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Authorities have released photos of clothing worn by a homicide victim as they plead for the public’s help in identifying the body found in a bag along the Douglas Lake shoreline. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s help in identifying the remains of an adult male homicide victim. The body ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff says the body found in a bag along the shoreline of Douglas Lake last weekend was a victim of homicide and is asking the public to help identify the remains. About 4:30 p.m. on March 10, 2019, deputies were dispatched to a home on Lake Ridge Drive in Dandridge after the resident reported seeing a suspicious ...

Pigeon Forge police officers shot a man early Friday morning after an attempted traffic stop resulted in a chase and ended when the man exited his vehicle with a shotgun. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a preliminary investigation found that officers with the Pigeon Forge Police Department attempted to stop a suspected DUI driver on the Parkway just ...

A man was shot in Sevierville last week and authorities are searching for the shooter. Detectives with the Sevierville Police Department are asking the public to come forward with any information about a shooting that reportedly occurred about 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 near the Country Meadows neighborhood. The department said officers responded to LeConte Medical Center after ...

Two students at Seymour Junior High have been charged with harassment after they allegedly threatened other students. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office was notified of alleged threats made by students on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 toward other students at Seymour Junior High School. Officers responded to the school and called investigators to look into the threats. Two male students, age ...

A man illegally hunting ginseng last year in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park died as a result of methamphetamine overdose, not a bear attack. 30-year-old William Lee Hill, Jr., of Louisville, Tenn., and his companion Joshua Morgan split up shortly after they allegedly entered the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to illegally harvest ginseng in the area off Rich ...

Authorities say a man wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Cash Express in Seymour on Tuesday has been taken into custody after leading officers on a chase down Chapman Highway. A chase from Sevier County to Knox County that had local social media buzzing Wednesday afternoon has ended in the arrest of 29-year-old Jordan Lynn James, of ...

The Cash Express in Seymour was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday afternoon and authorities are still searching for the perpetrator. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says a call came in at 2:42 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 reporting an armed robbery of the Cash Express located at 10718 Chapman Highway in Seymour. The clerk told responding officers that a ...

Alcatraz East Crime Museum will have a Ted Bundy display observing the 30th anniversary of the serial killer’s execution. January 24, 2019 will be the 30th anniversary of the execution of one of the most well-known serial killers and rapists of the 20th century, Ted Bundy. There are several events taking place over the anniversary, including new items being made ...

A Sevier County Grand Jury has indicted a woman for the murder of an elderly man in Sevierville last month. According to investigators, 38-year-old Krista Faye Owens, of Sevierville, allegedly shot Billy Joe Huskey, 75, inside his home on December 10, 2018. An unidentified female who was inside the home during the shooting fled to a neighbor’s home and called ...