Tag Archives: District Attorney General

We now have more info from a deadly fire in The Emory Gap community of Harriman on Friday. Firefighters and law enforcement responded to a fully involved structure blaze last Friday night in the 400 block of Old Valley Road in South Harriman. Crews arrived around 9:30 p.m. to find …

Robert E. Riffey, Jr, 57 Clinton, Tennessee – On Friday September 15, 2023, Judge Ryan M. Spitzer conducted a sentencing hearing and afterwards sentenced Defendant Robert E. Riffey, Jr., age 57, to the maximum sentence under the law of 37 years in prison on Second Degree Murder, Possession of Schedule …

District Attorney General Russell Johnson provided a press release on the condition of an 8-year-old boy from Morgan County that accidentally shot himself on Friday. At approximately 7:17 pm on Friday, Morgan County Sheriff Wayne Potter was informed that an 8-year-old boy had been shot and wounded at a residence …

According to 9th District Attorney General Russell Johnson, charges have been filed against a woman in the death of a 4-year-old after a handgun discharged killing the child at a residence in Rockwood on Sunday. Brianna G Devall Runions is charged with first-degree murder and remains in jail on a …

Anderson County District Attorney General David “Dave” Clark has been appointed to the 25-member board of governors for the Tennessee Bar Association. This board governs the policy, finances, and management of the Tennessee Bar Association, consisting of more than 10,000 attorneys across the state, according to a news release from …

On April 24, 2023, at approximately 5:15 PM the Roane County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center had an in-custody death.  The victim was Timothy James Teasley (51yoa).  The District Attorney General’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were notified.  Currently, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the …

We are still awaiting a formal press release from Roane County authorities on Thursday afternoons fatal shooting at a Roane County Business in the Midtown area near Harriman. Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton confirmed that one female died at the Midtown Body Shop on Roane State Highway (Highway 70) in …

Today the Tennessee Highway Safety Office with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Roane County Sheriff’s Office Officials, and other public safety partners for an event in Oliver Springs to address the recent increase in traffic fatalities. According to Tennessee’s Integrated Traffic Analysis Network (TITAN), there were 20 total traffic fatalities in …

Following an investigation by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and indictments by the Anderson County Grand Jury in March of 2020, Royce Scott Earley, age 45, was charged with Rape of a Child x3 and Incest x3. Mr. Earley has remained out on bond since the charging of this case …

A joint investigation by the TBI and the Oliver Springs Police Department resulted in the arrest of a man on a charge of first-degree murder in the shotgun shooting death of his wife. District Attorney General Dave Clark’s office says that Oliver Springs police officers were called to a home …