MEDINA, Tenn. -- Medina police say a traffic stop led officers to drugs, including a substance they believe is fentanyl, and a gun Friday afternoon. Police say officers stopped 31-year-old Dexter Craig Lambert, of Medina, just before 1:30 p.m. for…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man who called the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News newsroom back in April before turning himself in to police in north Jackson returns to court. Devoris Newson was arrested in April on multiple charges stemming from a…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Tiffany Woodruff says she was there when her boyfriend, Phillip McHaney, was stabbed to death by his son, Jaquaez McHaney, last Saturday night. "It wasn't an argument, it wasn't a…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are investigating a report of an auto burglary and theft of property in a north Jackson neighborhood. They have asked the public to help identify two persons of interest. Police say surveillance video from May…
DOWNTOWN JACKSON, Tenn. -- Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, Jackson police arrived to 300 block of North Liberty Street where 23-year-old Ricky Maddox was laying the street suffering from gunshot wounds. Maddox was taken to…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man was arrested Thursday after a brief attempt to evade officers in downtown Jackson. Police arrested Imario Wright around 1:20 p.m. Thursday on two outstanding warrants through the city of Jackson and one warrant issued…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are asking for information from the public as they investigate a shooting that left one man dead. Ricky Maddox, 23, was found around 11:10 p.m. Wednesday with gunshot wounds outside his home in the 300 block…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A man accused of stabbing his own father to death appeared Wednesday in court. Jaquaez McHaney, 21, was arraigned in Humboldt General Sessions Court after police say he stabbed his father,…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A Humboldt man is sentenced to three years in federal custody after being found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. In April 2018, U.S. Marshals arrested 19-year-old Damarcus…
DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- Dyersburg police are investigating a shooting Monday night that left one man dead. Police say officers responded to a weapons complaint around 10 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of Liberty Avenue. Police say when officers arrived,…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- "He was always smiling. He had just left. He was gone about an hour and a half when I got the call that he had been killed," Martha Palmer said.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has confirmed 33 people were arrested during a two-day, multi-agency investigation. The TBI says the operation on June 5 and June 6 was conducted in response to crime linked to gang…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police say a man is charged with second-degree murder after his father was stabbed to death during a Saturday night domestic dispute. Humboldt police responded to a reported stabbing on North 13th Avenue and found 48-year-old…
LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- Among the tombstones at Lexington Cemetery is one that now stands out from the rest as its name has been removed in an act of vandalism. "It appears someone took a…
TRENTON, Tenn. -- Police are looking for suspects in a recent store burglary in Trenton. "At about 4:15 a.m., the police department was notified of a burglar alarm going off at the 45 Package…
Crime Stoppers of Jackson-Madison County, Tenn., encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime.
