Another hoax call at a University, this time close to home. Yesterday (Mon) afternoon, Knoxville Police received a phone call of a person with a weapon at Hodges Library on the University of Tennessee Campus. UT Police were on scene in less than one minute and along with Knoxville Police reviewed footage of cameras in…… MORE
Three veteran Knoxville Police Department officers have been promoted to advanced supervisory ranks. Sgt. Michael Dabbelt has been promoted to Lieutenant, while Officers Tim Campbell and Robert Cook have been promoted to Sergeant. Those three have accumulated over 40 years of combined law enforcement experience. Dabbelt joined the KPD in 2009 and was promoted to…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (KPD / WOKI) – Detectives with the Knoxville Police Department and Tennessee Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Travis Dewayne Mitchell Jr. (DOB 08/28/78) on Friday, August 22 on federal child sex abuse charges. With the support of KPD Special Operations Squad personnel, Mitchell Jr. was taken into custody after he…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 8/18: Knoxville police have arrested the suspect allegedly involved in a robbery at a grocery store. KPD says 37-year-old Joseph Eldridge of Rutledge, Tennessee was taken into custody Monday morning in Sevier County and has been charged with aggravated robbery in connection to Friday’s incident at the Kroger on 2117 N.…… MORE
UPDATE: Knoxville, TN (WOKI/KPD) : The victim of the motorcycle crash that happened on Friday on I-40 East has been identified as Juliana Goodman, 44 of Talbott, Tennessee. The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that happened on I-40 East Friday night. At around 8 p.m. on Friday, August 15, 2025, KPD…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) 8/13/25 UPDATE – The Knoxville Police Department has identified two suspects who are accused of stealing a puppy from a pet store in Knoxville last week. Police say Baylee Hatcher, 27, and David Parrott, 45, have been charged with felony theft. According to a police report, on Aug. 6,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Jordin Henderson, 21, of Knoxville, was arrested on Saturday, August 2, 2025, after a stabbing on Holbrook Drive. On Saturday, August 2, 2025, at around 1:45 a.m., Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a fight call in the 2700 block of Holbrook Drive. When officers arrived, they discovered one of the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (KPD / WOKI) – A motorcyclist was killed in a crash that happened Friday night on N. Peters Road. At just after 7 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2025, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to the 300 block of N. Peters Road, where a motorcycle and Chevy SUV had collided. The investigation revealed…… MORE
A 17-year-old male has been arrested and charged in connection to a Minnesota Avenue shooting that injured two on Tuesday night. At just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to an apartment at 1944 Minnesota Avenue in the Lonsdale Homes community. Once inside the apartment, officers located two…… MORE
A Knox County medical investigator saves the life of someone that was believed to be dead. Investigator Kenzie Sellers was called to a Knoxville home about a dead body Friday afternoon and realized the person was not actually dead and began to perform life saving procedures. With the help of Knoxville Police, Sellers was successful in…… MORE
