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Woman charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing man

Posted at 12:15 am November 27, 2019
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Stephanie Shinlever
Stephanie Shinlever

An Oak Ridge woman was charged with attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed a man in his abdomen, tricep, and thigh on Utica Circle early Friday morning, according to Anderson County court records.

Stephanie Shinlever, 23, was initially charged with attempted criminal homicide and tampering with evidence on Friday. But the attempted criminal homicide charge was amended to attempted first-degree murder on Tuesday, according to affidavits filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court in Oak Ridge.

The Oak Ridge Police Department responded to a reported assault at a Utica Circle apartment at about 2:12 a.m. Friday. When they arrived, they were led to a unit where the victim, Skylar Patterson, was laying on a couch, bleeding profusely from his abdomen, the affidavits said.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County General Sessions Court, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, attempted criminal homicide, attempted first-degree murder, attempted murder, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, Ryan Martini, Skylar Patterson, stabbing, Stephanie Shinlever

ACSD: Wife charged with attempted murder said she hoped husband died

Posted at 11:20 am November 18, 2019
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Pecola Duncan
Pecola Duncan

A woman charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in Anderson County on Friday evening told deputies that she hoped her husband died, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department.

The alleged stabbing was reported on Dutch Valley Road. When ACSD deputies arrived, they found the victim, Harold Duncan, coming out of the home holding a towel on his chest, the Sheriff’s Department said. The towel was soaked with blood, deputies said.

Duncan told ACSD Deputy Kory Blevins that his wife, Pecola Duncan, stabbed him in the chest while he was napping on the recliner.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: ACSD, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, attempted first-degree murder, attempted murder, Dutch Valley Road, Harold Duncan, James Presson, Kory Blevins, Pecola Duncan, stabbing, Tyler Mayes

For members: AC man accused of trying to kill deputy also faces federal charges

Posted at 12:25 pm October 17, 2019
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Charles Mason Preliminary Hearing July 25 2019

One count of attempted first-degree murder and five aggravated assault charges filed against Charles Edward Mason, 52, of Anderson County, were sent to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in Anderson County General Sessions Court in Clinton on Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

KNOXVILLE—An Anderson County man who has two previous homicide convictions and has been accused in state court of trying to kill a deputy this year now faces federal drug and gun charges that could result, depending upon the circumstances, in a lifelong prison sentence.

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For members: Man sentenced to 20 years for attempted murder

Posted at 1:58 am September 10, 2019
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An Oak Ridge man who has at least 15 prior criminal convictions was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison on Monday for an attempted murder during a stabbing last year that injured a women so severely that she would have died if she hadn’t received medical treatment, a judge and prosecutor said. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

CLINTON—An Oak Ridge man who has at least 15 prior criminal convictions was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison on Monday for an attempted murder during a stabbing last year that injured a women so severely that she would have died if she hadn’t received medical treatment, a judge and prosecutor said.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Courts, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Premium Content, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, Anderson County Criminal Court, attempted murder, attempted second-degree murder, Brittney L. Brown, Christopher Wallace, Curtis Isabell, Dave Clark, Don Elledge, Machel Elaine Avery, McKinley Earl McGee, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, sentencing hearing, stabbing, Tennessee Department of Correction, Tony Craighead

For members: Judge finds probable cause in attempted murder of deputy

Posted at 5:51 pm August 4, 2019
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Charles Mason Preliminary Hearing July 25 2019

One count of attempted first-degree murder and five aggravated assault charges filed against Charles Edward Mason, 52, of Anderson County, were sent to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in Anderson County General Sessions Court in Clinton on Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

CLINTON—One charge of attempted first-degree murder and five counts of aggravated assault, among other charges, were sent to the grand jury after a two-hour preliminary hearing in July for an Anderson County man accused of pointing a revolver at two deputies and pulling the trigger two or three times.

The defendant, Charles Edward Mason, 52, had faced 24 charges, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder, eight counts of aggravated assault, three counts of aggravated kidnapping, and weapons and drug charges, among other violations. Eleven charges were sent to the grand jury, although it is possible that the grand jury could consider the charges that have been dismissed.

Mason, who unsuccessfully sought to represent himself during the hearing, has a violent crime history. He has previously pleaded guilty to two homicides, one in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1994 and the other in Anderson County, Tennessee, in 2010.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Courts, Courts, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Premium Content, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, attempted first-degree murder, attempted murder, Charles Edward Mason, Dennis Pemberton, Don Layton, Gabriel Collins, Jake Stone, Leslie Hunt, Matt McGhee, preliminary hearing

Oak Ridge man convicted of attempted murder

Posted at 1:07 pm July 11, 2019
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McKinley Earl McGee

An Oak Ridge man who had been accused of stabbing his girlfriend and trying to kill her last year was convicted of attempted murder this week.

McKinley Earl McGee, 50, was convicted after a jury trial that started Tuesday morning in Anderson County Criminal Court in Clinton. Seventh Judicial District Attorney General Dave Clark announced the conviction in a press release on Wednesday. The 12-person jury deliberated about 58 minutes before returning with its verdict, Clark said.

McGee was convicted of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated assault with serious bodily injury, Clark said.

McGee was convicted of stabbing and trying to kill Machel Elaine Avery on Utica Circle in Oak Ridge on January 12, 2018, Clark said.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Anderson County grand jury, attempted murder, attempted second-degree murder, Chris Wallace, Curtis W. Isabell, Dave Clark, Donald Elledge, Machel Elaine Avery, McKinley Earl McGee, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, Seventh Judicial Distirct, stabbing, Tony Craighead

Clinton man charged with attempted murder

Posted at 8:13 am June 27, 2019
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Terry Lee Crawford

The Clinton man who allegedly shot at two people before one of them, his son, shot back, has been charged with attempted murder, according to court records.

The Anderson County Grand Jury indicted Terry Lee Crawford, 62, on two counts of attempted second-degree murder on June 4. Those charges allege that Crawford tried to kill Joshua Crawford and Ashlee Crawford. The alleged shooting was reported at a home adjacent to Crawford’s on Lee Lane in Clinton on December 26.

Crawford was also charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. The aggravated assault charges allege that Crawford caused Joshua and Ashlee Crawford to fear imminent bodily injury because of the gun, and the reckless endangerment charges allege that Terry Crawford engaged in reckless conduct that placed Joshua and Ashlee Crawford in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury through the use of a deadly weapon.

Crawford faces two other charges as well: being a convicted felon who possessed a handgun and vandalism between $1,000 and $2,500. The vandalism charge alleges that Crawford damaged the exterior of Joshua and Ashlee Crawford’s home, causing more than $1,000 in damage.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Clinton, Courts, Courts, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Anderson County grand jury, Ashlee Crawford, attempted murder, attempted second-degree murder, Clinton Police Department, Danielle K. Alexander, Don Elledge, Joshua Crawford, Lee Lane, reckless endangerment, shooting, Terry Lee Crawford, vandalism

For members: Man charged with attempted murder of deputy has two homicide convictions

Posted at 11:15 am May 30, 2019
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Charles Edward Mason

CLINTON—The Anderson County man charged with attempted murder after allegedly pointing a gun at a deputy and pulling the trigger twice in April has previously pleaded guilty to homicides in Kentucky and Tennessee.

The first homicide conviction was in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1994. The second was in Anderson County, Tennessee, in 2010. The defendant, Charles Edward Mason, now 51, received a nine-year sentence in the first case and a seven-year sentence in the second. He had been accused of shooting a man with a pistol in the first case, the one in Kentucky, according to Knox County court records. He reportedly stabbed a man in the Anderson County case 15 years later.

When he was charged with attempted murder in Anderson County this year, Mason was on probation in a different case involving drug and driver’s license violations. He had pleaded guilty in January to possessing more than 0.5 grams of methamphetamine for resale and driving on a revoked or suspended license. He had received a 10-year sentence, and he had agreed to be declared a habitual motor vehicle offender as well, according to Anderson County court records.

Now, he is facing 24 new charges in Anderson County, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder, eight counts of aggravated assault, three counts of aggravated kidnapping, and three drug charges, among other counts.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Courts, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Premium Content, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, Anderson County, Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, attempted first-degree murder, attempted murder, Austin Powell, Charles Edward Mason, Clinton Police Department, Dave Clark, Don Layton, homicide, Jake Stone, James Brooks, Jerry A. Jarrell, murder, plea deal, reckless endangerment, reckless homicide, robbery, Sandra Donaghy, Seventh Judicial District, Tom Marshall

Man sentenced to 30 years in Oak Ridge shooting

Posted at 3:08 pm November 8, 2018
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William Antwon Mollette

William Antwon Mollette

Note: This story was last updated at 4:45 p.m.

CLINTON—An Oak Ridge man was sentenced to the maximum 30 years in prison in an attempted murder case as part of a plea agreement on Thursday after a shooting last year left a woman with life-threatening injuries.

William Antwon Mollette, 44, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony in Anderson County Criminal Court in Clinton on Thursday.

Mollette, who has a prior felony conviction in Alabama, received the maximum 25 years on the attempted first-degree murder charge, a Class A felony, and he received the maximum five years on the firearm possession charge, a Class D felony. The two sentences are to be served consecutively for a total 30-year sentence.

The victim of the shooting, Cathy Griffin, was agreeable to the 30-year sentence, Tony Craighead, deputy district attorney general in Anderson County, told Criminal Court Judge Don Elledge.

Griffin read a statement in court during the plea agreement hearing. She described being shot and stalked by Mollette at a home on Walsh Lane last year, having her lungs collapse and blood stream from her abdomen, and knowing that she, a nurse, was dying. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County General Sessions Court, attempted first-degree murder, attempted murder, Cathy Griffin, Don Elledge, Marvell Moore, Oak Ridge Police Department, plea agreement, possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony, Tom Marshall, Tony Craighead, University of Tennessee Medical Center, UT Medical Center, William Antwon Mollette

Oak Ridge man charged with attempted murder

Posted at 2:51 pm June 6, 2018
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McKinley Earl McGee

McKinley Earl McGee

 

An Oak Ridge man has ben charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a woman in the torso with a knife during a dispute over money in January, according to Anderson County court records.

McKinley Earl McGee, 49, was indicted by the Anderson County Grand Jury in Clinton on May 1. His charges include attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated assault that resulted in serious bodily injury.

McGee has an arraignment scheduled for June 25 in Anderson County Criminal Court in Clinton.

The alleged stabbing occurred in an apartment on Utica Circle in Oak Ridge on January 12, according to affidavits filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court by Oak Ridge Police Department Officer Chris Wallace. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire Tagged With: aggravated assault that resulted in serious bodily injury, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County General Sessions Court, attempted murder, attempted second-degree murder, Chris Wallace, Machel E. Avery, McKinley Earl McGee, Oak Ridge Police Department

Charged with attempted murder, woman allegedly conspired to lock, erase cell phone

Posted at 2:05 pm May 24, 2018
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Kali Annabelle Bailey

Kali Annabelle Bailey

 

The Heiskell woman who was charged with attempted murder after she allegedly shot into an occupied vehicle in Oak Ridge on May 6 is now accused of conspiring with her grandmother and one of the victims to lock or erase her cell phone, which is being held in evidence at the Oak Ridge Police Department.

After the shooting, Kali Annabelle Bailey, 20, was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment.

New charges related to the alleged attempt to lock or erase her cell phone were filed Monday. The charges are criminal conspiracy to tamper with evidence, attempted tampering with evidence, and solicitation of tampering with evidence. Like the original charges, they are all felony charges.

Bailey’s bond on the original charges had been set at $250,000. Bond on the new charges is $25,000.

Bailey’s alleged co-conspirators, Becky A. Bell of Heiskell and Seth M. Davis of Oak Ridge, have also been charged. Bell is Bailey’s grandmother, and Davis is a victim of the alleged shooting, according to court records. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: accessory after the fact, aggravated assault, Anderson County Detention Facility, Anderson County General Sessions Court, attempted first-degree murder, attempted murder, attempted tampering with evidence, Bailee D. Bolden, Becky A. Bell, criminal conspiracy to tamper with evidence, Daniel Freytag, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, reckless endangerment, Seth M. Davis, Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force, shooting, solicitation of tampering with evidence, solicitation to tamper with evidence

Hearing set for Tuesday in attempted murder case

Posted at 4:11 pm May 16, 2018
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Kali Annabelle Bailey

Kali Annabelle Bailey

 

A hearing date has been set for Tuesday for a woman charged with attempted murder after she allegedly shot into an occupied vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Oak Ridge on Sunday, May 6.

The hearing for Kali Annabelle Bailey, 20, of Powell, has been scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, in Anderson County General Sessions Court, Division II, in Oak Ridge. The hearing date was scheduled on the assumption that Bailey is not able to be released on a $250,000 bond.

But it’s not clear if the date might change if Bailey is able to be released on bail, or if any of the subpoenas that might be issued in the case are not served between now and Tuesday. Two subpoenas were issued to victims in court on Tuesday this week, according to Anderson County court records. There is one more subpoena that has been issued, but not served, and that’s to an Oak Ridge Police Department officer, the court records said.

Bailey had allegedly threatened to shoot one of the two people in the vehicle, a female passenger, several months before she allegedly shot into it on May 6, authorities said. Bailey had reportedly tried to argue with the female victim, Bailee D. Bolden of Oak Ridge, about her relationship with the male victim, Seth M. Davis of Oak Ridge, authorities said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, Anderson County General Sessions Court, attempted first-degree murder, attempted murder, Bailee D. Bolden, Christopher W. Wallace, Kali Annabelle Bailey, Kevin Angel, Oak Ridge Police Department, reckless endangerment, Roger Miller, Seth M. Davis

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