TBI investigates fire that sparked at the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff Potter and the responding fire departments had every thing under control. March 1, 2021MORGAN COUNTY, Tenn. — Authorities in Morgan County asked TBI to help determine the cause of a fire at the sheriff’s office.There was a fire this evening in one area...

Former Chattanooga officer charged with eight violations after taking firearms from dead individuals in Feb. 2020

In Feb. 2020, former Chattanooga officer Eric Brown responded to two different calls. Both calls involved someone who died and left behind a firearm. February 20, 2021A former Chattanooga Police Department officer is under fire after a year-long investigation showed...

Knox County Criminal Court Clerk asks judge to remove chemicals from Joel Guy Jr. trial evidence

Criminal Court Clerk Mike Hammond asked Judge Steve Sword to remove the hazardous chemicals currently stored in evidence, November 6, 2020KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE)- Joel Guy Jr., who was convicted of murdering and dismembering his parents over Thanksgiving weekend in...

Criminal Court Clerk discusses ‘human error’ in property room mix-up

“human error” when a clerk in her office’s property and evidence room mistakenly grabbed evidence from another murder case and gave it to attorneys working on the death row case of Pervis Payne. October 18, 2020Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk...

Investigating ‘The Mess’ : Memo jogs ex-cop’s memory

Retired MPD official says he destroyed evidence, including rape kits, in hundreds of sex crimes cases in the 1990s AUGUST 3, 2020This article was produced in partnership with the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, a nonprofit newsroom...

Tennessee convict charged with killing two women in 2001

Dentures collected by investigators, in that case, had been placed in a police property room June 24, 2020MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee convict serving prison time for a 2001 rape has been charged with killing two women later that year, prosecutors said.A Shelby...