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County officials to ask for one-year extension on expiring courthouse lease

Posted at 1:11 pm October 13, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anderson County General Sessions Court Judge Roger Miller

First elected in August, Judge Roger Miller, left, is pictured in Anderson County General Sessions Court, Division II, in Oak Ridge before a bond hearing this summer. (2015 file photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today) 

 

CLINTON—Anderson County officials could ask for a one-year extension of the lease on the General Sessions Court, Division II, in Oak Ridge. The current lease expires at the end of the year, on December 31.

The county has an option to renew the lease for five years from January 1, 2016, through the end of 2021, but it’s not clear if officials want to do that. There are questions about whether they want to keep a courthouse in Oak Ridge, particularly if the City of Oak Ridge is not providing financial support. But if Division II court does stay in Oak Ridge, there is a question about whether it should remain at the current location at the former Oak Ridge Utility District building on Bus Terminal Road.

Officials have limited time, about 80 days, to weigh the alternatives before the lease expires, and there are holidays in the meantime, said Anderson County Commissioner Mark Alderson, who made a motion to seek a one-year lease extension during an Operations Committee meeting on Monday. The committee unanimously approved that proposal on a voice vote. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: 7th Judicial Crime Task Force of Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County General Sessions Court, City of Oak Ridge, Dave Clark, Division II, Division II court, Don Layton, extension, General Sessions Court, General Sessions Court Division II, lease, Mark Alderson, Myron Iwanski, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Municipal Building, Oak Ridge Utility District, Operations Committee, ORUD, Roger Miller, Ron Murch, Steve Mead, Terry Frank, Theresa Scott, Vintage Development

Anderson task force allegedly finds crack, marijuana, revolver during search

Posted at 6:26 pm February 11, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

An Anderson County task force serving a search warrant on Waltham Lane on Feb. 1 allegedly found 46.2 grams of purported cocaine base, or crack cocaine, in a kitchen drawer, authorities said.

The task force also allegedly found 8.3 grams of purported marijuana in the kitchen drawer, court records said, and a fully loaded chrome Trooper MK III 357 caliber Colt revolver was found in a master bedroom closet. A small digital scale that had allegedly had marijuana and white residue was found on the kitchen counter, according to affidavits filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court.

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Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: 7th Judicial Crime Task Force of Anderson County, Anderson County, Asante Koran Ward, cocaine base, crack cocaine, marijuana, possession of a firearm in commission of a dangerous felony, possession of crack cocaine for resale, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, revolver, task force, Trooper MK III 357 caliber Colt revolver, Waltham Lane

Report: Man evades arrest, drives on sidewalk, backs toward officer

Posted at 5:09 pm November 29, 2012
By John Huotari 3 Comments

An Oak Ridge man fleeing from undercover agents at Walgreens on Tuesday allegedly drove on the sidewalk and accelerated backward toward a police investigator, forcing the officer to run between two vehicles to avoid being hit, according to Anderson County court records.

The alleged driver, Frederick R. Black, 28, of West Pasadena Lane, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of evading arrest. He remained jailed in the Anderson County Detention Facility on Thursday, and his bond has been set at $500,000.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: 7th Judicial Crime Task Force of Anderson County, A. Marvell Moore, aggravated assault, Frederick R. Black, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Police Department, Walgreens

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