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Jury finds Patty guilty of homicide in fatal car-motorcycle crash

Posted at 2:29 pm July 25, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Pictured above at left during the trial for Noelle Patty, center, of Oak Ridge, in Anderson County Criminal Court on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, are defense attorneys Michael Ritter, left, and David Ege. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Pictured above at left during the trial for Noelle Patty, 41, center, of Oak Ridge, in Anderson County Criminal Court on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, are defense attorneys Michael Ritter, left, and David Ege. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 4:20 p.m.

CLINTON—An Anderson County jury on Wednesday found an Oak Ridge resident guilty of criminally negligent homicide after a fatal car-motorcycle crash on North Illinois Avenue more than two years ago.

The jury of 10 men and two women deliberated about three hours before reaching its unanimous verdict at the end of a two-day trial of Noelle Leigh Patty, 41, in Anderson County Criminal Court in Clinton.

Patty was found not guilty of a second count, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, but the jury did find her guilty of what is known as a lesser included offense, a charge of reckless endangerment.

Patty was convicted of the two charges in the death of motorcyclist Rufus E. Shephard III, 44, of Oak Ridge.

“They finally got my brother some justice,” said Linda Shephard, after family members had exchanged hugs and tears with prosecutors and police officers. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Courts, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Slider Tagged With: Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County jury, car-motorcycle crash, crash, criminally negligent homicide, Emily Faye Abbott, fatal car-motorcycle crash, fatal crash, Noelle Leigh Patty, Oak Ridge Police Department, reckless endangerment, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, Rufus E. Shephard III

Oak Ridge woman convicted of abuse charge

Posted at 11:35 am April 16, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Note: This story was updated at 11:05 a.m. April 17.

Oak Ridge Today/WYSH Radio

An Oak Ridge woman will spend the next 15 to 25 years in a state penitentiary after an Anderson County jury needed less than 20 minutes Tuesday to convict her of aggravated child neglect following a trial in Anderson County Criminal Court.

Melissa Lopez, 37, was charged with failing or refusing to seek emergency medical care for her then-10-month-old son, who had suffered what the Anderson County District Attorney’s Office described as “horrible,” second-degree chemical or thermal burns to his skin and injuries to his eyes in November 2008.

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services began an investigation after someone called and told them about the infant’s injuries, and DCS workers compelled Lopez to take the boy to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for treatment of his skin burns, eyes, and management of his pain. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire Tagged With: aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect, Anderson County Circuit and Criminal Court, Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County District Attorney’s Office, Anderson County jury, Anthony Craighead, burns, chemical burns, DA, DCS, Department of Children’s Services, Don Elledge, Jock Coleman, Mary Palmer, Matthew Armstrong, Melissa Lopez, neglect, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, Sara Powell, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, thermal burns, trial

Clinton man convicted of child rape

Posted at 12:08 pm March 29, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

A Clinton man was convicted by an Anderson County jury on Wednesday on one of the three counts of child rape against him.

Michael David Hernandez, 44, was taken into custody, where he will remain until his sentencing on June 10 in Anderson County Criminal Court. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Clinton, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County District Attorney General, Anderson County jury, child rape, Clinton Police Department, Dave Clark, Michael David Hernandez, Vaughn Becker, verdict, Victoria Bannach, WYSH Radio

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