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Two visitors pleaded guilty to feeding a black bear outside their Gatlinburg rental cabin last summer. 40-year-old Billy Harden and Dawn Cantrell, 27, both from Nashville, Ind., appeared in Sevier County General Sessions Court on Oct. 27, 2016 where they pleaded guilty to the charge of feeding a black bear while vacationing at a rental cabin on Silverbell Lane in ...

A former jail employee, two inmates and the mother of an inmate have been charged with conspiracy in the smuggling of contraband into the Sevier County Jail. At the request of Sheriff Ron Seals in early October, the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division began looking into contraband being smuggled into the local jail. Investigators allegedly found evidence that 54-year-old Samuel ...

A former Sevier County corrections officer is being held in a Michigan jail awaiting extradition to Tennessee to face charges resulting from an altercation with an inmate while on duty at the Sevier County Jail. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday that a recent Sevier County Grand Jury returned indictments charging former Sevier County Corrections Officer Rudolph “Rudy” Guy ...

Sevierville police arrested a Sevier County High School student after an alleged post on social media threatened of a future school shooting. A Sevier County High School student faces a disorderly conduct charge after reportedly posting a threatening message on social media that included a remark about a shooting at the school. According to Bob Stahlke, spokesperson for the City ...

The public is asked to help prevent abuse of prescription medications by disposing of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs during a drug take back event hosted by federal and local law enforcement agencies. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. On Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Pigeon Forge Police Department and ...

A Sevierville man has been arrested on Felony charges after he sought sexual acts with a minor, according to police. Officers from Knoxville Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and its Violence Reduction Team arrested 31-year-old John David Anderson, of Sevierville, just before 9 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 as a result of an undercover sting. Anderson ...

State wildlife officials announced Wednesday that twenty hunters face charges related to baiting black bears on opening day of the hunting season. According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, several officers confronted two groups of black bear hunters in the early morning hours on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 after they allegedly turned hounds loose at two baited sites on Chilhowee ...

Local law enforcement began making arrests on Thursday after a Sevier County Grand Jury returned presentments on more than sixty alleged drug dealers resulting from an undercover narcotics investigation. The Sevier County Street Crimes Narcotics Unit, a task force made up of officers from each of the local departments, conducted the 8-month undercover operation dubbed “Déjà Vu.” Officers from Sevier ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation placed Mitchell Oakes on its Top 10 Most Wanted List for allegedly planting a bomb in a vehicle outside a Franklin, Tenn. nursing home on Saturday. Franklin Police responded to a call at 7:15 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2016 at the NHC Place, Cool Springs assisted living facility after an employee reported a suspicious device ...

An armed robbery suspect is still on the loose after holding up a Walgreens in Pigeon Forge on Saturday afternoon. The Pigeon Forge Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man involved in the armed robbery of the Walgreens located at 3071 Parkway in Pigeon Forge at 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. The man, ...