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Attempted carjacking charge added in crash that injured officer

Posted at 11:14 am April 13, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Khristoff Deshawn Lee

Khristoff Deshawn Lee

 

An attempted carjacking charge has been added to the eight charges already filed against a man accused of injuring an Oak Ridge officer when he fled from police and crashed on South Illinois Avenue last week.

After the five-vehicle crash on Wednesday, April 4, Khristoff Deshawn Lee, 24, of Oak Ridge, was charged with three felony counts of aggravated assault by motor vehicle, two felony counts of reckless endangerment, one felony count of aggravated domestic assault, and one misdemeanor count of evading arrest and another misdemeanor count of resisting, stop, halt, and frisk.

The attempted carjacking charge, a Class C felony, was added Friday, April 6, according to Anderson County court records.

An affidavit filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court in Oak Ridge said Lee, who was reported to be a fugitive, tried to force his way into two different vehicles in the Panera Bread parking lot as he fled from police on foot after the April 4 crash. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault by motor vehicle, aggravated assault by strangulation, aggravated domestic assault, Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County Detention Facility, Anderson County General Sessions Court, attempted carjacking, attempted first-degree murder, Autumn H. Burris, bond forfeiture, crash, Danielle Kyle, evading arrest, fleeing, Khristoff Deshawn Lee, Kristina Barton, Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Michael Hill, Nathan Gibson, Oak Ridge Police Department, plea agreement, reckless driving, reckless endangerment, revoked driver's license, robbery, Stephen Romaine, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP, University of Tennessee Medical Center

Officer injured in crash released from hospital

Posted at 2:30 am April 7, 2018
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An Oak Ridge Police Department officer was injured in a crash and children were taken to the hospital after a fugitive crashed a car as he fled from police on Wednesday, April 5, 2018, authorities said. (Photo by City of Oak Ridge/Oak Ridge Police Department)

The Oak Ridge Police Department officer injured in a crash allegedly caused by a fugitive who was fleeing from police on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, has been released from the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, a spokesperson said Friday. (Photo by City of Oak Ridge/Oak Ridge Police Department)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 9:55 a.m.

The officer injured in a crash allegedly caused by a fugitive who was fleeing from police on Wednesday has been released from the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, a spokesperson confirmed Friday.

Oak Ridge Police Department Officer Nathan Gibson was injured while trying to make a traffic stop and serve a warrant on Khristoff Deshawn Lee, 24, of Oak Ridge, on South Illinois Avenue at about 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, according to affidavits filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court in Oak Ridge.

Gibson has been discharged, UT Medical Center spokesperson Susan Wyatt said Friday afternoon. No information is available on his present condition.

It’s not clear what charges might have been in the warrant Gibson was trying to serve on Lee on Wednesday, but a writ of criminal capias had been issued for Lee after he failed to appear at a plea agreement hearing on attempted first-degree murder and robbery charges, among other pending charges, in Anderson County Criminal Court in Clinton on August 14. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider Tagged With: aggravated assault by motor vehicle, aggravated domestic assault, Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County General Sessions Court, attempted first-degree murder, Autumn H. Burris, Ben Higgins, bond forfeiture, City of Oak Ridge, crash, evading arrest, Khristoff Deshawn Lee, Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Nathan Gibson, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, reckless endangerment, resisting stop halt and frisk, robbery, Ryan M. Spitzer, simple possession of drugs, Stephen Romaine, Susan Wyatt, tampering with evidence, University of Tennessee Medical Center, UT Medical Center

Officer injured, children taken to hospital after fugitive flees from police

Posted at 5:57 pm April 5, 2018
By John Huotari 2 Comments

An Oak Ridge Police Department officer was injured in a crash and children were taken to the hospital after a fugitive crashed a car as he fled from police on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, authorities said. (Photo by City of Oak Ridge/Oak Ridge Police Department)

An Oak Ridge Police Department officer was injured in a crash and children were taken to the hospital after a fugitive crashed a car as he fled from police on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, authorities said. (Photo by City of Oak Ridge/Oak Ridge Police Department)

 

An Oak Ridge Police Department officer was injured in a crash and children were taken to the hospital after a fugitive crashed a car as he fled from police on Wednesday, authorities said.

The ORPD learned that a known felony suspect was in the area just before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, the City of Oak Ridge said in a press release.Shortly after they received the information, officers located the vehicle that they believed contained the fugitive and they attempted to conduct a traffic stop near the intersection of South Illinois Avenue and Woodland Terrace.

But the driver refused to stop, entered the Panera Bread and Aubrey’s Restaurant parking area and proceeded through the lot at an unsafe rate of speed, striking at least one other vehicle, the city said.

The fugitive, Khristoff Lee, was initially a passenger in the vehicle, but he forced the female driver to switch seats with him upon seeing officers, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider Tagged With: aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, aggravated domestic assault, City of Oak Ridge, crash, evading arrest, Khristoff Lee, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, reckless endangerment, resisting stop halt and arrest, South Illinois Avenue

Warrants: Man armed with knife tried to kidnap two children

Posted at 6:38 pm January 23, 2015
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Justin Len Williams

Justin Len Williams

An Oak Ridge man allegedly broke into a home this month, assaulted the mother of his children, threw a five-inch kitchen knife at a man at the home, and tried to kidnap two kids, authorities said.

Justin L. Williams, 23, is accused of going upstairs at the Knoll Lane home armed with a five-inch kitchen knife and confronting the woman in the hall, shoving her against a door and to the floor, and assaulting her again outside while taking her car keys to get child seats, according to arrest warrants filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court.

The woman, who had a laceration to her right big toe, reportedly called 911 on her cell phone during the assault at about 4:18 a.m. January 14, the warrants said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, aggravated domestic assault, Anderson County Detention Facility, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Benjamin Haines, especially aggravated kidnapping, interfering with a 911 call, Justin Len Williams, kidnapping, Knoll Lane, Oak Ridge Police Department, theft

Oliver Springs man charged with aggravated kidnapping, assault

Posted at 12:24 pm January 4, 2014
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An Oliver Springs man was jailed on aggravated domestic assault and aggravated kidnapping charges early Wednesday morning after he allegedly locked a woman in a room on South Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge, hit her in the face, and choked her.

Reginald D. Holland, 46, of Wilson Lane, remained jailed Saturday morning. The alleged assault and kidnapping occurred just after midnight on Jan. 1.

The victim, who also lives in Oliver Springs, had “deep red marks on both cheeks and long red marks around her neck, consistent with someone striking (her) in the face and holding them down by the neck,” Oak Ridge Police Department Officer Christopher Bayless wrote in arrest warrants. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated domestic assault, aggravated kidnapping, Christopher Bayless, Oak Ridge Police Department, Reginald D. Holland

Oak Ridge man remains jailed after allegedly threatening woman with knife

Posted at 3:57 pm December 30, 2013
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An Oak Ridge man was charged with aggravated domestic assault after a police officer witnessed him standing near a woman with a knife held over his head in a malicious manner and the blade facing the victim, authorities said.

Charles K. Hollinsworth, 45, was arrested after the family disturbance call on Mayfair Lane at 11:34 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20, and he remained jailed on Monday afternoon.

Oak Ridge Police Department Officer Christopher Bayless responded to the call, and he said he found a distressed child outside the home, according to a warrant filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court. As Bayless approached the house, he said he could hear a loud, escalating argument and a high-pitched in-distress yell coming from a female. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated domestic assault, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Charles K. Hollinsworth, Christopher Bayless, Mayfair Lane, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD

WYSH: Pills stolen, ex-wife choked

Posted at 1:03 pm November 4, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

A Clinton man was arrested Thursday and charged with choking his ex-wife into unconsciousness after allegedly stealing prescription medication from her.

Jason Hobbs, 30, was at his ex-wife’s house on Thursday babysitting her children, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department. When she returned to the home, she told deputies that she had found Hobbs asleep on her couch and discovered that more than 50 Xanax pills were missing from her room, which had been ransacked.

She said that when she woke him up to confront him, Hobbs choked her until she was unconscious. Hobbs was arrested and charged with aggravated domestic assault.

Filed Under: Clinton, Front Page News, Police and Fire Tagged With: aggravated domestic assault, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Clinton, Jason Hobbs, WYSH Radio, Xanax

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