Tag Archives: crime

Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are looking into circumstances surrounding the death of an inmate held in the Sevier County Jail on Tuesday. Officers found 44-year-old Stephen Esley McGill unresponsive in his cell about 1:30 a.m. on April 11, 2017 and administered CPR until paramedics arrived. Emergency services transported McGill to LeConte Medical Center where he was pronounced ...

The Better Business Bureau, Allstate Insurance, TN Consumer Affairs and the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce, along with ACE Hardware in Gatlinburg, will host a free consumer education and fraud prevention event on Friday for victims of the Gatlinburg fires. The Fraud Prevention Day event will be held at ACE Hardware, 1025 East Parkway in Gatlinburg, at 10 a.m. on March ...

A teen girl from Tennessee remains missing more than two weeks after being abducted by her former teacher and investigators say they could be anywhere, even Mexico. Story updated to include information released Friday, March 31, 2017. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation held a press conference on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 with an update on the search for 15-year-old Elizabeth ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Thomas, a missing 15-year-old girl from Maury County, Tenn., is believed to be in the custody of a teacher that was fired and now faces charges for sexual contact with a minor and aggravated kidnapping. This story is updated to include information released through Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Maury County Sheriff’s Department issued ...

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 ...

Authorities began rounding up suspected drug dealers this morning in the culmination of a 9-month undercover drug investigation dubbed March Madness. A Sevier County Grand Jury indicted 79 people last week as a result of the March Madness undercover investigation by the Sevier County Street Crimes Unit and agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Officers from Sevier County Sheriff’s ...

Authorities say they captured three suspects in a Sevier County home burglary on Saturday, also finding a cache of stolen items from other area burglaries. The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says it received a 911 call on Feb. 25, 2017 reporting a burglary in progress at a residence on Wye Drive. A relative of the homeowner saw an unknown Ford ...

Authorities say a woman fled from a traffic stop late Sunday night, leading police on a chase from Gatlinburg to Cosby that ended when an officer shot her. According to a release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a woman was shot after allegedly hitting an officer with her vehicle following a chase involving a National Park Service Ranger, officers ...