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Reports of an active shooter at the Sevierville Walmart that resulted in mass panic among shoppers and response from multiple law enforcement agencies were actually a dispute between customers in which multiple guns were displayed, but no shots fired. The Sevierville Walmart was busy with holiday shoppers Wednesday afternoon and the parking lot nearly full of vehicles when reports of ...

A reported armed robbery in Sevierville on Friday evening prompted a pursuit by police officers and ended with one suspect dead, two other suspects shot and in custody, and one officer injured. According to the Sevierville Police Department, they received a 911 call at about 8:55 p.m. on December 18, 2020 from a man who reported that two men and ...

A middle Tennessee juvenile allegedly started the fire that destroyed part of a Pigeon Forge outlet mall earlier this month. Officers from the Pigeon Forge Police Department responded to reports of a possible fire inside the Kroger, located at 220 Wears Valley Road, on October 3, 2020. Officers were told that a juvenile male had attempted to light a cardboard ...

Law enforcement arrested four people in connection with vandalism of abortion and campaign signs at two different Sevier County locations this weekend. Officers from the Sevierville Police Department charged four persons with felony vandalism after investigating two incidents of sign vandalism on Sunday, October 25, 2020. SPD Officer Jacob Mattern responded to the Sevier County Election Commission, located at 1145 ...

A woman who hand fed a black bear while visiting a Gatlinburg rental cabin and then posted the video online has been charged by wildlife officers. According the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, its officers worked with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources to serve 21-year-old Kristin Hailee Farris, of Danville, Va., with a charge of Illegal Black Bear Feeding in ...

A woman who posted a video online of herself feeding a bear while on vacation in Gatlinburg could face charges. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency confirmed that officers are investigating and have identified the woman seen hand feeding a bear in a viral video posted to the popular social media platform TikTok on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The video had ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking information to help identify the party responsible for vandalizing the Foothills Parkway West Entrance Sign near the Highway 321 intersection in Walland, Tennessee between September 18, 2020 and September 19, 2020 with a black bear skin. On Saturday September 19, 2020 at 7:45 a.m., visitors reported seeing a black bear skin with head ...

A man wanted in connection with the death of his mother and assault of his grandmother in Sevierville has been arrested in Michigan after a two-day manhunt. According to Chief Deputy Michael R. Hodges, Jr. of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, 30-year-old Josh Matthew Carr was located and arrested in Michigan by the Michigan State Police at about 7 p.m. ...

The husband of a woman shot earlier this month has been charged in connection with her death. Officers responded to a 911 call about 8 a.m. on August 2, 2010, from a residence on River Divide Road, reporting that a woman had been shot. Upon arrival they found 73-year-old Sue Ella Gibson suffering from a gunshot would. An ambulance transported ...

Visitors can learn about the women’s suffrage movement and Tennessee’s role in a pop-up display in the lobby of Alcatraz East Crime Museum. August 18, 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. By decriminalizing the actions of women across the country that had been attempting to vote, this constitutional amendment was a significant moment in our legal history. ...