Consumers could suffer an electrical shock from defective Rival griddles. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that Walmart is recalling 330,00 Rival griddles because the heating element can crack, allowing water to get inside and posing a shock hazard when the griddle is plugged into an electrical outlet. The only model included in the Walmart Rival Griddle recall ...

The second suspect arrested in connection with a string of jewelry heists in the Southeast, including the Jared Vault in Sevierville, Tenn., was also wanted for committing violent bank robberies in the metro Atlanta area. The Atlanta Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday that agents and officers assisting from the Atlanta Police Department arrested 35-year-old Lewis Jones ...

Authorities say they have arrested the female suspect in a string of jewelry store robberies across the Southeast, including one in Sevierville. The Jacksonville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that Abigail Lee Kemp, 24, was arrested on Jan. 8, 2016 in Smyrna, Ga. in connection with jewelry store robberies in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and North ...

The Sevierville Police Department is warning businesses to be on the lookout for counterfeit money after reports of bogus bills used at several local businesses. According to police, six businesses reported that they received counterfeit $10, $20 and/or $50 bills, and noted that use of counterfeit money checking pens indicated the money was counterfeit. Police recommend that businesses instruct their ...

The Street Crimes Unit raided a Sevier County home on Thursday morning where narcotics were allegedly being sold. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, officers executed a search warrant at a home located at 318 McMahan Avenue in Sevierville on Jan. 7, 2016 after an operation in which undercover agents purchased drugs there. Three people living at the home ...

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Two people have been arrested for the murder of a Seymour man who went missing in August. The Sevier County Sheriff’ Office announced today that Troy A. Meeker, 43, and 44-year-old Vanessa L. Meeker have been charged with the murder of John Dahlstedt, of Seymour. The Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division began investigating after 63-year-old Dahlstedt went missing in August. The ...

Sevierville Police are looking for a couple that allegedly hit an elderly man over the head with a baseball bat and robbed him of an envelope full of cash at a Sevier County flea market on Sunday. According to Detective Kevin Bush, just before 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, a man and a woman approached a 71-year-old man ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office announced today that they have arrested the man allegedly responsible for a series of home burglaries in the area, including one last week in which a family’s wrapped Christmas presents were stolen from beneath the tree. Detectives made the arrest after discovering several pieces of stolen jewelry, which belonged to victims of recent home burglaries, ...

Two women working at a spa in Seymour face prostitution charges after an undercover sting by the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office. On Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit conducted an undercover sting operation at Luck’s Spa, 10520 Chapman Hwy. in Seymour, after a tip that the business was being used for prostitution. Officers arrested ...