Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in West Knoxville later this month. KPD says officers will staff the checkpoint, which will be set up on Kingston Pike, the night of Friday, June 20. The purpose of the checkpoint is to deter impaired driving, prevent serious or fatal crashes, and…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A former Knoxville Police Department officer is sentenced to over two decades in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. The case first came to light in November 2024 when court documents revealed that Officer Dan Roark had asked a woman in Virginia who he was dating, repeatedly, for pictures and videos…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police are asking for help identifying a man wanted in connection to an assault in the Inskip area of Knoxville. KPD says the man has noticeable tattoos, predominantly on his neck, and rides a black motorcycle. Anyone with information is asked to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at (865) 215-7165.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department out with some good news Thursday following high-visibility traffic enforcement operations over the Memorial Day weekend. KPD reporting there were NO fatal crashes within city limits during the enforcement period which ran from 4:00 p.m. Friday, May 23 through Memorial Day Monday, May 26. Other highlights from the…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 5/28: A Bean Station man wanted for attempted second-degree murder in connection to assaulting a woman at a Knoxville apartment is arrested Wednesday afternoon in Mississippi. Knoxville police say 21-year-old Ethan Johnston was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in Meridian, Mississippi. Johnston was on a Greyhound bus when he was…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police are asking for help finding a missing teenage girl. KPD says 13-year-old Brailey Carter was last seen by her father at her home in the Mechanicsville area of Knoxville late Friday night. She was discovered missing just a few hours later, around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 24. Anyone with…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Officials with the Knoxville Police Department taking to social media Tuesday with good news relative to homicides in the city. KPD sharing that the homicide rate continues to decline in Knoxville. Officials report that the city has experienced four homicides in 2025, compared to 12 this time last year. At the end…… MORE
Knoxville Police say two juveniles are among three people arrested after two loaded guns were found in a stolen car at Walmart. Officers went to the Walmart on Kinzel Way Sunday night after a man found his father’s car that had been stolen from a home on Ashland Avenue earlier in the day. Witnesses gave…… MORE
The Knoxville Police Department will host the swearing-in ceremony for Deputy Chief Joe McHale on Thursday, May 22. The ceremony will be held at the Sevier Heights North Campus, located at 3446 Lake Crossing Lane, at 4 p.m. Deputy Chief McHale joins the KPD with over 30 years of law enforcement experience and will serve…… MORE
Four people were injured and 35-year-old Bryant Page and 33-year-old Dyshawn McNeil were charged after they fled a traffic stop on Holston Drive Monday evening. At around 7:45 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2025, officers pulled over a red Nissan Altima after observing it run a red light on Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue…… MORE
