Police in East Tennessee are looking for a 15-year-old boy who left a note saying he knows he’s a burden to his family asking his parents not to look for him. Taylor Lee Ogle was last seen just before 3 p.m. on March 22 walking toward the Pigeon Forge Community Center, according to the Pigeon …
A southeastern Tennessee middle school teacher has been charged with putting a video spy camera in the girl’s locker room. Christopher Schroll, an 8th grade teacher and soccer coach at Cleveland Middle School, reportedly told authorities he bought the camera from Amazon and installed it because of reports of harassment and bullying taking place in …
Investigators in Illinois have identified the decapitated head of a woman found in a state park in 1993. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard Sr said the remains were identified as Susan Lund, who was reported missing from Clarksville, Tennessee, in December 1992. Lund’s husband, who has since died, reported her missing, WZTV reported. The remains …
A Tennessee grand jury this week indicted a 38-year-old woman on multiple charges including 18 counts of statutory rape with juvenile students at a McMinn County high school. Melissa A. Blair reportedly surrendered to the McMinn County Sheriff’s Department after the indictment was handed and down. She was jailed on a $100,000 bond, according to …
A fugitive who escaped from an East Tennessee jail last summer was found dead in Mexico this week, and suspected cartel members allegedly contacted the man’s family seeking a ransom for the return of his body. Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton said that someone in Mexico sent the family a video of 35-year-old Charles Kennedy’s …
An East Tennessee judge on Friday denied a request to lower the bond for a mother charged in the death of her daughter, who was found dead on family property after an extensive search in 2020. Megan “Maggie” Boswell faces 19 charges related to the death of 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell, who was initially reported missing …
A Tennessee woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly broke into a relative’s home and attacked two family members with an ax. Nevada Fortson, 25, was charged with resisting arrest, violating an order of protection, aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault, according to Carter County jail records. According to police, Fortson reportedly broke into the house …
A 3-year-old Memphis girl was in “extremely critical” condition after a New Year’s Eve shooting in the city’s Nutbush neighborhood. The bullet entered the left side of Ayanna Morris’s neck and lodged in her right ear, her uncle, Jamayl Morris, told WREG. The toddler was in her bedroom, playing on her tablet, when one of …
– WECO Radio in Wartburg, Tennessee, sponsored the event as officers pulled over random cars and offered drivers $100 cash for Christmas.
– The incident happened on December 17 while police surprised drivers with cash instead of a ticket.
Update: Police announced Barbara Sanders was found safe. Original Story: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an AMBER Alert for a 17-year-old girl they say was abducted earlier Monday in Memphis. Barbara Sanders is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and 150 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. The suspect, 38-year-old Lafayette …
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 father and son have been arrested and charged with the murders of a Tennessee couple in 2018. Ryan Cravens, 36, and Robert Cravens, 60, have been charged with two counts each of first degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the deaths of Henry Wilson, 46, and Kristie Wilson, 44, the Tennessee Bureau …
