TRENTON, Tenn. -- Crockett County fugitive Larry "Pete" Samples was taken into custody Thursday night in Trenton, according to a news release. Samples, who had been in the Crockett County Jail awaiting trial on multiple charges, escaped on July 6.…
FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is on the scene of an officer-involved shooting Thursday morning in Fayette County. According to a news release, the shooting happened around 4 a.m. in the 900 block of Fortune Road…
CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- A former Crockett County Sheriff's Office deputy plead guilty to child porn charges. The virtual hearing was not allowed to be recorded, but WBBJ was allowed to attend and take notes. Matthew Berry entered a guilty…
DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- A Dyersburg police officer was injured Monday while attempting to arrest a fugitive from Illinois. According to a news release, the officer, who is not being identified, responded to a report of a theft near Sellars Drive.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A woman accused of fatally shooting her ex-husband has been sentenced to serve 25 years. Bradi Baker, 61, was convicted of the second-degree murder of her ex-husband Geoffrey Brunkhorst at a home off Hollywood Drive. Investigators say…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A Murfreesboro man charged in a murder-for-hire plot in West Tennessee has been sentenced. Stephen Taylor pleaded guilty to a charge of solicitation to commit first-degree murder on September 4, four days before his trial was scheduled…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- An assistant district attorney for the 24th Judicial District is facing charges following allegations that he was wrongfully paid more than $22,000. According to the Tennessee Comptroller's office, Thomas Tansil Jr. was an assistant district attorney covering…
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- U.S. Marshals have captured the second inmate who escaped from the Dyer County Jail. A news release from the Marshal service says Michael Bolden was arrested Friday night without incident.…
WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. -- A joint investigation between the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and other agencies has resulted in the arrest of a Dresden couple. After potential TennCare fraud was discovered, law enforcement agencies launched an investigation into the sale…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a person of interest in a burglary that occurred on Sunday. In a news release, JPD says a man can be seen on surveillance video…
DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- A Dyersburg man has received multiple charges following a traffic stop around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Dyersburg police charged a Dyersburg man with being a felon in possession of a firearm, and theft over $1,000.00 for... Posted…
UNION CITY, Tenn. -- Union City police are investigating a shooting Sunday night that left one man dead. Investigators say officers responded to Club 1 Hunnid on East Cheatham Street around 2:30 a.m. after a report of shots fired. Officers…
DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Antoine Thomas, one of three inmates who escaped the Dyer County Jail on Sunday, is in custody. U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announced Thomas' arrest Tuesday. In a news release, the U.S. Marshals say Thomas was found at…
NEWBERN, Tenn. -- Newbern police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a burglary at a local business. Investigators say the burglary happened around 10 p.m. on August 27 at…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee are searching for two inmates who were able to overpower a correctional officer and jump over a 16-foot razor-wire fence to escape a county jail. Photos courtesy of Dyer…
Crime Stoppers of Jackson-Madison County, Tenn., encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime.
