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FBI, KPD arrest Kingston suspect in Y-12 Credit Union robbery

Posted at 5:16 pm January 28, 2015
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Y-12 Federal Credit Union Robbery on Clinton Highway

A surveillance photo from the alleged robbery at the Y-12 Federal Credit Union on Clinton Highway on Friday, January 23. (Source: FBI)

The FBI and Knoxville Police Department on Saturday arrested a Kingston man suspected of robbing the Y-12 Federal Union on Clinton Highway on Friday.

Bryan Samples, 43, is being held without bail pending trial, said Marshall Stone, supervisory special agent for the FBI in Knoxville.

The robbery of the Y-12 Federal Credit Union at 6640 Clinton Highway was reported at about 4:49 p.m. Friday. A suspect entered the Credit Union and passed a teller a bank robbery demand note, obtained an undisclosed amount of money, and then fled. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Knoxville, Police and Fire, Top Stories, U.S. Tagged With: Clinton Highway, David Rausch, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Knoxville Police Department, KPD, Marshall Stone, robbery, Safe Streets Task Force, SSTF, Violent Crimes Unit, Y-12 Federal Credit Union

Officials decline comment on federal agent, police presence at Oak Ridge business

Posted at 12:47 pm January 22, 2015
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Federal Agents at Berthold Technologies

Federal agents and police declined to comment on why they were at Berthold Technologies on Midway Road in Oak Ridge on Thursday morning.

 

Federal officials would not comment and company executives were not immediately available to comment Thursday morning on why there appeared to be roughly a dozen agents and police at the Berthold Technologies building on Midway Road in south Oak Ridge.

It wasn’t clear exactly which agencies were at the business. Some wore black jackets with lettering on the back that said Federal Agent and at least had one with lettering that said Police. The agents were seen entering and leaving Berthold Technologies through a few doors in the single-story building, and also going in and out of a large warehouse or garage area at the rear of the building.

It wasn’t clear if any employees were at the building. Oak Ridge Today was not able to reach anyone by phone at Berthold Technologies or to immediately reach the general manager listed on the company’s website by email. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge, Office of Inspector General, Police and Fire, Top Stories, U.S., U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Berthold Technologies, Berthold Technologies GmbH and Co. KG, federal agent, Midway Road, Office of Inspector General, police, U.S. Attorneys' Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Former Wackenhut security officer indicted for theft of public funds

Posted at 6:09 pm December 18, 2014
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KNOXVILLE—A federal grand jury in Knoxville has indicted a former security officer at a federal site in Oak Ridge for allegedly stealing U.S. government property and money laundering, officials said Thursday.

Sarah Parker, 52, of Dandridge, Tennessee, was indicted Tuesday, U.S. Attorney William C. Killian said in a press release. Parker was employed as an officer for security contractor Wackenhut Services Inc. at the East Tennessee Technology Park, the former K-25 site in Oak Ridge.

She appeared in court on Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley Jr. and pleaded not guilty to the charges in the three-count indictment, Killian said. She was released pending trial, which has been set for February 17, 2015, in United States District Court in Knoxville. [Read more…]

Filed Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, Federal, Government, Police and Fire, Top Stories, U.S., U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: C. Clifford Shirley Jr., East Tennessee Technology Park, ETTP, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Frank M. Dale Jr., grand jury, indictment, Office of the Inspector General, Sarah Parker, security protective officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Wackenhut Services Inc.

Oneida man gets three-month prison sentence for plot to extort B&W Y-12

Posted at 4:06 pm November 17, 2014
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Y-12 Aerial Photo June 2012

The Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge is pictured above in June 2012. (Photo courtesy NNSA)

 

A 25-year-old Scott County man was sentenced to serve three months in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty in July to charges that he tried to extort Babcock and Wilcox Y-12 LLC, the former managing and operating contractor at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.

Adam Winters, 25, of Oneida received the sentence in U.S. District Court in Knoxville on Monday, U.S. Attorney William C. Killian said in a press release. After he is released from prison, Winters will be supervised for one year by U.S. Probation.

Killian said Winters, who had appeared on the television reality show “The Millionaire Matchmaker” in February, pleaded guilty in July to transmitting communications containing threats to injure the reputation of B&W Y-12 in interstate and foreign commerce, with intent to extort money and other things of value from the corporation. Winters admitted that he emailed Babcock and Wilcox and attempted to email the vice president of the United States regarding copies of slides that he possessed that contained information he believed would injure the reputation of Babcock and Wilcox. That May 8 email reportedly referred to slides of evidence from nuclear testing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, National Nuclear Security Administration, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories, U.S., U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Adam Winters, B&W Y-12, Babcock and Wilcox, Babcock and Wilcox Y-12 LLC, Brooklyn Sawyers, extortion, law enforcement, nuclear testing, Office of Inspector General, reputation, sentence, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. District Court, William C. Killian, Y-12 National Security Complex

FBI involved in missing woman case

Posted at 12:31 am September 18, 2014
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Nichole Burgess

Nichole Burgess

Information from WYSH Radio

The FBI is now helping investigate the disappearance of a Tennessee mother with Anderson County ties. Metro Nashville police said they have sent some evidence in the case of Nikki Burgess to the agency for review.

Burgess, who authorities believe has been murdered, was last seen alive on May 23 when she dropped her son off at school. Later that same day, she sent a text message to a friend indicating that she was having an altercation with her 10-year-old son’s father, Caleb Cannon of Andersonville. Cannon picked the boy up from school later that day.

In June, Nashville investigators searched his home for evidence. Detectives have named him a person of interest in Burgess’ disappearance, but so far no arrests have been made.

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories, U.S. Tagged With: Caleb Cannon, FBI, Nikki Burgess

Forty-two arrests in meth-making conspiracy in Anderson, Campbell

Posted at 6:28 pm July 24, 2014
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Forty-two people have been arrested in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine using pseudoephedrine in Anderson and Campbell counties, and another 17 have been indicted, authorities said.

The arrests and indictments of the 59 people on July 16 followed an investigation by more than a dozen agencies. The investigation found that those involved were buying pseudoephedrine at local pharmacies and using it to manufacture methamphetamine at various places in the two counties, U.S. Attorney William C. Killian said in a Thursday press release.

Those indicted include: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories, U.S. Tagged With: 7th Judicial District Attorney General; 8th Judicial District Attorney General, 7th Judicial Drug Task Force, 8th Judicial Drug Task Force, Anderson County, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, C. Clifford Shirley, Campbell County, Campbell County Sheriff's Office, Caryn L. Hebets, Drug Enforcement Administration, LaFollette Police Department, Lake City Police Department, meth conspiracy, methamphetamine, Oak Ridge Police Department, pseudoephedrine, TBI, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Tennessee Methamphetamine and Pharmaceutical Task Force, U.S. Attorneys' Office, U.S. Marshals Service

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