Tag Archives: Judge Jeff Wicks

Flock LPR cameras lead to capture of defendant who fled after Day One of his rape of a child trial KINGSTON, Tenn. — A Roane County jury found Victor Dale Moore, 62, guilty Tuesday of rape of a child and two counts of aggravated sexual battery, concluding an unusual trial …

ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — District Attorney General Russell Johnson announced that Judge Jeff Wicks accepted the guilty plea of Nicholas Holloway on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in connection with the beating death of Robert Quenton McCullough. According to the District Attorney’s Office, McCullough was last seen on October 7, 2020, …

On Wednesday, August 14th, Lonnie Wright was sentenced to 33 years in prison by Roane County Criminal Court Judge Jeff Wicks for his role in the murders of Steve Groover and Cindy Scruggs, which took place at Groover’s home on Buck Creek Road in May 2022. The sentencing followed a …

A jury trial in Roane County was delayed for 30 minutes on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, as those present in the courtroom—potential jurors, attorneys, witnesses, and the judge—waited for the defendant, Joshua Blankenship, to arrive. Once the defendant appeared, jury selection took nearly two hours before the trial could begin. …

After a three-day long trial that began on Tuesday at the Morgan County Courthouse, a Morgan County Jury returned a verdict late Thursday evening in the case involving the October 28, 2016, shooting death of Ellis Ray Hamby by his girlfriend, Tonya Baughman.  The jury of six (6) men and …