Knoxville Police Arrest Three People, Including a Juvenile, after a Traffic Stops Leads to Drugs and a Stolen Gun
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Knoxville Police Arrest Three People, Including a Juvenile, after a Traffic Stops Leads to Drugs and a Stolen Gun

Posted on June 11, 2025

Knoxville Police arrest three people, including a juvenile, who are facing charges after a traffic stop leads to a stolen firearm and drugs being found in a car.

KPD officers pulled over an SUV for a tag light that wasn’t working on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Officers say the three people inside the car were acting suspiciously, and a K-9 officer alerted to drugs being inside the car.

Officers say they found four firearms, including a stolen handgun from Union County. Officers also found over 22 grams of suspected crack cocaine and other drug paraphernalia.

30-year-old Tyrone Tumlin, 21-year-old Marquis Twitty and a 17-year-old juvenile were all arrested.

Tumlin was charged with convicted felon in possession of a weapon in addition to schedule II drug offenses, Twitty was charged with theft of a firearm, and the juvenile was charged with prohibited weapon possession and possession of a handgun with an altered serial number.

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