A multi-county chase ends in Hardin Valley and a man is arrested for stealing a car, hitting three Knox County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Cars and various other offenses. Deputies arrested Joshua Mayes yesterday following the chase. On Tuesday, Mayes burglarized two cars before stealing a red mustang parked in a driveway. KCSO spotted the car…… MORE
A grand jury has indicted a Knox County man after a camera was found inside a women’s bathroom at a west Knox County park. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to the women’s bathroom at Cove Park and found a camera in the ceiling and arrested 33 year-old Tony Lynn Strand. Strand was indicted on multiple…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is facing charges after holding a man at gunpoint Sunday while robbing his Mount Olive Road home. According to charging documents, 62-year-old Jackie McBee forced his way inside the victim’s residence with an AR-15 style rifle, forcing the man to get on his knees at gun point in the…… MORE
Knoxville Police Department Homicide Unit detectives charged two men in connection to the March 2025 murder of 16-year-old Ayden Russo on Monday. Following continued and tireless investigation into the death of Russo, who was shot and killed outside of a Louise Avenue home on March 24th, Jaylyn Hudson, DOB 2-10-2004, and Jayden Conwell, DOB 8-19-2005,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two people are arrested in downtown Knoxville following a high-speed chase across multiple counties Monday morning. The Monroe County Sheriff’s office says the chase began in Sweetwater after the driver, identified as Nathan Hatfield, and an unidentified female passenger fled from a traffic stop. Officers then pursued the car into Loudon County…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Four Knoxville men are arrested and hundreds of grams of meth and fentanyl seized in a drug bust Monday by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. According to charging documents, Jahwyon Farmer, Antonio Anderson, Thomas Alexander and Jamar Cortez face drug and weapons charges after KCSO deputies found drugs, guns and cash during…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Describing their findings as “staggering,” detectives with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division make a big drug bust Tuesday in Knox County. KCSO officials say investigators stopped several cars believed to be connected to a suspicious house, taking four people into custody and seizing several quantities of drugs to include 302…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Union County man is charged after shooting a person Friday at a Walmart in Halls. According to charging documents, four men who knew each other were arguing inside the store. The report says one of the men, 23-year-old Joshua Bailey of Luttrell, pulled out a gun and shot the victim in…… MORE
Larry McBee is found guilty of shooting and killing a 23-year-old Halls Rural King employee in 2022. Jury deliberations took less than an hour, and the jury returned a verdict convicting McBee of first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison. Several witnesses spoke at the trial, including a neighbor, a Rural King shopper,…… MORE
The trial for Larry McBee, the man accused of shooting and killing a 23-year-old Halls Rural King employee in 2022, continues. McBee is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tristan Smith. Several witnesses spoke yesterday (Wednesday) at the trial, including a neighbor, a Rural King shopper and investigators. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office says…… MORE
