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Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge is partnering with Beth Holloway and the Natalee Holloway Resource Center to deliver travel safety programs at local schools. It was 15 years ago on May 30, 2005 that Beth Holloway’s nightmare began. Her daughter, Natalee Holloway, went missing in Aruba while on a high school senior trip. While the details of her ...

Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as a result of an undercover operation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Narcotics Unit. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, a Sevier County Grand Jury returned 90 presentments when it convened earlier this month as a result of an ongoing undercover operation dubbed Safe Streets Belitz. Officers and agents from Sevier County ...

Alcatraz East Crime Museum announced several community programs, including the new online Crime Museum Book Club, Local Appreciation Days, and call for entries into the 3rd Annual Graffiti Art Contest.  Alcatraz East launched an online book club February 1. The Crime Museum Book Club will convene in a Facebook group and is open to anyone interested in the topic. The group ...

A Sevierville man wanted in connection with a hit and run that left two children seriously inured turned himself to authorities. 47-year-old Pablo Hernandez, of Sevierville, was arrested and charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury, after he allegedly hit two children just before 7 a.m. on Thursday morning near 701 West Main Street ...

Two children were struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street in Sevierville Thursday morning and the driver fled the scene. Sevierville police and fire departments responded to a report of two children being struck by a vehicle near 701 West Main Street just before 7 a.m. on February 20, 2020. Witnesses told police that a pickup truck traveling ...

The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says two men face felony charges after they allegedly fired multiple shots into a Kodak residence on Monday. Officers responded to a home on Mutton Hollow Road in Kodak about 11:45 a.m. on Monday, February 10, 2020 after receiving reports of someone firing shots into a residence. Officers found multiple bullet holes in the front ...

An off-duty police officer was allegedly shot and killed by his wife during an argument after leaving a local distillery Saturday night. According to the Sevierville Police Department, officers responded to a shooting just before 7:30 p.m. on February 1, 2020 at 3099 Winfield Dunn Parkway in Kodak, the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center. Officers found a male victim, ...

Sevier County Animal Control is seeking the public’s help for information on a potential animal cruelty case in which a dog was so malnourished it died. According to Sevier Animal Care Center, the intake shelter for Sevier County Sheriff’s Animal Control, the roaming dog was discovered a few weeks ago when it approached people on Alton Drive in Kodak. The ...

Police records show that two suspects involved in a police standoff at a Kodak Days Inn earlier this week had active arrest warrants out of Knox County and were suspects in several other thefts and burglaries. An incident report from the Sevierville Police Department sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding a standoff on January 14, 2020 at the Days ...

Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge offers a range of special programs for scouting troops throughout 2020. As the new year gets underway, many scouting troops will begin to make their plans for the coming year. Alcatraz East Crime Museum is offering a variety of special events and activities designed specifically for Girl and Boy Scout troops. Special events ...