Two men in Cleveland, Tennessee, have been charged Tuesday with violating Gov. Bill Lee's stay-at-home executive order after being caught behind a Target loading two stolen motorcycles onto a trailer hauled by a stolen truck.
The attorney for one of the co-defendants of criminally indicted former Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Deputy Daniel Wilkey admitted last week that his client took a cellphone video of a baptism "in lieu of arrest" of a woman after a traffic stop.
With stay-at-home orders issued in Tennessee, unemployment skyrocketing and financial stress mounting, domestic violence victims may find themselves stuck with their abusers in increasingly tense situations amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
A federal judge ordered Hamilton County on Tuesday to file weekly status reports on whether videos involving criminally indicted former sheriff's deputy Daniel Wilkey were lost in January's "catastrophic data loss" affecting the sheriff's office dashboard camera server.
As more people stay home to avoid spreading or catching the coronavirus, police say they expect to see changes to crime rates. However, with less than a month of data to analyze since governments began to urge people to stay home, police say it's still too soon to tell what kind of trends may emerge.
As local first responders and law enforcement agencies adjust to the growing coronavirus pandemic, some are more transparent than others about workers affected by self-quarantine or isolation.
State and federal authorities are urging the public to be vigilant and report any suspected scammers looking to take advantage of fear and uncertainty amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
More than three dozen groups and individuals, including Metro Nashville's former public defender, have filed an emergency petition urging Tennessee Supreme Court justices to reduce COVID-19 health risks in state prisons, local jails and juvenile detention centers by releasing prisoners they say represent low risks.
With large gatherings banned, businesses closing and people losing income, animal shelters are taking a hard hit amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
A Collegedale police officer's department-issued AR-15 was fired inside the City Hall building last week.
