Tundra had been stolen from t ...
TBI: TENNESSEE MAN ARRESTED IN ALABAMA ALMOST A YEAR AFTER 19-YEAR OLD WOMAN’S MURDER
HENDERSON COUNTY – A joint investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office has led to indictments for a New Johns ...
MAN CLAIMS HE HAS AIDS AND BITES OFFICERS THUMB, BREAKING IT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - A man with several active warrants was charged with assaulting an officer and evading arrest, among other charges, after police initiated a traffic stop early Monday m ...
BOMB SQUAD INVESTIGATES SUSPICIOUS DEVICE FOUND AT ROCKWOOD APARTMENTS
Friday night a suspicious device was found in a vehicle at the College Grove Apartments in Rockwood. Rockwood Police were called to the apartment complex after receiving a call about an unusual veh ...
SHOTS FIRED AT ROCKWOOD APARTMENTS MONDAY NIGHT
Rockwood Police were sent to the College Grove Apartments Monday night around 9:30 PM after shots were fired from a vehicle. When authorities arrived, the car had fled the scene although they did f ...
BENTON COUNTY INMATE INDICTED IN OVERDOSE DEATH OF FELLOW INMATE
A Benton County inmate has been indicted and charged in connection with the in-custody death of a fellow inmate earlier this year. TBI special agents began investigating the in-custody death of Chr ...
FORMER THP OFFICER MISSING AFTER BEING SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT CASE
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WSMV) - A former Tennessee Highway Patrol officer was reported missing Monday after being sentenced for a 2020 assault case. Columbia Police are looking for Harvey David Briggs, 54, ...
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BEAR CUB HIT BY VEHICLE AT THE GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
On Friday, September 30, a bear cub was hit by a vehicle at The Great Smokey Mountain National Park. The accident had been reported to the Elkmont campground manager who went to the scene and alert ...
MEIGS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE LOOKING FOR ESCAPED INMATE
MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. — The Meigs County Sheriff's Office is looking for an escaped inmate. Sheriff Jackie Melton says Dustin Cody Miller was in recreation time at the jail when he left Sunday aftern ...
