Twelfth Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Justin Angel has been appointed to preside over a case in which Tenth Judicial District Attorney General Steve Crump stands accused of being blackmailed into securing a conviction in a 2018 second-degree murder trial.
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a Chattanooga man's bid for a new trial after the lower court twice denied his petition for a new trial in a 2010 murder case.
Attorneys question law enforcement leaders' decisions about misdemeanor charges
A small black bear that was seen running around downtown Chattanooga Saturday evening was shot dead by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency out of concerns for public safety, according to officials.
The attorney for the man arrested for going to a summer protest with a disassembled AR-15 in his backpack has filed a motion asking the General Sessions Court judge to dismiss the case ahead of the preliminary hearing.
Bradley County Criminal Court Judge Andrew Mark Freiberg has recused himself from a case in which Tenth Judicial District Attorney General Steve Crump is being accused by a convicted murderer of having been blackmailed into securing her conviction at a 2018 trial.
Faith Smith sat on the covered porch of her Harrison, Tennessee, home Tuesday, surrounded by photos her husband took of the rubble left at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terror attacks and memorabilia from the Fire Department of the City of New York.
Former Chattanooga police officer Benjamin Dessalines, arrested in 2018 for sexual battery, pleaded no contest to a lesser charge shortly after he and the city settled a civil lawsuit filed last year by his accuser.
The founder of Signal Mountain Farm, arrested last month for allegedly kicking a woman's door in and threatening her, has been arrested a second time after reportedly sending harassing text messages to a second woman.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations of retaliation by local George Floyd protest leader Marie Mott after she shared a social media post featuring a Hamilton County General Sessions judge's grandson and called on the judge to recuse himself from the cases.
