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The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Amber Alert for 12-year-old Constance Nichole Morris. Constance was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 around 8:40 p.m. near Lower Rockwood Road in Rockwood, Tenn. Constance was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 around 8:40 p.m. near Lower Rockwood Road in Rockwood, Tenn. She is 5’1” tall, weighs 155 lbs. ...

Sevierville police say they have arrested the man responsible for allegedly robbing a hotel in Kodak on Monday. 35-year-old David Allen Rizzo, of Kodak, Tenn., was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery of the Comfort Inn Suites on W. Dumplin Valley Road in Kodak on Monday, Feb. 2, 2016. According to a police report, the hotel manager and desk clerk ...

Police are searching for a suspect who reportedly used a knife to rob the clerk of a Kodak hotel on Monday. According to the Sevierville Police Department, a man robbed the Comfort Inn and Suites at 161 W. Dumplin Valley Road in Kodak, Tenn. at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. A witness told police officers that a ...

Police are requesting the public’s help in identifying two suspects who allegedly burglarized a local hotel room, leaving tourists stranded and ruining their Christmas. Detectives with the Pigeon Forge Police Department are asking for assistance in identifying the two individuals in these photos who are suspected of stealing property from a hotel room at Shular Inn Pigeon Forge, 2708 Parkway ...

A joint task force set out early this morning to pick up suspects facing drug charges as a result of an undercover sting named Operation Frostbite. A Grand Jury recently returned 46 sealed presentments as a result of an undercover drug operation dubbed “Frostbite” conducted over the course of several months by the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit, which consists ...

Police tape cordoned off a large section of the Governor’s Crossing Mall parking lot next to Texas Roadhouse in Sevierville on Wednesday night as authorities investigated a shooting involving a Sevier County Sheriff’s deputy and a wanted individual the officer was trying to apprehend. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that a Sevier County deputy was ...

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 ...