Author: jock

Policed responded Sunday to Food City West in Newport about a man trying to pass a counterfeit $100 bill. Management at Food City stated a black male had come into the store around 11:30am...

Jefferson County authorities contacted Cocke County authorities Friday night for assistance in catching an evading suspect that was heading into Cocke County. Newport officers joined the chase when the fleeing suspect entered the Newport...

A Woman was arrested after she nearly struck a patrol car. Newport officer Paul Weber stated that Captain Derek Wright of the Newport Police Department was conducting a traffic stop on West Highway 25/70...

Newport police are investigating after someone set a vehicle on fire Friday. A man called police Friday afternoon to report that someone had stuffed a piece of cloth into the gas tank of his...

The TBI has issued a Silver Alert for a missing 74 year old Sevier County man. According to Sevierville Police, Carl Palmer is listed as missing. He is a white man with gray hair...

Jefferson County authorities are still on the lookout for a man who is suspected in a shooting at a Strawberry Plains apartment building last fall. Demarco Williams is charged with attempted first degree murder,...

Tennessee’s Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined 19 other state attorneys general on Monday as they sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. The attorneys general were expressing...

An inmate attempted to escape from Cocke County authorities on Monday. The inmate caused quite the stir when he jumped out of a courtroom window. According to the sheriff’s office, Michael Dean Smith of...

Here’s another example of not being able to believe everything you see on the internet…in this case on Facebook. The Cocke County Sheriff’s department is warning citizens about a new scam that is internet...

A Knoxville man has been arrested after an ATF undercover investigation. That investigation found that 23 year old Derek Blalock has been selling illegal weapons he purchased from China on the black market. Blalock...