JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police arrest two people accused of bringing drugs into the Madison County Jail. Willie Brown and Courtney Harvey appeared Monday morning in Jackson City Court. Both men are charged with drug counts and bringing contraband into a penal…
MARTIN, Tenn -- Martin police arrested a man after firing shots towards a group of people, near an apartment complex. Witnesses identified Dexter Sowell as the shooter. The incident happened…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police are searching for a man they say used bad checks to buy shotguns from a local gun store. Hunter Greene used checks from a closed bank account March…
HARDEMAN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Bolivar man has been sentenced to over 22 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Deon Brown Sr., 49, aka "Pleezy," was sentenced Thursday to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- An ex-Tennessee teacher who fled with a 15-year-old student last year and set off a 39-day nationwide manhunt has asked to change his plea in federal court. A document filed by his lawyer Thursday in federal…
WHITEVILLE, Tenn. — Phone scams are nothing new, but officers are reminding you to be aware of the warning signs. "If it seems too good to be true, it's too…
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- Three people are charged in an October barn fire in Hardin County. Patty Smith, 42, Bradley Balentine, 30, and now Nick Duncan, 30, are all charged…
MILAN, Tenn. -- Four people are behind bars after two separate drug busts in Milan. Police say they found a total of $5,000, six firearms and a large amount of…
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A third person has been arrested after an October 2017 barn fire near Savannah. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed Wednesday that Nick Duncan, 30, of Waterloo, Alabama,…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- A man has been arrested after an early morning break-in at a Martin restaurant, according to the Martin Police Department. Rocha Kimmel, 20, of Martin faces burglary, theft and…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A former pastor at a Gibson County church pleaded guilty this week to aggravated sexual battery of a child. Court documents show James Marcus, 72, pleaded guilty to…
SELMER, Tenn. -- "I had to protect my daughter at all cost," Heather Shelton said. A mother and daughter say they were held at gunpoint Tuesday morning in their Selmer apartment. "I…
WHITEVILLE, Tenn. -- A correctional officer is out of a job and facing drug charges after a joint operation by the Whiteville Police Department and the Tennessee Department of Correction. Investigators…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police arrested three teenagers accused of breaking into cars in north Jackson. A neighbor said he caught them in the act and called police. "It's just…
WHITEVILLE, Tenn. — The United States Postal Service sifts through thousands of pieces of mail each day. Sometimes, a certain package will catch an employee's eye. "They're watching the mail,…
Crime Stoppers of Jackson-Madison County, Tenn., encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime.
