One of the waitresses working at a Tennessee Waffle House in April when a gunman opened fire and left four people dead has received a touching gift of gratitude from a woman whose life she indirectly — but immeasurably — touched that fateful day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 29-year-old Travis Reinking, who had exhibited a …
A Tennessee grand jury has indicted a former pastor who allegedly attempted to rape a 12-year-old girl who police found together in a truck last month. According to WRCB, deputies were searching for a possibly stolen vehicle on Ross Creek Road when they found Grand County pastor William E. “Tim” Smith, Jr., 48, with the underage girl. …
The Tennessee man accused of killing his 5-year-old son and hiding his remains apparently has a “near genius” IQ, according to officials. NewsChannel 5 reports that officials gave Joseph Daniels a standardized IQ test as part of the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of his little boy, Joe Clyde Daniel, who vanished April. Daniels previously …
An original member of the band 3 Doors Down is in trouble with the law again after an arrest last week at his home in Mississippi. According to USA Today, 46-year-old bassist Todd Harrell was arrested Friday after law enforcement officers responded to an alarm at the St. Martin residence. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell …
Authorities in Kentucky arrested a suspect in the death of a man earlier this week at a gym in Tennessee. According to the Tennessean, Bowling Green police located the 36-year-old suspect in Monday’s hatchet attack and arrested him Tuesday evening. Domenic Micheli was transported to Nashville on Friday to face charges including criminal homicide. As …
Authorities in Tennessee say a man used what he had handy to halt a knife attack on his wife last week. According to Fox News, a woman knocked on the door of the couple’s Murfreesboro apartment home early on the morning of May 31. Local reports indicate the woman, identified as Shalonda Latrice Shepard, was …
A Tennessee woman is behind bars after authorities say she inflicted injuries a little boy in March, that ultimately led to his death. The woman’s stepfather is adamant that she is innocent. FOX Nashville reports that the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), investigated a March 26 incident in which 2-year-old …
Police in Tennessee said a teen girl stabbed a male classmate with a pair of scissors after he pulled up her dress. From WHBQ, the male student had pulled up the girl’s skirt while inside a classroom at Central High School in Memphis. The girl allegedly responded by picking up the scissors and tried to stab him multiple …
Authorities in Tennessee are hoping the public will help them arrest a suspect they say was caught on camera attacking an elderly woman outside of her church this week. According to WREG, the Nashville woman had just left Lebanon Road Church of Christ Tuesday when a nearby surveillance camera captured the mugging as it happened. …
Footage apparently shows police in Tennessee using a stun gun on a registered nurse who refused to leave the emergency room. The Times Free Press reported that Roger Davis, 42, a nurse at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, was arrested Thursday night following reports of an assault. Davis’ mother was a patient at the hospital; staff …
A dog belonging to a missing Tennessee boy was praised for reportedly staying by the lost 6-year-old’s side until rescuers found them. According to WVLT, Kaydon Leach emerged from the woods Tuesday afternoon, locating responders about a half-mile from his Tallassee home. His small black and white terrier was with him when he was found. “The dog …
A dad’s quick-thinking reportedly stopped a Tennessee woman from kidnapping his 5-year-old son. Per The Commercial Appeal, the child’s father told police that Gina A. Ricard, 53, snatched her son then attempted to run. The father, Jerome Robinson, reportedly struck Ricard, who then got in an SUV without the child. WHBQ reported that Robinson got …
