A man who killed his pregnant wife Sunday raped a 15-year-old girl the same day before fleeing and later taking his own life, court records show.

Terry Lee Releford developed a taste for violence at a young age.

A Soddy-Daisy slaying suspect accused of killing his pregnant wife and then leading police on a manhunt is dead, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond confirmed this morning.

With federal prosecutors declining to file charges against two former Chattanooga Police Department officers, defense attorneys are confident that evidence used in the criminal investigation will help both men get their jobs back.

After nearly a year-long investigation, federal charges will not be filed against two former Chattanooga Police Department officers who were fired after an inmate was beaten, U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said Wednesday.

Federal charges will not be filed against two former Chattanooga Police Department officers who were fired after an inmate was beaten, Bill Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, said today.

A man remained in stable condition Tuesday at Erlanger hospital after police said he shot a 20-year-old to death during a shootout last week.

Each year Chattanooga police officers stop and question thousands of people.

Friends of the Festival changed its security plan for Riverbend on Thursday after learning there would not be enough private security officers to work the eight-day music festival.

Chattanooga police officers will not be working security on the Riverbend Festival grounds this year, police Chief Bobby Dodd said Tuesday.

Blood splatter still stained the porch where 20-year-old Wendell Washington drew his last breaths after shots were exchanged with another gunman late Sunday night, according to Chattanooga police.

Blood splatter still stained the porch where 20-year-old Wendell Washington drew his last breaths after shots were exchanged with another gunman late Sunday night, according to Chattanooga police.

An internal investigation found that Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond did not use his position to help a woman get her seized car back, but a memo resulting from the probe requires a state order to return seized property.

Chattanooga police are investigating a shooting that sent a 25-year-old gang member to the hospital Thursday morning.

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond remained silent Thursday about an internal affairs report showing a deputy gave alcohol to several teens on numerous occasions and developed a personal relationship with a female member of the Explorer Post program.

Investigators at Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office could not prove Deputy Justin Tabor had sex with a girl in the Explorer Post program before she turned 18, only that he provided alcohol to several juveniles, an internal affairs report states.

A former Hamilton County Sheriff's Office corrections sergeant accused of stealing an inmate's food stamp card will try to seek judicial diversion.

A former Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office corrections sergeant accused of stealing an inmate’s food stamp card will try to seek judicial diversion.

A Hamilton County Sheriff's Office deputy has been transferred to the Hamilton County Jail after an internal affairs investigation revealed he provided alcohol to teens — some of whom are part of the sheriff's office Explorer Post, said Janice Atkinson, public information officer, in a statement.

Teddi Robinson’s slender, bronzed frame hunches inward.

Two men appeared to be in their 50s. One nervously kept glancing out the window of a suite in the Fountain Plaza office complex, then turned and buried his head in hands.

Question: Whatever happened to Keoshia Ford?

A Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputy chief of corrections was demoted to captain because he made numerous offensive comments to officers, according to a 446-page internal affairs report released Tuesday.

Bud Wisseman was a few miles from the Boston Marathon's finish line.

Detectives may make more arrests in an arson case at Loftis Middle School that resulted in more than $150,000 in damage.

Detectives interviewed 40-50 people while investigating a September 2012 arson at Loftis Middle School middle school before arresting two 17-year-olds, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office detective David Sowder said today.

Mayor-elect Andy Berke created a position of public safety coordinator to oversee a comprehensive crime strategy, but details about the job are few.

Chattanooga police arrested a Hamilton County corrections officer on charges of aggravated domestic assault and harassment after she allegedly phoned her ex-girlfriend 20 times and tried to run her off the road, according to an arrest report.

A Chattanooga police officer is on administrative leave after he reportedly drove drunk in a green Jeep through a construction zone on U.S. Highway 27 near the Tennessee River, according to an arrest report.

Blistered skin was all that remained of a 3-year-old boy's face after he died in a house fire last week, according to a Hamilton County medical examiner's report.

Officials have identified two brothers, one of whom died, who were caught in a house fire on April 1.

One of the components of Mayor-elect Andy Berke's plan to combat crime in Chattanooga will be unlike anything police here have done before.

Chattanooga's gang task force will be dismantled when Mayor-elect Andy Berke takes office, task force coordinator Boyd Patterson said Friday.

An argument over a woman led to the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man early Tuesday morning, Chattanooga police said.

Chattanooga’s Gang Task Force will be discontinued, its leader said Friday.

The smell of smoke still lingered around Rawlings Street hours after the flames had been quenched and the firetrucks had left the scene.

Chattanooga firefighters responded to a fatal fire this morning at 2014 Rawlings St.

The Chattanooga Police Department has received advanced accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc.

Kelly Dobbs never made it home to eat his favorite meal of spaghetti Tuesday night.

No blood had been shed Monday night, hours after gang leaders in Chattanooga agreed to a delicate cease-fire. It's unclear how long the truce will last among the city's gang members.

Adam Tatum's blood seemed to be everywhere.

People crowded into a gymnasium Thursday night came hoping that things will change.

The city's crime increased the most in Hixson and North Chattanooga last year, while downtown was the only area to see a decrease, according to preliminary 2012 crime figures from the Chattanooga Police Department.

A small piece of crime scene tape still laid in the road just hours after police found the body of an 18-year-old man early Tuesday morning.

Chattanooga police have identified the victims in three shootings in the Chattanooga area yesterday.

Chattanooga police investigated two shootings Thursday that left two men injured.

A man charged with shooting a Chattanooga police officer multiple times in the thigh, groin and buttock is a suspect in another shooting earlier this month, according to arrest reports.

A Chattanooga police officer, who has worked for the department for five years, was wounded in the line of duty Tuesday evening while responding to a call.

Adam Tatum clutched a cane in his shackled hands as he shuffled into a Hamilton County General Sessions courtroom on Monday morning.

A 37-year-old Chattanooga man pleaded guilty to a single count of simple assault stemming from a June 14 incident at the Salvation Army last June in which he brandished a knife at another man.