TBI News January 29,2024 At the request of 8th Judicial District Attorney General Jared Effler, TBI special agents continue to investigate the circumstances that led to an officer-involved shooting Sunday night involving officers with the Jamestown Police Department. Preliminary information indicates that just after 8:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Rugby Avenue…… MORE
Knoxville Police are investigating a wrong-way, fatal crash on I-640. It happened early yesterday (Sunday) morning. Officers were called to a multi-car crash on I-640 East near Western Avenue minutes prior to being told about a car traveling in the wrong-direction. Preliminary investigation says that a Honda sedan was driving west on I-640 East when…… MORE
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking for a teen they say may be armed with a weapon out of Knoxville. TBI officials say 16-year-old Donovan Smith has a known medical condition and believed to be without his medication. He was last seen Friday and may be wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans, dark blue…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Gibbs Middle School student is taken into custody Friday afternoon after threats of mass violence. Knox County Sheriff’s Office officials confirming that thesuspect is an 11-year-old sixth-grade student at Gibbs Middle. As the suspect is a minor, no additional information is currently available. Officials say this latest incident is unrelated to…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issues an “Endangered Child Alert” Friday afternoon for a teen out of Knoxville who may be armed with a weapon. TBI officials say 16-year-old Donovan Smith has a known medical condition and is believed to be without his medication. They say Smith was last seen wearing a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A 25-year-old Knoxville man is in custody and facing multiple charges following a domestic dispute early Thursday morning. KPD officials say Steffon Green was arrested Friday afternoon, January 26 after being found at the Big Oak Apartments on Middlebrook Pike. Police were searching for Green after he reportedly ran over a woman…… MORE
Rocky Top, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has identified the victim in Tuesday’s deadly apartment fire in Rocky Top. TBI officials say 69-year-old Danny Cecil Parks died in the fire which broke out early Tuesday morning on Main Street. That fire also leaving several people without a home. The investigation remains ongoing into the…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Investigators with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office are asking for help in locating a missing Maryville man. They are hoping to locate 33 year-old Arden James Geist of Maryville who was last seen on January 7 around 3:00 p.m. leaving the Food City on East Broadway on foot. BCSO officials say Geist…… MORE
Crossville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 1/26/24: A Virginia teen is arrested Friday in connection to a bomb threat made against Cumberland County Schools Thursday night on social media. Officials with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office say the 16-year-old boy had previous ties to one of the schools. He was arrested Friday in Herndon, Virginia and now…… MORE
The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says Christopher Finchum was arrested following a drug investigation after a brief car pursuit in the Edwina Area yesterday (Thursday). A Newport man is arrested after a short police chase. Finchum is charged with multiple drug charges and evading arrest among other charges. The investigation is ongoing.… MORE
