A patient brought a gun into an exam room at a West Tennessee orthopedics clinic on Tuesday and shot a beloved surgeon to death. Campbell Clinic identified the doctor as Benjamin Mauck, an elbow, hand, and wrist specialist who had been at the clinic since 2012, the Memphis Commercial Appeal said. The clinic said it …
A Tennessee soccer coach has been charged with drugging children and recording himself raping the unconscious boys over the course of 20 years. The Franklin Police Department said that Camilo Hurtado Campos, 63, has been charged with child rape and sexual exploitation of children and that more charges are expected, WSMV reported. The victims ranged …
Tennessee prosecutors announced Thursday they would seek the death penalty for a man charged with kidnapping and killing Memphis kindergarten teacher Eliza Fletcher last year. Cleotha Abston, also known as Cleotha Henderson, is accused of kidnapping Fletcher, 34, while she was out on her morning run and forcing her into an SUV, CrimeOnline reported. Her …
A 51-year-old Tennessee woman faces six counts of child neglect after a 3-month-old boy in her care was found dead and six other children were left unattended in her apartment. Anne C. Jordan was arrested Thursday afternoon in Hickman County and returned to Nashville, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The 3-month-old’s mother and …
A caregiver has been charged with the murder of a Tennessee toddler and injuries suffered by another child in Tullahoma. Police were called to a home late Friday morning for a 2-year-old child was wasn’t breathing. Officers who arrived began life-saving measures and brought the toddler to a hospital, but the child later died, Tullahoma …
The girl was hospitalized in critical condition after all three girls were found in a high school parking lot earlier this week.
A former Tennessee elementary school principal and first grade teacher — indicted on multiple charges, including child rape and incest — is on the run after removing his GPS tracking monitor and fleeing his home. The District Attorney’s Office of Tennessee’s 22nd Judicial District said a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Jonathan …
A 3-month-old Tennessee boy was found dead Monday in his babysitter’s West Nashville apartment when the boy’s mother and another parent arrived to pick up their children. Six other infants, aged up to 16-months, were found alone in the apartment and were said to be in good health, WSMV reported. Hikers found the babysitter, 51-year-old …
Nashville police released body camera footage from the two officers who took down a school shooter on Monday, video that shows the careful and dramatic search of the building until the team hears gunshots coming from a floor above them. Police said Officers Rex Englebert and Michael Collazo were the officers who shot and killed …
A 22-year-old woman shot and killed a man in a Walmart parking lot outside Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, allegedly after a road-rage incident on Andrew Jackson Parkway. Metro Nashville Police said 38-year-old Tristan Walker died at the scene, and the suspected shooter remained on the scene and cooperated with investigators, according to WKRN. Police said …
Tennessee sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a suspect early Sunday morning after the the suspect fired at deputies for more than two hours then allegedly shot a woman in front of them. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that Greene County deputies had gone to the home just before 10 p.m. Sunday to serve an …
A Tennessee woman was found shot to death in her Murfreesboro apartment Wednesday night, and her boyfriend has been arrested in Kentucky charged with her murder. Murfreesboro Police said that a preliminary investigation indicates that Rebecca Stockton, 25, and Shaleem Hamilton, 41, may have argued on Wednesday night, WKRN reported. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots, police …
