When deputies arrived, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Claiborne County, TN (WOKI) The Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was reportedly stabbed to death Friday morning.
CCSO officials say deputies responded to a home in the Speedwell area at around 10:45 after dispatch received a call saying a man had been stabbed.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered the man who was then pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials say the body has been sent to the Knox County Forensic Center for an autopsy.
CCSO investigators are interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence to learn more about the incident.
“Based on the preliminary investigation, it is believed that the persons involved in the incident were known to each other, and there is no danger to the general public,” CCSO officials said.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Five people are arrested Thursday following the execution of a search warrant at a home in the 1500 block of Minnesota Avenue.
Officials with the Knoxville Police Department say the search is part of an ongoing overdose death investigation stemming from a suspected overdose death in June of 2023. They add that other overdose deaths are suspected of being connected to the home.
KPD says the search resulted in the seizure of approximately 45 grams of crack cocaine as well as heroin and methamphetamine. Additionally, a total of six firearms were seized, including an AR-style pistol that was stolen during a Knox County home burglary.
The following people were arrested and charged:
Allan Brown, 47, of Knoxville, Tennessee
Charges: Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Schedule I Drugs; Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Schedule II Drugs; Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Meth; Possession of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon; Maintaining a Dwelling for Drug Purposes; Possession of a Weapon with Intent to Go Armed; and Theft of a Firearm
Quentin McClain, 57, of Knoxville, Tennessee
Charges: Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Schedule I Drugs; Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Schedule II Drugs; Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Meth
Karen Davis, 55, of Knoxville, Tennessee
Charges: Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Schedule I Drugs; Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Schedule II Drugs; Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Meth
Michael Frances Garcia, 53, of Knoxville, Tennessee
Charges: Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Schedule I Drugs; Manufacture, Delivery, Sell of Schedule II Drugs
Adrian Thomas,39, of Maryville, TN
Charges: Outstanding Warrant for Probation Violation and Identity Theft
KPD says other charges are pending, and the overdose death is still under investigation.
The Blount Special Operations Response Team recovered the body. (Courtesy: WVLT)
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 9/8: One of two bodies found in Fort Loudon Lake last week has been identified.
The Blount County Sheriff’s Office identified the body as 36-year-old Bill Jesse Miracle.
BCSO officials say Miracle was identified by fingerprints.
The Blount Special Operations Response Team recovered Miracle’s body from Fort Loudon Lake on the evening of August 29th; it was found near George’s Creek.
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office found a second body in Fort Loudoun Lake on the same day. They continue to ask for help in identifying that body.
ORIGINAL STORY: A body has been recovered from Fort Loudon Lake.
Officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office report their Special Operations Response Team recovered the male body from Fort Loudon Lake Tuesday evening. It was found near George’s Creek.
BCSO says the body, which has not been identified, was taken to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center for an autopsy to be performed in the coming days.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation says a road construction project on Lovell Road in Knox County will have a temporary impact on traffic.
Beginning Sunday there will be lane closures on Lovell Road between Kingston Pike and Pellissippi Parkway to allow crews to mill and resurface the road.
These lane closures will be in place nightly Sundays through Thursdays between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. All road work is expected to be complete on or before September 29th.
TDOT says a road construction project on Alcoa Highway in Knox County will also have a temporary impact on traffic.
Beginning Sunday, the northbound right lane on Alcoa Highway will be closed between Woodson Drive and Cherokee Trail while crews install a temporary rock catchment fence. This closure will be in place nightly between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. through Thursday.
In addition, next week the contractor may utilize traffic pacing operations to move equipment and perform various work activities. These will be intermittent daily between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and should have a minimal impact on traffic.
Country music artist Zach Bryan is arrested in Oklahoma.
Bryan confirmed this in a statement on his social media pages. Bryan says he “had an incident with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol” yesterday and his emotions got the best of him.
Bryan was booked into the jail and was charged with obstruction of investigation.
Bryan was released and says there is a mug shot “floating around.”
The 27-year-old singer served seven years in the Navy before being honorably discharged. Bryan’s debut album DeAnn was released in 2019.
Yesterday, the Country Music Association announced Bryan was one of five finalists for New Artist of the Year.
Suspect vehicle in police chase on September 7 (Courtesy: KCSO)
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: A man is dead after leading Knox County deputies on a multi-county chase Thursday, prompting a standoff with law enforcement, according to District Attorney General Russell Johnson.
Law enforcement officials say the man, who was a person of interest in an overdose death, led Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a chase through Knox, Anderson and Loudon Counties before the standoff; that chase began around 12:30 on Western Avenue.
According to Loudon County Sheriff Jimmy Davis, the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at officers during the chase before crashing into a tree on U.S. 321, prompting the standoff.
Officials say the man threatened his own life by pointing a gun at his head.
During the standoff, Blount County Sheriff’s Office tactical team members responded to the scene with an armored Bearcat car and fired non-lethal rounds into the man’s car, Johnson said.
“It was determined that the subject was not moving, so officers approached the vehicle to find the subject possibly deceased with a handgun in his lap,” Johnson said.
The suspect was taken to Fort Loudon Medical Center after receiving care from responders, but was pronounced dead at 1:58 p.m.
Since the man was technically in custody at the time of his death, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is handling further investigation.
ORIGINAL STORY: Several law enforcement agencies, including a Knox County Airwatch helicopter, responded to a police chase and standoff across several counties Thursday afternoon.
Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office say the chase began around 12:30 p.m. when deputies tried to stop a person of interest in an overdose death driving a a silver or primer-colored truck. The man refused to stop for the officers, later pulling out a gun.
KCSO says the chase started in Knox County on Western Avenue then moved into Loudon County where the man stopped his truck. The man was reportedly armed and threatened his own life, sparking a standoff with police.
Officials report officers also fired shots at the suspect during the standoff.
No other details have been released.
KCSO Narcotics, Airwatch, the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office, the Oak Ridge Police Department, and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the incident.
James Lawson, 36 (Courtesy: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office)
Clinton, TN (WOKI) A former Anderson County school resource officer takes a plea deal Thursday after allegedly “engaging in inappropriate conduct” with high school students.
Anderson County Sheriff’s Office officials say 36-year-old James Lawson was indicted on charges of solicitation of a minor and two counts of solicitation of a minor to observe sexual conduct by electronic means.
In exchange for pleading guilty, Lawson received diversion for the charges which will then be expunged after he completes requirements set by the court.
Lawson had been a school resource officer at Clinton High School since August of 2020; he resigned in December 2020 as an investigation into his conduct was launched.
The 30-year anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu, also known as Operation Gothic Serpent, is approaching.
The battle was made into a book and movie commonly know as Black Hawk Down, and the soldiers will be gathering in Knoxville for the first time since that battle.
During the Battle of Mogadishu, soldiers had to run what is now famously known as the Mogadishu Mile where they had to run through the streets of Somalia being shot at the entire time until they made it to a safe spot one mile away.
Jason Moore, a Retired Army Ranger, says this is a very important event. Moore says they want to take this reunion as a jumping off point and and turn it into a charity that’s going to help Task Force Ranger and all the guys that are here and their kids and grandkids now that we’re getting older, we’re starting to think about a legacy and people not remembering what we’ve done.
During the reunion weekend, community members will have a chance to honor those soldiers by running a Mogadishu Mile through the streets of Knoxville on October 7th.
Members of a West Knox County neighborhood say they don’t want to a proposed affordable housing development to come to the area.
The project is proposed in the Choto area around Northshore Drive.
The development, Choto Landing, will be a 56-unit townhome community providing quality and affordable housing for people who earn less than $70,000 a year.
Pete Horton lives in the area and says they believe new buildings will create traffic delays on an already crowded Northshore as well as flooding concerns and crowded schools.
People who would qualify to live in this new development wouldn’t normally be able to live in this area.
Dominion Group, the developers behind the project, say they believe this is a worthy cause and something they don’t mind standing up for and acknowledge that they know people are concerned and they welcome difficult conversations.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Maryville man charged in the deadly Kingston Pike crash that killed 24-year-old Ben Kredich was released on bond Wednesday.
Forty-four year-old Shannon Walker is accused of driving while under the influence, crossing the road and hitting Kredich, killing him.
As part of his release, Walker is required to wear a special ankle monitor, 24/7, allowing it to test his sweat for blood alcohol concentration. Additionally, he is not allowed to drink or take non-prescribed drugs and must get a weekly drug screening.
