Kingsport, TN (WOKI) A known Knoxville gang leader has been arrested after a high-speed chase in the Tri-Cities. Officials with the U.S. Marshals Service say officers were trying to stop Jametrick Franklin King, who was wanted out of Washington County and was under federal indictment out of the U.S. District Court in Greeneville. According to…… MORE
Scott County, TN (WOKI/WVLT) – An inmate at the Scott County Jail is facing more charges after allegedly assaulting and raping another inmate inside the jail. WVLT reporting the victim told a detective with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office that he was assaulted several times by 26-year-old Tommy Long from August 30th to September 1st…… MORE
Clinton, TN (WOKI) Micayla Wald, the 28-year-old former employee of Kiddie Korner of Clinton Nursery and Preschool pleads not guilty Monday, September 8 to child abuse charges. Wald is facing two counts of child abuse / neglecting a child under eight years old. The charges stem from investigations by the Clinton Police Department and the…… MORE
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says an elderly Madisonville woman has been injured after being attacked by multiple dogs. Sheriff Tommy Jones says deputies went to a home in the 2500 block of Fairview Road Saturday and found a 71-year-old woman lying on the front porch of the home with severe cuts to her body…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Lady Vols Guard Ruby Whitehorn pleaded guilty Friday to two misdemeanors as part of an agreement that will see her record cleared. Whitehorn pleaded guilty to aggravated trespassing and vandalism; originally, she also faced domestic assault and burglary charges, but they were dismissed. As part of the agreement, Whitehorn is required to…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Middle Tennessee man is facing charges after police say he threatened to blow up the University of Tennessee Veterinary Hospital on River Drive. According to charging documents, officers were called to the hospital after receiving the threat around 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 7. Authorities say 37-year-old Joseph McDorman called the…… MORE
MONROE COUNTY (WOKI) – An investigation conducted by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment of three now former correctional officers, one additional correctional officer, one correctional sergeant, and two jail nurses. On February 7th, at the request of 10th Judicial District Attorney General Steven Hatchett, TBI agents began investigating…… MORE
Tiptonville, TN (WVLT / WMC) Two additional people are facing charges for working as accessories to quadruple murder suspect Austin Drummond. Eric Wise, Jr. and Michell Ovelis are charged with two counts of accessory after the fact. They were booked into Madison County Jail on Tuesday. Wise and Ovelis mark five people charged with assisting…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, TN (story courtesy of WVLT) – Rural Metro Fire said a dog died in a house fire Tuesday night. According to Jeff Bagwell with Rural Metro, crews responded to a house fire in the 100 block of Farlow Road in West Knox County at around 9:27 p.m. There, they found flames coming from the…… MORE
Roane County, TN (TBI / WOKI) UPDATE 9/2: The teenager arrested in connection to a homicide in Harriman is identified. An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Harriman Police Department, and the District Attorney’s Office has resulted in the arrest 17-year-old Riley Pawlick of Lenoir City. Pawlick reportedly shot and killed 18 year-old…… MORE
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