Police in Middle Tennessee are trying to identify a woman found dead from a shotgun wound in a northwest Nashville creek. Nashville Metropolitan Police said a passerby discovered the body in Drake Branch Creek on Wednesday, and the Forensic Science Center confirmed she died from a gunshot the following day. Police described her as a …
A 25-year-old Tennessee man faces multiple charges after he allegedly set a woman’s Christmas tree and gifts for her child on fire. The Dyersburg Police Department said that James Walker had an altercation earlier in the day with the victim and her brother, with whom he was acquainted. Investigators said a neighbor saw Walker going …
A 69-year-old Tennessee woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly shot someone to death after an argument. The Carter County Sheriff’s Office said it found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds and transported him to Johnson City Medical Center, where he died, the Johnson City Press reported. The sheriff’s office said that Cynthia …
A Tennessee man has been arrested after he went to police to complain that the father of a woman he was stalking had threatened him. Jacob Yerkes, who previously worked at a Cracker Barrel with the victim, was charged with aggravated stalking and harassment, according to the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office, which said more charges …
A missing Tennessee woman has been found dead in a remote area of Monroe County, investigators said. The Madisonville Police Department said that Chelsie Walker, 24, was reported missing on October 31, although she was last seen two days earlier at a home in Tellico Plains. Detectives from the department along with the Monroe County …
A woman accused of fatally shooting a toddler and leaving another woman in critical condition late Friday afternoon has surrendered to police. WREG said the shooting took place at an apartment complex in North Memphis at about 5 p.m. Police said the women knew each other and that the suspect fled in a gray Infiniti, …
A suburban Tennessee police officer shot and killed a man late Wednesday night during a traffic stop after the man tried to drive away and officer became “trapped” in the vehicle with him. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a Mt. Juliet officer pulled over a vehicle driven by a woman. The officer initially …
A Tennessee man arrested last week for rape of a missing teen has now been charged with the girl’s murder. Charles “Chuck” Carter, 63, was arrested on a charge of statutory rape last Wednesday, the same day 15-year-old Olivia Daryl Taylor’s parents reported her missing, WZTV reported. Taylor’s body was found on Thursday in a …
Three Tennesseans have been arrested after allegedly holding a man hostage at a Murfreesboro hotel before torturing him and robbing him of thousands of dollars. Murfreesboro Police said that Jessica Mortensen, 25; Harry Kiningham, 41; and Joshua Frazier, 37, were each charged with kidnapping, robbery, and extortion, WKRN reported. Police spokesman Larry Flowers said that …
A Tennessee man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly raped a woman he’d asked for a ride to work. The 25-year-old victim told Metro Nashville Police that she picked up Gary Lynn Pohlemann III, a 24-year-old acquaintance, Tuesday morning after he asked for a ride, WZTV reported. As he gave her directions, police said, he …
An 18-year-old Tennessee man has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of a 15-year-old girl earlier this month in Memphis. Seth Walls told police on September 11 that he was “messing with” his gun while he, Haley Reedy, and another person were sitting on a couch, with the other person between him and …
Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on fire last Saturday night in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Knoxville Fire Department initially responded just after 10 p.m. to a call for a tire fire near Sharp’s Ridge in North Knoxville. But once the fire was extinguished, they found the body and called …
