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Shirra Branum was killed in a car accident on March 16, 2017. The man driving the other car was intoxicated and an illegal alien.
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Mom hopes billboards will lead to arrest in daughter's vehicular homicide death

Cindy Scalf never saw herself as a spokesperson for anything, but she’s stepped outside that box for the last 17 months to keep her daughter’s death at the forefront of everyone’s mind.

Updated Today at 11:30 AM
Washington County Sheriff's Deputy Mitzie Hensley is facing an upcoming brain surgery to remove a slow-growing tumor that has encased her left carotid artery.
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Washington County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff's deputy remains positive, rebounds from medical setback to remove brain tumor

 A Washington County sheriff’s deputy being treated in New York for a brain tumor is getting stronger after suffering a couple of setbacks, including a light stroke.

Yesterday at 11:33 PM
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JCP
crime

Man arrested after selling crack to officer 3 times, police say

A Johnson City man netted several drug charges after he sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer on three separate occasions, police said in a news release.

Yesterday at 8:48 PM
Haefele
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crime

Police: Traffic stop turns into a meth arrest

Johnson City police arrested a man after they discovered a handgun and drugs in his vehicle, officers said in a press release.

Yesterday at 8:43 PM
Scene of Tuesday night incident.
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Elizabethton Police Department

Burger King doors ripped from hinges, man charged with vandalism

ELIZABETHTON — A man was charged with vandalism Tuesday night when he reportedly ripped a large metal door off its hinges at the entrance to Burger King, 781 W. Elk Ave.

Yesterday at 6:53 PM
Race: W Sex: F Age: 26 Arrest Date: 8/9/2018 12:54:00AM Arresting Agency: Washington County Sheriff's Office Inmate No. 111369 Name: ALBRIGHT, LEANN MESHELL Charges: VIOLATION OF PROBATION Race: W Sex: M Age: 56 Arrest Date: 8/12/2018 12:20:00AM Arresting Agency: Johnson City Police Department Inmate No. 71019 Name: WILDER, ROBERT WINDOL Charges: Public Intoxication Race: W Sex: F Age: 29 Arrest Date: 8/9/2018 8:46:00PM Arresting Agency: Johnson City Police Department Inmate No. 88856 Name: TIPTON, ASHLEY MAXINE Charges: Public Intoxication Race: W Sex: M Age: 37 Arrest Date: 8/8/2018 1:03:00AM Arresting Agency: Johnson City Police Department Inmate No. 127103 Name: NELSON, DANIEL RAY Charges: METHAMPHETAMINE, POSS, DELIVER, SELL MANUF SIMPLE POSSESSION DRIVING ON REVOKED LICENSE MULTIPLE 6TH LIGHT LAW VIOL
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Arrested — Booking Photos from the Washington County Detention Center

Booking photos and accompanying information are public records and made available by the Washington County Detention Center. They represent arrests only, not a determination of guilt. All are presumed innocent until the charges have been proven in a

Updated Yesterday at 5:14 PM
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Escape

Accused killer recaptured after escape from Blountville jail

BLOUNTVILLE — A Kingsport murder defendant who escaped from the Sullivan County jail by using another inmate’s identity was recaptured early Wednesday morning, according to police.

Yesterday at 4:29 PM
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crime

Man charged with 5th DUI after 4-car crash in Johnson City

A Gray man was arrested on his fifth DUI charge Monday after he crashed into three vehicles in Boones Creek, police said in a news release.

Updated Aug 14, 2018 at 6:02 PM
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crime

Teen accused of firing shots toward victim in Johnson City

A teenager fired several shots toward someone on North Barton Street over the weekend but missed his target, Johnson City police said in a news release, resulting in his arrest.

Updated Aug 14, 2018 at 6:00 PM
FILE – In this Sept. 23, 2015, file photo, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, left, looks toward the crowd with Pope Francis following a Mass outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Wuerl wrote to priests to defend himself on the eve of the scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, release of a grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse in six of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Child sexual abuse

Report identifies more than 1,000 victims of priest abuse

HARRISBURG, Pa. — More than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses, while senior church officials took steps to cover it up, according to a landmark grand jury Aug 14, 2018 at 4:12 PM

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crime

4 charged after home invasion in Carter County

ELIZABETHTON — Deputies with the Carter County Sheriff’s Department arrested two men and two women on Saturday in connection with an armed burglary that took place on Melody Lane that day.

Aug 14, 2018 at 9:05 AM
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crime

Man charged with falsely obtaining drugs, police say

A Johnson City man was arrested Thursday after police said he picked up a drug prescription without authorization.

Updated Aug 13, 2018 at 4:34 PM
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Officer recorded punching a man could face assault charge

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore police officer recorded while repeatedly punching a man in a street confrontation has resigned, and investigators are looking at charging him with second-degree assault, Interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said Monday. Aug 13, 2018 at 4:24 PM

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Guns in America

Police: Man shot Tennessee youth football coach over fight between players

NASHVILLE — Police in Tennessee say a youth football coach was shot and wounded after breaking up a fight involving his players and an opposing team.

Aug 13, 2018 at 1:33 PM
FILE - In this July 19, 2018 file frame from surveillance video released by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Markeis McGlockton, far left, is shot by Michael Drejka during an altercation in the parking lot of a convenience store in Clearwater, Fla. Prosecutors charged a white man, Michael Drejka, with manslaughter Monday Aug. 13, 2018 in the death of an unarmed black man whose videotaped shooting in a store parking lot has revived debate over Florida’s “stand your ground” law. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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Guns in America

White man charged with fatally shooting black man in Florida

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri originally declined to charge Drejka, saying one day after the shooting that the man was protected by Florida’s stand-your-ground law. The sheriff passed the case to prosecutors for a final decision.

Aug 13, 2018 at 1:28 PM
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