A volunteer reserve police officer in southeastern Tennessee has been been charged with solicitation to murder after the potential target of the “hit” read text messages on his phone when he allegedly passed out drunk. Jerry McDonald, 49, also served as EMS special operations manager for Life Force, a medical helicopter company operating in southeastern …
A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Saturday after driving his mother’s body, rolled in a tarp in the back of his truck, from Chattanooga to Nashville, a 130-mile trip. Thomas Henshall Jr has been charged with failure to report the discovery of a dead body and evidence tampering after touching and concealing the victim’s body, …
Remains found in north Georgia nearly 40 years ago have been identified and linked to Samuel Little, described by the FBI as “the most prolific serial killer in US history.” The 30-year-old woman found in Dade County on September 28, 1981, was Patricia Parker, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced. Little, 80, is a suspect …
A Tennessee man watched in horror as he saw his son strangling his wife on home security footage on Wednesday, the Chattanooga Times-Free Press reported Friday. The man called Chattanooga Police, who responded to the home in the northeastern part of the city and found Garrett Behlau, 19, on the floor of his bedroom, court …
A former Tennessee police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday after admitted sexually assaulting four women while on duty and in uniform, sometimes in his patrol car, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Desmond Logan, 35, pleaded guilty last September to two civil rights offenses …
As the sun sets on a sixth day of protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis — and cities across the country brace for a possible sixth night of violence — CrimeOnline found that the week has not been a steady bombardment of police facing off against protesters. In fact, …
A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on 44 criminal counts — including rape, sexual battery, extortion, and stalking — “pertaining to incidents he was involved in while on duty in an official capacity,” Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond said in a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page. Deputy Daniel Wilkey has been on …
