Blockbuster Lawsuit Accuses Tennessee Police Department of Protecting Suspected Rapist for Years
Rape
Sean Williams was indicted on more than 2 dozens counts of child sex crimes in September.
Child sex crimes
July 11, 2023
School Principal Brings McDonald’s Purple Grimace Shake, Nuggets to Lure Teen Girl for Sex: Cops
The principal of a southern New York middle school has been arrested on charges of luring a child and attempted rape. Daniel Erickson, 55, was arrested “following an investigation into suspicious behavior involving a minor that attends Johnson City High School,” the Broome County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators found that Erickson was communicating with a …
child neglect
October 10, 2020
Tennessee mom gets PROBATION for putting her baby in a freezer
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, …