UNICOI, Tenn. (AP) - Unicoi officials have voted to hire the town's first police officer. The Johnson City Press reports (http://bit.ly/1Jeu9Po ) Unicoi's Board of Mayor and Alderman voted Monday to begin the process of hiring the town's first public…
[gtxvideo vid="QDNlQ3Zh" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/QDNlQ3Zh.jpg" vtitle="Martin Vehicle Crash”] MARTIN, Tenn. -- Police are searching for a driver they say struck a utility pole Tuesday and then left the scene on foot, abandoning the car. Larry Dewayne Harper, 38, of Martin…
[gtxvideo vid="wFkRxoll" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wFkRxoll.jpg" vtitle="Bomb Threat 10pm”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police have charged two juveniles in a Monday bomb threat at North Side High School. Two 17-year-old North Side students are charged with filing a false report, according to…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a former Clarksville-Montgomery County teacher has been charged with sexual assaults on a child. The Leaf-Chronicle reports (http://leafne.ws/1Ph97nH ) 27-year-old Brandon Kyle Hester was arrested Friday. Hester faces multiple charges, including two counts of…
[gtxvideo vid="Uv30j0Cv" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Uv30j0Cv.jpg" vtitle="Baker Murder Suspect”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- U.S. Marshals have captured a man wanted on a first-degree murder charge at a Jackson hotel. Jashaun Baker, 21, has been taken into custody at Old Hickory Inn on…
[gtxvideo vid="H9tUn8A3" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/H9tUn8A3.jpg" vtitle="JPD Missing Man 630”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- Police are searching for a missing adult who has serious health problems. Kenneth McCalister, aka Cadillac, has been missing since Aug. 10, according to a release from the…
[gtxvideo vid="iJORrVHL" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iJORrVHL.jpg" vtitle="Humboldt Gun Theft 6”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police are investigating a theft of a large number of guns from a home. Officers were dispatched Friday to a North 18th Avenue home in response to a…
[gtxvideo vid="nImaYpaV" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/nImaYpaV.jpg" vtitle="DG Theft Arrest 6”] HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Police have arrested a woman in connection with a report of money missing from a store deposit for a local retail store. Police say managers at Family Dollar…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A child abuse charge landed a woman in city court Monday after a behavioral health treatment worker called police to report the alleged abuse. Amy Rhea is accused of abusing an 8-year-old family member after police say…
[gtxvideo vid="W7eUQz5d" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/W7eUQz5d.jpg" vtitle="Johnson Agg Burglary 6”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man went before a judge Monday after police say a stolen cell phone he sold led to his arrest in an armed robbery at a Jackson apartment.…
[gtxvideo vid="lL88ErHC" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lL88ErHC.jpg" vtitle="Savannah Book Program PKG”] SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- Police patrolling the streets of Savannah are using books to help keep their city safe. The police department has started a new initiative, based from Tennessee First Lady…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- A sense of justice for the family of Shomari Peterson came just more than a year after he was fatally shot outside Parkway East Apartments. Thursday, a jury handed over their verdict and convicted Jakeil Waller of…
[gtxvideo vid="SGCpvSWC" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SGCpvSWC.jpg" vtitle="Paris Possesion Arrest”] PARIS, Tenn. -- A man faces numerous charges after police say he led them on a chase when they tried to stop him for a seat belt violation. Christopher Love is being…
[gtxvideo vid="984akZuR" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/984akZuR.jpg" vtitle="UC Agg Burglary Guns Stolen”] UNION CITY, Tenn. -- Police are investigating a break-in that reportedly happened early Thursday and resulted in a gun cabinet being stolen. After returning to his Ury Street home after…
[gtxvideo vid="NTcqAGGD" playlist="" pid="OTSe9U1y" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/NTcqAGGD.jpg" vtitle="Witherspoon Domestic Assault”] JACKSON, Tenn. -- A man is facing a domestic assault charge after police say he attacked his wife and knocked her into a pan of bleach. Joe Witherspoon appeared Thursday in city…
Crime Stoppers of Jackson-Madison County, Tenn., encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime.
