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ACSO asks for help identifying person who died in apparent suicide

Posted at 2:52 pm May 18, 2020
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying a person who died in an apparent suicide.

The Sheriff’s Office responded to Bacon Springs Lane in Marlow, just north of Oak Ridge, at 3:52 p.m. Sunday.

A family had been walking in the area when they found a human skull, said Tyler Mayes, ACSO spokesperson and director of administrative services.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Bacon Springs Lane, suicide, Tyler Mayes

Sheriff’s Office checking temperatures at jail, cleaning cells, patrol cars

Posted at 11:00 am March 16, 2020
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Anderson County Detention Facility Pod Construction
The Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton is pictured above.

Hoping to prevent the infection or spread of COVID-19, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said it is checking the temperature of everyone entering the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton and is using a hospital-grade disinfectant to clean the jail and patrol cars.

If a person has a fever and symptoms consistent with COVID-19, the Sheriff’s Office said it will make a decision on whether to admit them on a case-by-case basis while talking to the office of Seventh District Attorney General Dave Clark.

The Sheriff’s Office said its maintenance staff is cleaning the cells, walls, and floors of the Detention Facility more frequently than normal using a hospital-grade disinfectant that will help kill germs.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, COVID-19, Front Page News, Health, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Detention Facility, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, COVID-19

AC corporal named national anti-drug instructor of year

Posted at 11:24 pm February 27, 2020
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Pictured above are Anderson County Sheriff Russell Barker, left, and Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Kim Lay, who was named the National L.E.A.D (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) Instructor of the Year on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, at the National L.E.A.D Conference in New Jersey. (Photo courtesy ACSO)

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Corporal Kim Lay was named the National L.E.A.D (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) Instructor of the Year on Tuesday at the National L.E.A.D Conference in New Jersey, a press release said.

In addition to her national award, Lay was named Instructor of the Year for the state of Tennessee. She received notice of the state award prior to attending the conference, but she was surprised when the L.E.A.D president called her name for the prestigious national award, the press relief said.

“Words cannot express how honored I am to receive these awards,” Lay said. “The L.E.A.D program has changed many lives, and I am grateful to play a small part in the process.”

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Kim Lay, Law Enforcement Against Drugs, National LEAD Instructor of the Year, Russell Barker

Main road through Oliver Springs closed due to flooding

Posted at 12:17 pm February 6, 2020
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East Tri County Boulevard was closed near Mahoney Road and Midway Drive in Oliver Springs as floodwater from Poplar Creek flowed over the four-lane road Thursday morning, Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Note: This story was last updated at 8:20 a.m. Feb. 7.

Note: The Oliver Springs Police Department reported at 7:12 p.m. Thursday that East Tri County Boulevard and Windrock Road had re-opened.

OLIVER SPRINGS—The main road through Oliver Springs was closed due to flooding Thursday morning.

Floodwaters were flowing over all four lanes of East Tri County Boulevard near Midway Drive before 11 a.m. Thursday, and the Oliver Springs Police Department was redirecting traffic down Mahoney Road.

Midway Drive, which veers off from Tri County Boulevard, was submerged under water from Poplar Creek.

The Oliver Springs Police Department reported at about 11 a.m. Thursday that the city was impassable, and Mahoney Road, which heads west out of the city, is now closed due to flooding.

“You will now have to come downtown and go out Dutch Valley or go around via Oak Ridge and Harriman,” the OSPD said. “If you do not know these areas well, please stay in until the flood levels are down and roads opened.”

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Filed Under: Front Page News, Slider, Weather, Weather Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, East Tri County Boulevard, flash flooding, flooding, Mahoney Road, Midway Drive, National Weather Service, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Police Department, rain

Sheriff: Clinton man charged with child rape, incest

Posted at 6:06 pm December 17, 2019
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Royce Earley
Royce Earley

Royce Scott Earley, 42, of Clinton was arrested Sunday night on three charges of rape of a child and incest, law enforcement officers said.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Detective Darrell Slater was dispatched to the victim’s home in Clinton to investigate a sexual offense, Sheriff Russell Barker said in a press release Monday. After obtaining a statement from the witness, Slater turned his attention to finding Earley.

Earley was located in his parked truck at the Mountain View boat ramp in Clinton, the sheriff said. Earley was taken to the Criminal Investigations Division at the Sheriff’s Office and interviewed by Slater.

After the interview, Slater obtained arrest warrants and placed Earley in custody, the press release said. He was transported to the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton without incident.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Darrell Slater, Royce Scott Earley, Russell Barker

Man taken to hospital after shooting in Andersonville

Posted at 12:00 am November 26, 2019
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A man was taken to a hospital after a shooting in Andersonville on Monday morning, authorities said.

The shooting was reported at about 10:08 a.m. Monday on Defoe Road in Andersonville.

A man had gunshot wounds on his leg, said Tyler Mayes, director of administrative services for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Andersonville, Defoe Road, shooting, Tyler Mayes

Man allegedly held woman hostage with hammer

Posted at 8:20 am September 12, 2019
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Rickey Moore
Rickey Moore

A 44-year-old man allegedly held a woman hostage with a hammer and reportedly charged at fugitive recovery agents in Powell on Wednesday, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said.

There were two Anderson County warrants for Rickey Moore, including a failure to appear, and bail bondsman fugitive recovery agents reported he was holding a woman hostage with a hammer inside a home on Bison Court at about 3:42 p.m. Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Moore refused to surrender to the bail agents and reportedly charged at them with a hammer, the Sheriff’s Office said.

“That is when the agents called our office,” said Tyler Mayes, director of administrative services for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, domestic assault, fugitive recovery, resisting arrest, Rickey Moore, Tyler Mayes

Fire destroys Brushy Valley home; no injuries reported

Posted at 12:35 pm August 15, 2019
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Information from WYSH Radio

A home on Brushy Valley Road in the Heiskell community was destroyed by a fire Wednesday night.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Adam Warren responded to the home shortly before 8:30 p.m. and made contact with the occupants, home owner David Neely and his son Dillon. Both made it out safely.

Warren reported that the house was completely on fire when he arrived, and that while he was on the scene, several explosions could be heard. David Neely explained that his wife, who was not home at the time of the fire, had several oxygen bottles inside and that there was a propane tank on the back porch.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Andersonville, Norris, Police and Fire Tagged With: Adam Warren, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Brushy Valley Road, David Neely, fire

Report: Shots fired from bridge over I-75

Posted at 12:19 pm August 15, 2019
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Information from WYSH Radio

A truck driver reported that someone was firing a gun off the Fourth Street Bridge over Interstate 75 South in Rocky Top early Thursday morning.

Just after midnight, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Adam Warren responded to the scene, where he met up with Rocky Top Police Department officers already there. Dairy truck driver William Burk, of London, Kentucky, told Warren that he had been headed south on I-75 and spotted what he described as a “large vehicle,” either a truck or a sport utility vehicle, parked on the bridge without any lights on. As he neared the bridge, Burk said that he heard four distinct gunshots.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Rocky Top, Top Stories Tagged With: Adam Warren, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Fourth Street Bridge, I-75, Interstate 75, Rocky Top, Rocky Top Police Department, shots fired

TBI: Man reportedly pointed gun at officers before they fatally shot him

Posted at 10:12 pm August 13, 2019
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Seventh Judicial District Attorney General Dave Clark, center, talks to the media after a fatal shooting involving officers on West Broad Street near the city limits of north Clinton on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. Also pictured are Anderson County Sheriff Russell Barker, left, and Clinton Police Chief Vaughn Becker, right. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Note: This story was last updated at 12 p.m. Aug. 15.

CLINTON—A man who was reported to be suicidal had reportedly pointed a gun at officers before they fired their guns, fatally striking him, during a standoff with police near the city limits of north Clinton on Tuesday evening, authorities said.

On Wednesday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the man as Jerry Orlando Weaver, 51, of Clinton.

A 911 caller had reported a suicidal man with a firearm in the 600 block of West Broad Street at about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. The man was reported to be near the roadway with a gun, according to the TBI, which is investigating the officer-involved shooting.

The Clinton Police Department, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, and Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force responded. There were reported to be more than a dozen officers at the site. There was a standoff of about 15 to 20 minutes, said Dave Clark, district attorney general in the Seventh Judicial District in Anderson County.

When they arrived, officers made contact with the man, who was threatening to harm himself, the TBI said.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Clinton, Front Page News, Police, Police and Fire, Slider, Tennessee Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Clinton, Clinton Police Department, Dave Clark, Jerry Orlando Weaver, officer-involved shooting, Seventh Judicial District, Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force, shooting, TBI, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, West Broad Street

Updated: Man identified in drowning at Bull Run Park

Posted at 5:32 pm August 13, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Note: This story was updated at 12:30 p.m. Aug. 15.

A person was pulled from the water at Bull Run Park in a possible drowning on Tuesday morning, authorities said.

The man was identified on Wednesday as Anthony Wayne Daniels, 45, of Clinton.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the park at about 8:10 a.m. Tuesday, said Tyler Mayes, ACSO director of administrative services.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: ACSO, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Bull Run Park, drowning, Tyler Mayes

Rocky Top woman allegedly started fire at home with children inside

Posted at 4:52 pm August 12, 2019
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Sharon Lee Braden
Sharon Lee Braden

A Rocky Top woman allegedly started a fire at a home north of Clinton with an adult and two children inside in June, and she was arrested Monday, authorities said.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said Sharon Lee Braden, 48, of Rocky Top, was arrested on charges of aggravated arson, three counts of aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment. Those charges are related to a June fire at a home on Offutt Road, which is east of Lake City Highway (Highway 25/State Route 9) between Clinton and Rocky Top.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Detective Sean Flynn issued arrest warrants as a result of evidence collected during his investigation and statements made by an eyewitness, a press release said.

“The witness reported that he saw Braden start the fire, and when he approached her, she fled,” the press release said.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire Tagged With: aggravated arson, aggravated assault, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, arson, fire, Offutt Road, reckless endangerment, Russell Barker, Sean Flynn, Sharon Lee Braden

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