Judge revokes bond, sends Rutherford sheriff to jail
Tweet A federal magistrate Wednesday revoked bond for Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold Wednesday and ordered him to jail because of new domestic assault charges brought while he is awaiting...
View ArticleParole board rejects exoneration of McKinney
Tweet The state Board of Parole has voted against recommending exoneration of a Wilson County man who served 31 years in prison on a rape and burglary conviction before DNA evidence cleared him of the...
View ArticleNo charges in Memphis police shooting black man
Tweet By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A white Memphis police officer won’t face federal civil rights charges in the shooting death of a 19-year-old black man, the federal government...
View ArticleAthens workplace killer had TN handgun permit
Tweet ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — A man who fatally shot two supervisors and then killed himself at an electrical components plant in eastern Tennessee had a state-issued permit to carry handguns in public,...
View ArticleRutherford sheriff, already facing corruption trial, accused of domestic assault
Tweet Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold, already facing trial on corruption charges, has now been accused of a domestic violence assaylt on his wife, reports the Daily News Journal. “The...
View ArticleHamblen County Democratic chair charged with theft
Tweet The Hamblen County Democratic Party chairman has been charged with stealing files from the county’s Circuit Court office, reports the Morristown Citizen-Tribune. Timothy Wayne Woodard, 27,...
View ArticleNashville council approves pot ordinance 35-3
Tweet Nashville on Tuesday became the first city in Tennessee to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and Memphis likely will become the second in two weeks. according to the Commercial Appeal....
View ArticleAndy Miller company settles Florida fraud claim for $7.75M
Tweet The wealthy Republican donor who took campaign money as investments from now-expelled lawmaker Jeremy Durham has agreed to pay $7.75 million to settle allegations he and his brother defrauded a...
View ArticleNew coalition set up to push ‘criminal justice reform’
Tweet Press release from Tennessee Coalition for Sensible Justice NASHVILLE – Leaders from advocacy, business and social service groups with constituents across the state came together today to launch...
View ArticleAP story on Nashville, Memphis marijuana ordinances
Tweet By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Political leaders in Tennessee’s two largest cities are taking steps toward marijuana decriminalization with ordinances that would allow police...
View ArticleKoch-sponsored forum talks TN criminal justice reform
Tweet Conservatives gathered in Nashville Wednesday for wine, hors d’oeuvres and conversation over criminal justice reform, reports The Tennessean. They discussed topics ranging from curbing court...
View ArticleDUI special session deemed a ‘step backward’
Tweet By Eric Schelzig, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration is looking to turn back the clock on an underage drunken driving law that threatened to cost...
View ArticleComptroller: Jail inmate got full-time county job
Tweet News release from state comptroller’s office An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has found numerous problems with the way inmate labor was handled within the Marshall County...
View ArticleThree make plea deals in sheriff corruption case
Tweet Three people involved in the pending trial on corruption charges against Gibson County’s former sheriff Thursday accepted plea agreements, reports the Jackson Sun. Former Sheriff Charles “Chuck”...
View ArticleSchool money stolen for drinking, gambling
Tweet A former Knox County Schools supervisor accused of using his district-issued credit card to place online gambling bets pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony theft of more than $10,000, according to...
View ArticleFormer development district director pleads guilty to stealing fed funds
Tweet Wendy Askins, the former director of the Upper Cumberland Development District, pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon in a federal courtroom to two counts of theft from the federally-funded agency,...
View ArticleOctober date set for Todd sign theft trial
Tweet An October 11 trial date has been set in the case of suburban state Rep. Curry Todd, charged earlier this month with stealing opponent Mark Lovell’s yard signs, reports the Commercial Appeal....
View ArticleArmstrong attorney: Split verdict invalid
Tweet From Jamie Satterfield: If former state Rep. Joe Armstrong did not try to evade taxes, he cannot be guilty of filing a false tax return. So argues Armstrong’s defense attorney, Gregory P....
View ArticleCounseling service bilked TennCare for $300K
Tweet MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The owner of a Memphis counseling service has pleaded guilty to defrauding TennCare of more than $300,000 by billing for services that were never performed. According to a...
View ArticleRep. Daniel booked on assault charge
Tweet State. Rep. Martin Daniel was formally booked Thursday on a misdemeanor assault charge lodged against him last month for allegedly shoving his Republican primary opponent, according to the News...
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