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Court Records Provide New Details in Bean Station Officer-Involved Shooting

Court Records Provide New Details in Bean Station Officer-Involved Shooting

Bean Station, TN (WOKI) We’re learning more about an officer-involved shooting last month out of Bean Station. Court records indicate a police officer went to a house on Love Drive on November 30 to find a man who was wanted for stealing a vehicle. When the officer arrived, a man identified as Dustin Lee Carpenter…MORE

Knoxville Police Arrest Suspect in Bomb Threat at West Town Mall
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Knoxville Police Arrest Suspect in Bomb Threat at West Town Mall

Knoxville Police says a man has been arrested and charged after making a fake bomb threat at West Town Mall. 32-year-old Marshall Hazlett was arrested Friday night after he claimed to have put a bomb on a TV inside one of the stores which resulted in a significant law enforcement response but officers determined the…MORE

A Neighbor’s Quick Actions Prevent Apartment Fire from Spreading
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A Neighbor’s Quick Actions Prevent Apartment Fire from Spreading

An alert neighbor calls the Knoxville Fire department and helps keep an apartment fire from spreading. KFD received the call Saturday for a porch on fire at the Addison at Sutherland. The neighbor also alerted the person inside about the fire. Thanks to the quick actions of the neighbor, the fire was quickly brought under…MORE

Special Education Teacher Arrested for Assault in Jefferson County, Police Say

Special Education Teacher Arrested for Assault in Jefferson County, Police Say

White Pine, TN (WOKI) A teacher in Jefferson County is arrested Friday for allegedly hitting a student with an electronic device. Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office say a school resource officer at White Pine School was told that 31-year-old Joseph Drake Lee, a special education teacher at the school, struck a student with…MORE

UTPD: Former Police Officer Arrested

UTPD: Former Police Officer Arrested

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The University of Tennessee Police Department served active arrest warrants Wednesday on one of their own. UTPD officials say Anthony Rizo, who had been employed by the University of Tennessee Police Department for just over seven months, was terminated from his employment for alleged actions taken while off-duty and in the state…MORE

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Deadly Fire in Madisonville

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Deadly Fire in Madisonville

Madisonville, TN (WOKI) An investigation into a house fire involving a fatality is underway in Monroe County. Officials with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office say multiple fire agencies along with MCSO’s Criminal Investigation Division responded to the scene in the 6200 block of Highway 411 in Madisonville around 1:00 p.m. Friday afternoon. MCSO says the…MORE