A man wanted for murder after making a fake 911 call claiming to be a distressed hiker was spotted this week in Chapin, South Carolina, sparking extensives searches in the area northwest of Columbia. Officials said Sunday morning that Nicholas Hamlett had not been located and remains at large, WYFF reported. Hamlett was charged with …
Tennessee investigators have issued a first degree murder warrant for a man they say killed a hiker, planted a fake identification on him, and then called 911 pretending to be the hiker, saying he’d fallen from a cliff while fleeing a bear. The 911 call initially came in just after 11:30 p.m. on October …
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with killing a 13-year-old girl found dead on a Tennessee neighborhood trail. Knox County deputies were called to the scene in the Powell community’s Broadacres subdivision shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, WATE reported. Around 11 p.m., Sheriff Tom Spangler announced the boy had been arrested and charged with …
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an endangered child alert early Wednesday morning for five children, ranging from 2 to 11 yearas old, believed to have been taken by their non-custodial parents. The children and their non-custodial parents are believed to be in a white 2018 GMC Acadia with a Tennessee tag BMMM, TBI said …
A Tennessee grand jury has charged a Kingsport couple with murder in the death of their 4-month-old baby earlier this month. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to a home on September 15 for an infant not breathing, WCYB reported. The baby was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead. …
Human trafficking sting operations in Tennessee netted nine arrests this month, including a local college football coach. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said it arrested six people in Middle and West Tennessee and three more in a separate operation in East Tennessee. They also recovered nine potential victims of sex trafficking and offered them services …
A second former Memphis police officer on Friday pleaded guilty to civil rights violations in the beating death of motorist Tyre Nichols in 2023. Former officer Emmitt Martin changed his plea in federal court, entering guilty pleas to using excessive force and witness tampering, NBC News reported. Prosecutors say they will ask for a 40 …
An arrest has been made in Tennessee after a woman reported missing earlier this month was found dead in a vehicle in the middle of a DeKalb County cornfield five days later. Joshua Wayne Goff has been charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday. …
A Tennessee man and woman were arrested last week and charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect and child endangerment after law enforcement found evidence the couple had been locking a 7-year-old boy with autism in a storage trunk with urine-soaked blankets and a pillow. Carter County deputies were assisting the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation …
A Tennessee woman was sentenced to life in prison after she pleaded no contest to murder and child abuse charges in the death of her boyfriend’s 5-year-old son. Turner Simpkins was found dead in his home in Chapmansboro in July 2023, The Tennessean reported. An autopsy found bruises, cuts on his body, and bite marks …
A Tennessee woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly drove into a lake with a toddler inside the car. Kalyna Laraye Young, 21, also faces charges of reckless endangerment, driving under the influence, and aggravated child abuse and neglect, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said that Young drove …
The 17-year-old boy accused early last month in the death of a 17-year-old girl in Tennessee will be tried as an adult. Fernando Perales Mejia was arrested on July 6 and charged with the murder of Trinity Bostic, WSMV reported. Bostic was reported missing in Macon County on June 29, as CrimeOnline reported. A Tennessee …
