Two teens have been charged in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Tennessee high school class president last week as she was headed home after a basketball game. Christine Michael and three other teens had just left the game in Ripley on February 10 when gunfire ripped through their vehicle. The round that hit Michael …
‘Father hit mother in the eye’ before the shooting, the little girl’s story said, but the father was not arrested.
The man accused of kidnapping and killing Memphis jogger Elia Fletcher last September appeared in court Friday to face more charges and enter a not guilty plea. Cleotha Abston-Henderson was arrested two days before Fletcher’s body was found outside an abandoned home on September 5 on charges of murder and kidnapping, as CrimeOnline previously reported. …
Two boys and their father were found dead in Tennessee after their mother — the man’s wife — was found dead Wednesday night at the family home in Madison County, Alabama. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said it was asked to conduct a welfare check on 43-year-old Jennifer Lepore and found her dead inside the …
A newborn baby was found in a dumpster early Thursday morning near an apartment complex in Jackson, Tennessee. Jackson Police said the infant boy was found alive at about 4:15 a.m. and was treated on the scene by emergency personnel before being taken to a local hospital. Investigators have identified the baby’s mother, police said, …
Investigators in West Tennessee are searching for a 34-year-old mom of two who’s been missing since January 7 and her ex-husband — who was named a suspect in her disappearance on Sunday. Haywood County Sheriff Billy Garrett Jr. said Saturday that Kevin Watson’s truck was found near a wildlife area called Big Eddy but neither …
A Memphis man faces multiple charges after he allegedly beat his girlfriend and threw their 1-year-old baby onto the ground. Memphis Police said they were called to the Airport Inn shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday, and a woman told them she’d been involved in a physical alteration with her boyfriend, who is also the …
A Tennessee mother has been charged with multiple car-jackings, including one in which she used her 5-year-old child as a shield. Clarksville Police said that Bethany Wilson, 24, faces multiple charges of aggravated robbery, Clarksville Now reported. The first incident took place at about 4:40 p.m. Thursday afternoon at a Minit Mart, police said, where …
Police in Middle Tennessee are trying to identify a woman found dead from a shotgun wound in a northwest Nashville creek. Nashville Metropolitan Police said a passerby discovered the body in Drake Branch Creek on Wednesday, and the Forensic Science Center confirmed she died from a gunshot the following day. Police described her as a …
A 25-year-old Tennessee man faces multiple charges after he allegedly set a woman’s Christmas tree and gifts for her child on fire. The Dyersburg Police Department said that James Walker had an altercation earlier in the day with the victim and her brother, with whom he was acquainted. Investigators said a neighbor saw Walker going …
A 69-year-old Tennessee woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly shot someone to death after an argument. The Carter County Sheriff’s Office said it found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds and transported him to Johnson City Medical Center, where he died, the Johnson City Press reported. The sheriff’s office said that Cynthia …
A Tennessee man has been arrested after he went to police to complain that the father of a woman he was stalking had threatened him. Jacob Yerkes, who previously worked at a Cracker Barrel with the victim, was charged with aggravated stalking and harassment, according to the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office, which said more charges …
