JACKSON, Tenn. -- Julian Wiser is officially the chief of police for the city of Jackson. Mayor Jerry Gist named Wiser as chief Wednesday, according to a release from the city. Wiser was sworn in by Judge Blake Anderson Wednesday…
[gtxvideo vid="wAQ8zjbU" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wAQ8zjbU.jpg" vtitle="Overnight Attempted Robbery PKG 2”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police investigate an overnight attempted robbery in east Jackson. Officers say around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, two black men approached the victim near Whitehall and Dupree Streets. "You…
[gtxvideo vid="XAipO43J" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/XAipO43J.jpg" vtitle="Snake Bites Child PKG”] BRADFORD, Tenn. -- It was a scary afternoon Tuesday for a 10-year-old boy in Gibson County after police say he had a close encounter with a snake. As of Tuesday evening,…
[gtxvideo vid="PvEUW80o" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/PvEUW80o.jpg" vtitle="Appliance Thefts”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Investigators are asking for help from the public in solving multiple burglaries of vacant houses. Over the past two months, police have been investigating the thefts of 10 refrigerators, 20…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Jackson police investigate a report of gunshots in west Jackson. Police say they responded around 8:40 p.m. Monday to a shots fired call on Hatton Street. Investigators say no one was injured and no one was taken…
[gtxvideo vid="6UtBs6DF" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6UtBs6DF.jpg" vtitle="Shooting Reaction PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- In an update to the homicide at Lincoln Courts early Friday morning, Jackson police along with U.S. Marshals have arrested two suspects just 12 hours after the shooting. Councilman…
UNION CITY, Tenn.- Union City police have a man in custody, charged with aggravated assault. Reports indicate it happened Thursday afternoon when officers responded to a call from a woman, saying her boyfriend, Michael Sneed was threatening her with a…
[gtxvideo vid="cNV05Eq2" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/cNV05Eq2.jpg" vtitle="33 Carver Robbery”] JACKSON, Tenn. --Jackson Police confirm a robbery in the area of 33 Carver. Officers say it happened around 3:45 a.m., roughly the same time as a shooting in Lincoln Courts Apartments. Investigators…
PARIS, Tenn.-A teenager and two juveniles have been arrested in connection with the robbery of an elderly woman. Paris police said Devonte Davis, 18, is accused of taking the woman's her purse at the Henry County Medical Center. According to…
[gtxvideo vid="nXc1v3BS" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nXc1v3BS.jpg" vtitle="Vance Street Shooting”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police are searching for suspects after two gunmen allegedly opened fire in a midnight shooting, sending one man to the hospital. Officers responded just after 12 a.m. Thursday to…
[gtxvideo vid="6H1SFxWh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6H1SFxWh.jpg" vtitle="Paris Stabbing Arrest”] HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- U.S. Marshals arrested a man Wednesday in Memphis in connection with a July 4 stabbing in Paris. Mario Threatt, 34, of Paris was taken into custody Wednesday on…
[gtxvideo vid="wZZJzXRk" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wZZJzXRk.jpg" vtitle="Learning Center Burglary”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Investigators are asking the public to help identify three suspects wanted in a Monday break-in at an east Jackson school. Officers are searching for three black males they say…
[gtxvideo vid="wRoegCju" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wRoegCju.jpg" vtitle="JPD Communication Tower PKG”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Radio traffic from the Jackson Police Department has been silent since Tuesday afternoon due to lightning damage to a communications tower, but this has not affected the department's…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say police are searching for a suspect in connection with the stabbing of a 50-year-old man in South Nashville. The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1Mr15aA) reports that police say officers responded to the Airways Motel early Monday morning…
[gtxvideo vid="HTcDszlO" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HTcDszlO.jpg" vtitle="Teddy Bear Arson”] MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A 25-year-old man has been accused of starting a fire at his ex-girlfriend's Memphis home by dousing a teddy bear with lighter fluid and threatening the woman's family.…
Crime Stoppers of Jackson-Madison County, Tenn., encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime.
