Tag: Johnson City

Tennessee mom gets PROBATION for putting her baby in a freezer

child neglect

Brittany Smith, 19, pleaded guilty to child neglect after she put her 8 month old baby in a freezer and closed the lid, WBIR reports. She was sentenced to two years probation; the baby survived.

Protests

September 14, 2020

SEE IT: Driver hits protester in crosswalk, breaks both his legs: Reports

A North Carolina man who police say hit a Black Lives Matter protester Saturday night returned to Tennessee on Monday to turn himself in, the Johnson City Police Department says. Jared Benjamin Lafer, 27, has been charged with aggravated assault in the incident, which reportedly left Jonathan Bowers in a wheelchair with two broken legs, …