Tag Archives: crime

A Sevierville convenience store owner was the victim of an armed robbery early Wednesday morning. Officers from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Jimmy’s Market, 2046 Chapman Highway in Sevierville, just after 6 a.m. on July 25, 2018 for a reported armed robbery. Aftaab Merchant, the owner of Jimmy’s Market, told officers that he parked in his usual ...

Sevierville police say a bullet struck a motorist’s vehicle traveling on Winfield Dunn Parkway Monday afternoon. Officers responded to a call just after noon on July 23, 2018 to find a bullet had shattered the rear driver’s side window of a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck while it traveled southbound on Winfield Dunn Parkway in the area of River Lane. ...

Sevierville police are investigating a double shooting outside a Sevierville hotel involving two visitors from Alabama. According to the Sevierville Police Department, officers responded to a 911 call at about 11:41 p.m. on July 20, 2018 from a motorist who reported that a man in the parking lot of the Hampton Inn, 681 Winfield Dunn Parkway, appeared to be having ...

The Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge is opening a new exhibit featuring a former law enforcement surveillance van. There’s a new artifact on display at Alcatraz East, but since its focus is on undercover work it might be hard to spot. The crime museum in Pigeon Forge is giving visitors a look inside the workings of law enforcement ...

Officers deployed tear gas and arrested more than a dozen people at a home in the Belle Meadows subdivision on Thursday while looking for an individual wanted on a felony warrant. Following a vehicle they believed was driven by a wanted man, officers from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office arrived at 1212 Luke Lea Street in Belle Meadows on Thursday, ...

From its earliest days, Tennessee has had a rich history of crime and justice, with stories known across the country. From local stories of moonshiners and vigilantes, to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that rocked the nation, those interested in learning more about the state’s notorious crime history can do so at the new temporary exhibit “It Happened ...

Sevierville police say a man was severely injured after falling from a moving vehicle that he attempted to enter while it was stopped at a traffic light early Wednesday morning. Officers responded to a 911 call reporting an injured pedestrian lying on the shoulder of West Main Street shortly after 7 a.m. on May 23, 2018. Witnesses told police that ...

Sevierville Police are looking for three men who reportedly gained entry to the home of an elderly couple and then robbed them on Saturday afternoon. According to police, the robbery took place about 2 p.m. on May 12, 2018 at a residence on Estate Drive, in the Little Pigeon Estates neighborhood. Posing as linoleum salesmen, two men knocked on the ...

UPDATE: Nine additional suspects have been arrested as part of the April Fools undercover operation conducted earlier this month. Updated April 30, 2018 to include new arrests. The suspects were included in the indictments handed down by a Sevier County Grand Jury of 87 suspected drug dealers as a result of an undercover operation by the Sevier County Street Crimes ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation launched a new, online tool this week that enables citizens to view crime statistics for their communities. The CrimeInsight TOPS (Theme-Oriented Public Site) platform allows users to quickly navigate through key data submitted by the state’s law enforcement agencies through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Users select a law enforcement agency, a year, ...