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Anyone, at any age, can fall victim to a scam. However, con artists most often set their sights on older adults and those scams targeting seniors are the subject of a new exhibit entitled “Scamalot: Conquering the Con” opening at Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge. Seniors in the U.S. are swindled out of an estimated $37 billion per ...

A masked robber got away with cash and an employee’s vehicle after an early morning armed robbery of Ober Gatlinburg on Sunday. According to the Gatlinburg Police Department, an employee was in the accounting office at Ober Gatlinburg, 1338 Ski Mountain Road, at about 6 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2017 when a masked person kicked open the locked door and ...

If you ever wondered what work is like for a police officer in your local community, you can experience it by participating in a free Citizens Police Academy offered by the Sevierville Police Department. The Sevierville Police Department is proud to announce they are offering a Citizens Police Academy this fall. The purpose of the Academy is to provide an ...

Gatlinburg Police Chief Randall Brackins says a woman found dead at a Gatlinburg resort over the weekend died from a self-inflicted injury. A joint investigation by the Gatlinburg Police Department and agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found that 40-year-old Stacey Renee (McAllister) Venable of Scottsboro, Ala. died of a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest. Venable was found ...

The National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) is investigating a hit and run accident that occurred at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2017 along Little River Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A motorcyclist fled the scene after striking and seriously injuring a 13-year-old, female pedestrian at a pulloff between the Townsend Wye and the Sinks. ...

Gatlinburg Police and agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are investigating a woman found dead at a local resort on Sunday. According to Chief Randall Brackins, the Gatlinburg Police Department received a call at about 4:40 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 2017, from a man reporting that he could not locate his wife. Officers responded to assist in the ...

UPDATE JULY 31, 2017 North Carolina’s Henderson County Sheriff’s Office announced late Sunday, July 30, 2017 that searchers found the remains of Thomas Bryson in a corn field off Glenn Bridge Road in Arden, N.C. (Buncombe County). The cause of death was not yet determined but Henderson County Sheriff Charlie McDonald said Stroupe will likely face a murder charge in ...

The parents of a toddler found dead inside a vehicle at a Gatlinburg home earlier this month now face felony murder, child abuse and child neglect charges. A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Gatlinburg Police Department has resulted in the indictment of 26-year-old Anthony D. Phillips and 24-year-old Jade E. Phillips in ...

Authorities cracked down on Sevier County sex trafficking with an undercover sting that resulted in the arrest of eight people. Investigators with the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit partnered with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in an undercover operation focused on prostitution. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, the detectives and agents set up at a local ...

Local law enforcement officers raided a Sevierville residence Thursday morning, finding cash, drugs and paraphernalia they say indicate drugs were being sold from the home. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said that a search warrant was obtained for a residence located at 1196 Allensville Road in Sevierville after an undercover operation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit. Members of ...