INDIVIDUAL FROM PICKETT COUNTY FACING CHILD SEX CRIME CHARGE
An individual from Pickett County was arraigned in court yesterday for a child sex crime. Court officials state 36-year-old Oscar Garcia faces aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. In court, the ...
ONE SUSTAINS MINOR INJURIES IN THREE VEHICLE FENTRESS CO. ACCIDENT
A three-vehicle accident in southern Fentress County on Highway 127 yesterday left one with minor injuries. Troopers say a 2006 Kenworth driven by 58-year-old Bobby Byrge of Robbins, Tennessee failed ...
ADKINS CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY IN BLEDSOE COUNTY
Nearly 150 dogs, cats, roosters and goats were found at a Bledsoe County residence on Polar Road near Pikeville late yesterday. Authorities arrested Caroline Adkins and charged her with animal cruelty ...
ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT OVER AFTER 11-MONTH-OLD FOUND SAFE
UPDATE - Child has been found safe. Alert is over. Previous story - The TBI issued an endangered child alert today for 11-month-old Legend Creed Soales, who is missing from DeKalb County. He may be ...
TENNESSEE DEPT. OF EDUCATION RELEASES TNREADY RESULTS
The Tennessee Department of Education released their TNReady results this morning. Under Tennessee’s accountability system, districts must increase achievement levels for all students and show faster ...
WHITE CO. RESIDENT SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR 2007 IRAQ SHOOTING
A former Blackwater security contractor and White County, Tennessee resident was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for taking part in a mass shooting at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007 that kille ...
LOCAL TROOPERS USE SIRENS TO LOCATE DOMESTIC ASSAULT VICTIM
Troopers were recently able to use a unique way to locate a female being attacked in a vehicle. It also resulted in two arrests. Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Knoxville Regional Dispatch Operator Za ...
IDENTITY RELEASED OF POSSIBLE DROWNING VICTIM IN ANDERSON CO.
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department released the identity of a possible drowning victim. Yesterday, officers and medics responded to Bull Run Park where a man was pulled from the water. Authoriti ...
ONE DEAD IN CAR CRASH INVOLVING MCMINN CO. DEPUTY CRUISER
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says one was killed yesterday in a car crash involving a McMinn County Sheriff’s Department cruiser. Officers say 60-year-old Frankie Greer of Athens was heading north on ...
DEKALB COUNTY JURY CONVICTS BILLINGS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
Today, after a two day trial, a DeKalb County jury found 31-year-old Andrew Lafate Billings guilty of attempted first-degree murder of his wife. Andrew Billings took his wife in a vehicle to a remote ...
DEATH ROW INMATE REQUESTS EXECUTION BY ELECTRIC CHAIR
The Tennessee Department of Correction announced this afternoon death row inmate Stephen Michael West has requested execution by electric chair. West was found guilty of the 1986 kidnapping and stabb ...
WATSON ARRAIGNED IN COURT FOR MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES
The arraignment for escaped inmate, Curtis Watson, was held this afternoon. He faces first-degree murder, especially aggravated burglary, aggravated sexual battery and escape charges. In court today, ...
