Authorities in Tennessee say a mayor only days away from a reelection vote has been arrested on suspicion of hatching a plan to manufacture illegal narcotics. According to ABC News, Red Boiling Springs Mayor Joel Coe is expected to face criminal charges including one count of conspiracy and one count of tampering with evidence. He …
Authorities in Tennessee say a man wanted on suspicion of murdering his own mother was arrested at an airport in Georgia. The Carter County Sheriff’s Office say the victim’s body showed evidence of bullet wounds, as WJHL reported. Deputies were able to make entry into the home after finding a nail stuck in the back …
Authorities in Tennessee say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of allowing her son to become dangerously malnourished and dehydrated. According to the Bristol Herald Courier, 29-year-old Leah Kraus was the primary caregiver to her 8-year-old son when he was admitted to the hospital in November. A medical examination found he weighed just 27 …
Authorities in Tennessee say a nonagenarian was arrested last week on suspicion of threatening to kill a neighbor during a dispute. According to Fox News, Bessie Bowen is accused of pulling a handgun out and pointing it at a woman in the Memphis community of Bethel Grove on Thursday. Authorities responded to the scene shortly …
A Tennessee couple is behind bars and an Olive Garden server is being hailed by police for observing signs of suspected physical abuse. According to BuzzFeed News, Jordan Cooper, an employee at the restaurant in Paducah, addressed the incident in a Facebook post — including a photo — that has since been removed. She wrote …
Authorities in Tennessee say a 31-year-old man staged a disturbing retaliatory act after expressing displeasure with the size of his delivery tip. According to Fox News, Howard Webb was making a delivery last month for his employer, Dinner Delivered, when a video purportedly shows him complaining about the tip and placing his genitals inside a …
Video and multiple 911 calls have emerged following country singer Miranda Lambert’s alleged altercation at a Nashville, Tennessee, restaurant over the weekend. TMZ reportedly obtained footage of the moments after Lambert, 35, allegedly dumped a salad on the woman, with the footage apparently showing the woman’s husband yelling at Lambert’s male friend. The last part …
Authorities in Tennessee say a former police officer is facing criminal charges related to alleged child sex abuse. According to WMC, 28-year-old Andrew Hellums had been an officer with the Memphis Police Department since March 2017 and allegedly sparked an online communication with an 8-year-old girl in California at some point since then. Her father …
Authorities in Tennessee say they are investigating claims that a high school teacher in Memphis carried on a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. According to the New York Post, the alleged victim is believed to have exposed the affair when 24-year-old Jasmine Edmonds failed to pay the $140 in blackmail he demanded. The two …
A would-be passenger at a Tennessee airport allegedly left her mark after hearing she was on the hook for a $20 baggage fee. According to WREG, one witness recorded the breakdown and posted footage from inside the Memphis airport to social media. Police believe the woman is Tamiko Warner and allege she caused more than …
A recently-released autopsy report found that a Tennessee mother shot a total of 34 rounds into her four teenaged children before taking her own life in mid-October. Per WKRN, Kaileigh Lin, 17, was found dead in the bathroom and sustained 17 gunshot wounds; Lia Lin, 15, was found dead in her bed and had nine gunshot …
Fourteen years after she killed a 43-year-old man at the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown learned this week that she will spend at least 51 years behind bars before she could be granted parole. The decision came following a lawsuit on her behalf based on a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court opinion that it is unconstitutional …
