UPDATE: BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- In a Facebook post, Bolivar police say a person named Bryquez Buggs, 21, of Ashland, Mississippi, has been identified as the person responsible for the shooting. He was…
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Humboldt man is in custody after investigators with the 28th Judicial District Drug Task Force say he received a large shipment of methamphetamine. According to a news release, agents with the West Tennessee Drug Task…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A suspect in a Brownsville murder investigation has been arrested by the U.S. Marshals Task Force, according to a news release. The release states Kendrick Jones was wanted for second-degree murder by the Brownsville Police Department in…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A federal judge has granted a motion for a change of venue for Jeff Young's trial. Young, a nurse practitioner, was one of 15 medical professionals in West Tennessee indicted in an April 2019 opioid investigation. Young…
BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Big Sandy Police Department joined the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Drug Investigation Division in 2019 for "Operation Icebreaker" after the police department received multiple complaints about methamphetamine…
BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has identified a teenager who was killed early Saturday morning in Bolivar. The TBI says Fredorikus Perry, 17, was found dead in a driveway in the 100 block of Morocco Road around…
HARDEMAN COUNTY, Tenn. -- A teenager has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of another teen in Hardeman County Saturday morning. According to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news release, the incident took place shortly after 3 a.m. on…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Dyersburg woman has been sentenced to federal prison on meth trafficking charges. A news release says from the District Attorney's Office says FBI agents, along with Dyersburg police, began investigating large-scale methamphetamine trafficking in Dyersburg and…
MILAN, Tenn. -- A state probation and parole officer and his wife have been arrested on weapon and drug charges. A news release from the West Tennessee Drug Task Force says marijuana, electronic scales, and other paraphernalia were found in…
SELMER, Tenn. -- A McNairy County man has pleaded guilty to charges related to an alleged drug trafficking conspiracy. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, 41-year-old Nickolas Atkins pleaded guilty to his alleged role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.…
DYER COUNTY, Tenn. -- A Dyer County man is sentenced to more than 12 years on drug distribution charges. William Frank Perry, 49, was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, crack cocaine, and marijuana after a 2018 investigation.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The owner of a Tennessee in-home daycare was sentenced to four years of state-supervised probation in the drownings of twin 2-year-olds under her care. News outlets report Jennifer Salley pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminally negligent homicide…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson man is facing state and federal charges after allegedly posting pictures with an apparent explosive device outside a court building and for weapons possession. The U.S.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Milan man has been sentenced to federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. A news release from the U.S. District Attorney's Office says 27-year-old Michael Peoples was sentenced in early October. The…
HORNBEAK, Tenn. -- A Hornbeak man has been accused of selling narcotics following an investigation by law enforcement. A news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says a joint investigation with the 27th Judicial District Drug Task led to…
Crime Stoppers of Jackson-Madison County, Tenn., encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime.
