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MARCH 3, 2015 UPDATE: The Sevierville Police Department Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) class schedule has been revised. The February 24 class was cancelled due to weather. Classes will now take place on March 3, 10 and 17, from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. each night. Women and girls can learn self-defense techniques at a free Rape Aggression Defense class offered by the Sevierville Police Department. The Sevierville ...

A Sevierville teenager has been missing since late December and the family is asking for the public’s help in locating her. Missing 16-year-old Annelise Justus was last seen on December 29, 2014 in Sevierville, Tenn. wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and grey moccasin shoes. She is 4′ 11″ tall and weighs 103 pounds. Her eyes are hazel in color. ...

January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, a day for Americans to acknowledge the very real problem of human trafficking in this country and learn how we can all be a part of stopping it. Textbooks teach us that slavery in the United States ended with the Emancipation Proclamation and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ...

Police are hoping the public can help identify a suspect in the robbery of a Sevierville bank Monday afternoon. According to the Sevierville Police Department, officers responded to a reported robbery of the Sevier County Bank branch on Dolly Parton Parkway about 12:20 p.m. Monday, January 5, 2015. Bank employees told police that a man handed a teller a note ...

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Identity Crimes Unit urges all citizens to protect themselves against identity crimes, including theft and fraud, this holiday season. “Millions of shoppers will take advantage of ‘Black Friday’ or ‘Cyber Monday’ holiday sales this year. We just want to encourage consumers to take extra precautions to prevent fraudulent use of ...

Local police are warning residents not to fall victim to phone scammers posing as law enforcement officials demanding payment of a fine. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says it has received numerous complaints of a phone scam occurring in the area in which the caller pretended to be a law enforcement official and claimed the resident failed to appear for ...

Retail businesses in Sevierville can join the Sevierville Police Department’s ALERT program to prevent shoplifting, credit card fraud and other retail-related crime. The Area Law Enforcement and Retailer Team (ALERT) program partners the Sevierville Police Department with local retailers to teach retail crime awareness and prevention, as well as establishing a communication network to provide real-time alerts of incidents and ...

A suspect identified in the robbery of a Pigeon Forge resort earlier this month remains at large. The Pigeon Forge Police Department is still searching for Merly Jackson, a suspect in the robbery of the Riverstone Resort in Pigeon Forge in the early morning hours on Oct. 14, 2014 in which a Hispanic man allegedly stole money from the cash ...

After arresting two South Carolina men in on Sunday for allegedly passing counterfeit $100 bills, Sevierville police are searching for more victims. The Sevierville Police Department has released the following suspect photos and asked that anyone in the area who believes they may have received counterfeit bills from either of the suspects to call police. At approximately 1:45 p.m. on ...

Authorities arrested three people and seized fifty dogs Tuesday in connection with a suspected dogfighting operation in Sevier County. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office arrested three residents of 1290 N. Creek Side Ln. in Sevierville on alleged dogfighting charges and rescued fifty pit bull terriers with assistance from The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Sevier County Sheriff’s Animal ...