JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Henry County woman who co-owned a West Tennessee trucking company has pleaded guilty to obstructing the administration of the Internal Revenue Service. Debra Wyatt, of Puryear, co-owned Pittman Trucking Company, according to a release from the…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Police Department is asking the public to help identify two persons of interest in the theft of a phone from Walmart. Police took the report April 19 of the theft from Walmart in north…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Thomas Kelly Ballard III appeared in federal court Wednesday afternoon for his detention hearing. Ballard is one of the West Tennessee doctors arrested in the recent investigation into opioid…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A Jackson man has been sentenced to serve nine years for gun and drug offenses. Tyrone Lee, 28, was indicted in 2017 with possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, possession of marijuana with…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- A six-month drug investigation lands 10 people in jail on felony drug charges. Officers seized weapons, methamphetamine, crack cocaine, ecstasy, hydrocodone, alprazolam and marijuana during the investigation, according to a news release from the West Tennessee Judicial…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man wanted by the Madison County Sheriff's Office turns himself in to deputies Tuesday afternoon after calling WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News. We were there as Devoris…
RIPLEY, Tenn. -- An Alamo man is in custody after a double shooting Sunday in Ripley. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 39-year-old Terry Lee Johnson is accused of fatally shooting William Black, 29, at a home on Church…
UPDATE: A man wanted by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office turns himself in to deputies Tuesday afternoon after calling WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News. See the updated story here. Earlier story: MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- The Madison County Sheriff's Office is searching…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Nineteen people have been indicted in two separate drug trafficking indictments in West Tennessee. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictments Monday. A federal grand jury indicted four defendants March…
UPDATE: Police have identified the victim in the Friday shooting as 47-year-old Jennifer Sanders of Greenfield. Police say they are investigating the fatal shooting as a suspicious death. Investigators say they believe the shooting is an isolated incident. EARLIER STORY:…
CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. - Police say that 62-year-old Howard Kelly Williams shot a woman inside a house in a Crockett County in the Friendship community. He then barricaded himself inside that same…
PARSONS, Tenn. -- There were plenty of loud noises and closed roads in Decatur County Thursday morning. Local, state, and federal authorities conducted a raid in the early morning hours. "Five…
PARSONS, Tenn. -- Several agencies, including the FBI, searched homes in Decatur County Thursday morning. Sheriff Keith Byrd says the Decatur County Sheriff's Office, Drug Task Force and the FBI raided several homes, including one on Carolina Avenue in Parsons.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Multiple West Tennessee doctors and nurse practitioners are now facing charges after federal court documents are unsealed Wednesday. In Jackson, Dr. Thomas Kelly Ballard III is charged…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Court documents unsealed Wednesday identify three Jackson-based medical professionals now facing federal charges in a prescription opioid investigation. Jeff Young, known as the "Rock Doc," Dr. Alexander Alperovich, and Dr. Andrew Rudin are all charged with conspiracy…
Crime Stoppers of Jackson-Madison County, Tenn., encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime.
