Clerks at three convenience stores in Sevier County were cited for selling beer to a minor on Tuesday. Responding to complaints of underage alcohol sales in the Seymour area, the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit conducted an undercover operation on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. In three of eleven establishments tested by officers, the clerk sold beer to an ...
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Seymour Homeowner Interrupted Thief, Took Photos as He Fled
Authorities located and arrested a Sevier County man who fled after a homeowner returned home to find him allegedly in the act of loading stolen items into his vehicle. Officers from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office arrested 49-year-old David E. Loveday in connection with a theft that occurred at a residence on Boyd’s Creek Road in Seymour on Tuesday. According ...
Read More »Juveniles Charged with Attempted Murder, Aggravated Robbery in Deal-Turned-Robbery
Three juveniles have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery and shooting that took place in the Food City parking lot in Seymour last month. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals says that three Knox County juveniles face charges including attempted aggravated robbery and attempted first degree murder for an incident that took place in the parking lot of the ...
Read More »Sevier County Sheriff Searching for Seymour Carjacking Suspects
Authorities are looking for four men involved in an attempted carjacking at the Food City in Seymour on Saturday. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at 4:39 p.m. on April 22, 2017 regarding shots fired and an attempted vehicle theft in the parking lot of the Food City on Chapman Highway in Seymour. The victim told responding ...
Read More »Sevier County Kids Earn President’s Volunteer Service Award
Twenty-three Sevier County 4-H members have been recognized this past year for their volunteer efforts with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The Presidents Council on Service and Civic Participation created the Volunteer Service Award Program to recognize Americans who have made a commitment to volunteer service. Sevier County 4-H is proud to partner with the Presidents Council to present these ...
Read More »Sevier County Health Department Schedules Rabies Clinics
Pet owners can have their dog or cat vaccinated against the rabies virus for only $10 per pet at one of several low cost rabies clinics offered by the Sevier County Health Department. Tennessee state law requires all dogs and cats over three months of age receive an annual rabies vaccination administered by a licensed veterinarian. Rabies is a deadly ...
Read More »Cherokee Distributing, MillerCoors Donate to 12 Local Fire Departments
In the wake of the devastation caused by the wildfires in East Tennessee, Cherokee Distributing Company and MillerCoors teamed up in an attempt to provide relief to those affected by this tragedy. The two companies are pleased to announce a joint donation of $12,000 to the fire departments who bravely fought the wildfires in Blount and Sevier counties. Each of ...
Read More »Seymour Convenience Store Owner Subdues, Detains Robber
A man who attempted to rob a Marathon Gas Speedway Market in Seymour on Wednesday night has been arrested after the store owner detained him until police could arrive. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call reporting a robbery at the Marathon Gas Speedway Market, 626 Maryville Highway, just after 8 p.m. on March 22, 2017. Upon ...
Read More »March Madness Continues as Task Force Rounds Up More Alleged Drug Dealers
Local authorities have arrested 16 more suspected drug dealers in connection with the March Madness undercover operation in Sevier County. Officers from Sevier County Sheriff’s Office; Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms; Homeland Security; US Marshals Service; Tenn. Dept. of Corrections; and the police departments of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg began rounding up the alleged drug dealers on March ...
Read More »Sevier County Sheriff Seeks Help in Identifying Home Invasion Robbery Suspects
Four suspects in ski masks were caught on a security camera during a home invasion robbery last month and authorities are asking the public for help in identifying them or their vehicle. According to Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals, officers were dispatched just before 5 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2017 to a reported home invasion robbery at an apartment located ...
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