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The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says someone dumped three dead dogs and one live dog out in the Cove Mountain area of Wears Valley. Pictured is the one dog found alive, which is on stray hold at Pets Without Parents and if unclaimed will be available for adoption. “This baby is at Pets Without Parents and they have named her ...

A woman’s call for help resulted in a confrontation with Sevier Sheriff’s Deputies early Sunday morning in Kodak. According to a release, a woman called 911 to report that her husband was threatening to harm himself. Deputies with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office responded to the home on Joyce Way in Kodak and when they arrived a confrontation occurred that ...

Law enforcement officers set out early Wednesday morning to arrest suspected drug dealers indicted by a Sevier County Grand Jury last week. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, the indictments of 37 alleged drug dealers are the result of an undercover drug operation conducted by the Sevier County Street Crimes Narcotic Unit and nicknamed Fall Harvest. Officers from Sevier ...

The City of Sevierville Police Department and Pigeon Forge Police Department will collect potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription pills and patches as part of the 14th National DEA Drug Take Back Initiative on Saturday. Citizens may bring pills or patches for disposal to either of two locations in Sevier County on Oct. 28, 2017. The Drug Enforcement Administration ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Drug Investigation Division is urging public caution, especially among recreational drug users, after fentanyl was found in recent evidence submissions to two TBI crime laboratories. Several sample of cocaine, submitted by law enforcement agencies in Middle and East Tennessee in recent months, also tested positive for fentanyl, a powerful, narcotic painkiller, or one of its ...

A man suspected of committing a Knoxville bank robbery Monday afternoon has been arrested in Sevier County. The Knoxville office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation says a white male entered the Regions Bank located at 7320 Chapman Highway in Knoxville about 12:20 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2017 and forcibly grabbed an undisclosed amount of cash from the bank teller. ...

A masked man with a handgun robbed B&R Jewelers in Pigeon Forge on Wednesday just as the store was closing for the night. An owner of B&R Jewelers, located at 3526 Parkway, let a man he believed to be a customer into the store at 6 p.m. on Oct. 11, 2017. The man then displayed a black semi-automatic handgun and ...

In a wooded area just off bustling Teaster Lane in Pigeon Forge, the remains of a man not seen in over a year laid in a tent until they were discovered last month and while investigators have identified the man, how he died is a mystery. The Pigeon Forge Police Department said Wednesday that human remains found near Teaster Lane ...

The driver and passenger of a vehicle allegedly involved in a hit and run accident on Newport Highway were both located and arrested Thursday. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to investigate a hit and run accident on Newport Highway near the intersection of Walnut Grove Road at about 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 28, 2017 and were ...

Authorities charged a man with first degree murder in the case of a woman found dead at a Gatlinburg residence on Wednesday. Officers from the Gatlinburg Police Department responded to an East Highland Drive residence on Sept. 27, 2017 where they found Melinda Ruth Russell deceased, just one day after her 43rd birthday. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, ...