UPDATE (4:25 p.m.): Jackson police confirmed a person was taken into custody after officers responded to Vanderbilt Children's Cardiology Clinic around 11:40 a.m. for a reported bomb threat. Read more here. EARLIER STORY: JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are responding to…
PARIS, Tenn. -- The Paris Police Department is seeking information in a possible hit-and-run that left a man seriously injured. Police say at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, officers responded to the area across from Arrowhead Homes on East Wood Street.…
DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- A person was arrested after agents with a local law enforcement agency stopped for a drink. The West Tennessee Drug Task Force says their agents were in Dyersburg at Wilson’s MiniMart on Monday when a person…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A district attorney says 15 people have been convicted for crimes involving "switches." According to a news release from the district attorney's office, a switch is a machine gun conversion device, which convert a "semiautomatic firearm into…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police say a juvenile was taken into custody in Humboldt after stabbing his father. According to a news release, on the afternoon of Saturday, May 20, Humboldt Police officers responded to an area outside the police department…
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--- Three Shelby Co. residents arrested for TennCare Fraud and Theft of Property. According to a TBI news release, an investigation by special agents led to the indictment of three Memphis women. The release stated that after receiving…
HARDEMAN COUNTY, Tenn. -- There was an assault at a local correctional facility. According to CoreCivic's Director of Public Affairs, Ryan Gustin, a correctional officer who was working in a housing unit at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility was assaulted…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A 17-year-old student is facing charges after the death of two others. According to the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, the 17-year-old Fayette-Ware High School junior is facing two counts of second-degree murder in relation to the death…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson police were called to a reported shooting early on Thursday. The Jackson Police Department confirmed that their officers responded to 35 Grassland Drive around 12:25 a.m. for a report of shots fired. Officers found that no…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- Local law enforcement discovered a moonshine still, and more, during the search of a home on Wednesday. Around 5:30 p.m., WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News was informed by tipsters…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The US Marshals have released a wanted poster for a man wanted on federal drug trafficking offenses. Marshals say that Matthew Culver has a violent criminal history including firearms, narcotics, evading arrest, and parole violations. Marshals suspect…
UPDATE (5/15/23): Dyersburg police confirm the body has been identified and says the family has been notified. DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Authorities are investigating after a body was found in one local…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Authorities are seeking the identities of multiple suspects in a local theft. According to Crime Stoppers, three individuals were involved in the theft of merchandise from Spencer's Gifts, located inside Old Hickory Mall in Jackson. Crime Stoppers…
DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- A Dyersburg woman has pleaded guilty to charges over the distribution of controlled substances and fraud. The US Department of Justice released a statement Tuesday, saying Kelly McCallum, 41, of Dyersburg, pleaded guilty to two counts of…
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- Five juveniles in Henderson are now facing charges. The Henderson Police Department says that officers responded to a fight at the ballpark on May 1 that resulted in one minor being knocked unconscious. The department says officers…
Crime Stoppers of Jackson-Madison County, Tenn., encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime.
