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Students who posted shooting threats charged with terrorism, mass violence threats

Posted at 6:37 pm December 8, 2021
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge High School was on lockdown on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, after administrators were made aware of a shooting threat posted on social media. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

The Oak Ridge Police Department has charged three students with terrorism and threats of mass violence after they allegedly made school shooting threats in two separate incidents on social media on Monday and Tuesday.

The charges were filed in Anderson County Juvenile Court on Wednesday afternoon, and the court authorized the detention of the children in the Richard L. Bean Detention Facility in Knox County. The children were taken into custody Wednesday afternoon, Seventh Judicial District Attorney General Dave Clark said.

All three juveniles were charged with terrorism, threat of mass violence on school property, and false report. Two of the children were allegedly involved in a shooting threat posted on Snapchat on Monday, and they were also charged with conspiracy. That threat led to a lockdown at Oak Ridge High School on Monday. The third child was allegedly involved in a separate shooting threat that was posted on Snapchat on Tuesday, and that student will face the first three charges.

Clark said the children are required to have a detention hearing quickly under Tennessee law, and that hearing could occur as soon as Thursday afternoon in Anderson County Juvenile Court.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Courts, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Slider Tagged With: Anderson County Juvenile Court, conspiracy, Dave Clark, false report, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Schools, ORPD, shooting threat, terrorism, threats of mass violence on school property

For members: Man charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin, meth

Posted at 11:41 am January 12, 2020
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

 

Joshua Andrew Koch

 

A 42-year-old Anderson County man is facing federal charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine after a search of a home in Claxton in July allegedly found about 230 grams of a white, crystal-like substance thought to be methamphetamine and roughly 69.5 grams of a brown powder substance suspected to be heroin, according to state and federal court records.

The defendant has also been charged with federal financial and firearms crimes, and he has seven co-defendants in the case, although the charges vary by defendant.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Courts, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Premium Content, Tennessee, Top Stories, U.S., United States Tagged With: Anderson County General Sessions Court, Brianna J. Espinoza, cocaine, conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute, controlled substance, drug trafficking, firearm, grand jury, heroin, indictment, Jose O. Carrillo-Monterrosas, Joshua Andrew Koch, Kevin D. Green, Kristi M. Dixon, Maria L. Hightower, methamphetamine, money laundering, Neal Baldwin, Ricky D. Stinnett, Shannon R. Sisk, TBI, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, U.S. District Court

Eleven indicted in alleged conspiracy to sell 300 grams or more of cocaine

Posted at 5:53 pm May 7, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Jordan Antwan Jones

Jordan Antwan Jones

Note: This story was last updated at 10:25 p.m. May 9.

Eleven Oak Ridge and Knoxville residents were indicted May 3 on charges that they conspired to manufacture, distribute, and sell 300 grams or more of cocaine-based products last year.

The alleged cocaine conspiracy occurred between May 14 and December 23, 2015. The indictments were filed May 3, 2016.

The 11 indicted are:

  • Jordan Antwan Jones, 28, Tracy Lane, in Oak Ridge;
  • Deangelo James Galbreath, 28, Deer Run Drive, Knoxville;
  • Laquan Bernard Barber, 32, Hillside Road, Oak Ridge;
  • Derrick Jemail Anthony, 38, South Fisk Avenue, Oak Ridge;
  • Christopher Shane Black, 28, West Pasadena Lane, Oak Ridge;
  • Nicholas O’Brien Mitchell, 32, Tracy Lane, Oak Ridge;
  • William Ralph Sanders Jr., 38, South Benedict Avenue, Oak Ridge;
  • Alfred Lee Jones, 49, Black Rock Circle, Knoxville;
  • Ellen Michelle Sanders, 31, Nasson Lane, Oak Ridge;
  • Sarah Denise Cupp, 30, Aloha Avenue, Knoxville; and
  • Efia Ann Hull, 38, Deer Run Drive, Knoxville.

They are each facing Class A felony charges of:

  • conspiracy to manufacture 300 grams or more of cocaine,
  • conspiracy to distribute 300 grams or more of cocaine,
  • conspiracy to sell 300 grams or more of cocaine, and
  • conspiracy to possess with the intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell 300 grams or more of cocaine.

They have also been indicted on Class A felony charges of: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Clinton, Front Page News, Knoxville, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories, U.S. Tagged With: Alfred Lee Jones, Anderson County Circuit Court Clerk, Christopher Shane Black, cocaine, cocaine conspiracy, conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute 300 grams or more of cocaine, conspiracy to distribute more than 0.5 gram of cocaine in a school zone, conspiracy to manufacture 300 grams or more of cocaine, conspiracy to manufacture more than 0.5 gram of cocaine in a school zone, conspiracy to possess with the intent to manufacture deliver or sell 300 grams or more of cocaine, conspiracy to possess with the intent to manufacture deliver or sell more than 0.5 gram of cocaine in a school zone, conspiracy to sell 300 grams or more of cocaine, conspiracy to sell more than 0.5 gram of cocaine in a school zone, Dave Clark, Deangelo James Galbreath, Derrick Jemail Anthony, drug roundup, drug-related charges, Efia Ann Hull, Ellen Michelle Sanders, indictments, Jordan Antwan Jones, Laquan Bernard Barber, Nicholas O'Brien Mitchell, Sarah Denise Cupp, Seventh Judicial District, William Ralph Sanders Jr.

Man charged in attempted ATM theft with Bobcat on Christmas Day 2013

Posted at 5:53 pm April 22, 2015
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Bobcat and ATM Safe from Y-12 Federal Credit Union

A Bobcat allegedly involved in a plot to steal a safe from an ATM in east Oak Ridge on Christmas Day 2013 is tipped over on its side in a small ditch next to the safe, which had not been opened. (File photo/December 25, 2013)

 

Stanley Wallace II

Stanley Junior Wallace

A Kingston man has been arrested and charged in the alleged conspiracy to steal an ATM safe loaded with $26,000 in cash using a Bobcat and pickup truck on Christmas Day 2013.

The plot to steal the 4,000-pound safe was unsuccessful. But the suspects were able to demolish the stand-alone Y-12 Federal Credit Union automated teller machine near Tractor Supply in east Oak Ridge and pull the safe several hundred feet across a field before the Bobcat tipped over in a small culvert next to Bogola Road. An attempt to remove the cash box with a stolen Ford F250 pickup truck also failed, so the suspects left the area, authorities said.

Stanley Junior Wallace, 25, of Lawnville Road in Kingston, has been charged in the case. He was arrested March 26 and faces charges of attempted theft of more than $10,000, vandalism of more than $10,000, attempted aggravated burglary, auto burglary, conspiracy, aggravated trespassing, and joyriding.

Oak Ridge Police Department Detective William Weaver said he interviewed Wallace at the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton on April 21, 2014. Wallace was given his Miranda warning and agreed to speak with Weaver, according to arrest warrants. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Police, Police and Fire, Slider Tagged With: aggravated trespassing, Anderson County Detention Facility, ATM, ATM safe, ATM theft, attempted aggravated burglary, attempted theft, auto burglary, Bobcat, Bogola Road, cash box, Christmas, conspiracy, joyriding, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Turnpike, safe, Stanley Junior Wallace, Steve Shaver, Tractor Supply, vandalism, Waste Connections, William Weaver, Y-12 Federal Credit Union

Sixth person arrested in Aryans Nations gang-related attempted murder

Posted at 12:13 pm July 8, 2014
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Cynthia Ann Wright

Cynthia Ann Wright

A sixth person was arrested on Thursday after another indictment was returned in an Aryan Nations gang-related attempted murder and conspiracy case, authorities said.

Cynthia Ann Wright, 40, of Strawberry Plains, was arrested at her home in Jefferson County by sheriff’s investigators with the assistance of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, Anderson County Sheriff Paul White said in a Tuesday morning press release. Wright is now being held in the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton under a $100,000 bond.

White said investigators obtained indictments from the Anderson County Grand Jury on the six people after a lengthy investigation into the severe beating of a 31-year-old Briceville man that resulted in serious injuries. The incident occurred on Dennis Lane in Claxton in December 2013 and was from internal gang-related enforcement. All six people charged in the case are members of the Aryan Nations gang, White said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: accessory after the fact, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, Anderson County District Attorney General’s Office, Anderson County grand jury, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Aryan Nations, attempted first-degree murder, Claxton, conspiracy, criminal conspiracy, Cynthia Ann Wright, Dennis Lane, gang-related attempted murder, Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, Paul White, severe beating, two counts of tampering with evidence

Sheriff: Members of Aryan Nations gang charged with attempted murder in beating

Posted at 11:43 pm June 10, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Jacob Eli Campbell

Jacob Eli Campbell

Five members of the Aryan Nations gang have been charged with attempted first-degree murder for the severe beating of a 31-year-old Briceville man in Claxton in December, authorities said.

Three of those charged were arrested Tuesday after indictments were returned in the gang-related attempted murder and conspiracy case, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department said.

David Lee Dozard

David Lee Dozard

Leonard Lionel Kilgore, 36, of Knoxville, and Jacob Eli Campbell, 33, and Michael James O’Conner Jr., 32, both of Sevierville, were taken into custody Tuesday morning, Sheriff Paul White said.

A fourth person, David Lee Dozard II, 32, of Mountain City in upper East Tennessee, is now in state prison on unrelated charges and the indictments will be served on him later. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: 7th Judicial District Crime Task Force, aggravated assault, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Aryan Nations, attempted first-degree murder, attempted murder, beating, conspiracy, criminal conspiracy, criminal gang, Crystal Lynnette McGuire, David Lee Dozard II, Dennis Lane, District Attorney General’s Office, especially aggravated kidnapping, gang, gang-related attempted murder, Jacob Eli Campbell, Leonard Lionel Kilgore, Michael James O'Conner Jr., Paul White

Lake City man convicted of conspiracy to make 50+ grams of meth

Posted at 3:05 pm September 6, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Jeffery Scott Braden

Jeffery Scott Braden

He was the only one of 42 people indicted earlier this year to go to trial in an unprecedented meth-making conspiracy, and now the Lake City man has been found guilty, authorities said Friday.

After a three-day federal trial, a jury convicted Jeffrey Scott Braden of conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; the possession of equipment, chemicals, products, and materials that can be used to make it; and being a felon in possession of ammunition, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Braden was tried in U.S. District Court in Knoxville. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Federal, Government, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, conspiracy, conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, David P. Lewen Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration, Eastern District of Tennessee, indictment, Jeffrey Scott Braden, meth, meth lab, methamphetamine, Operation Meth-odical Destruction, possession of ammunition by a previously convicted felon, possession of equipment chemicals products materials that may be used to manufacture methamphetamine, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Thomas A. Varlan, U.S. Attorneys' Office, U.S. District Court, William C. Killian

Woman alleges excessive force, brutality at jail; files $17.6 million lawsuit

Posted at 12:36 am September 4, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

A multi-million dollar federal lawsuit filed last month and amended Tuesday alleges an Anderson County woman with multiple sclerosis was sprayed with chemical spray in the face and eyes at least twice while restrained and had her forehead slammed into a cement wall after she was arrested for public intoxication at her home earlier this year.

The lawsuit seeks $17.6 million for Heather Bolling, 30. She accused Anderson County jailers of using excessive force and brutality, and she alleged she was severely and permanently injured after she was arrested on Oak Road near Norris on April 28 and taken to the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Federal, Government, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Detention Facility, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Arthur F. Knight III, assault, audio, battery, brutality, chemical spray, conspiracy, excessive force, George T. Underwood Jr., Heather Bolling, infliction of emotional distress, lawsuit, multiple sclerosis, Oak Road, Paul White, special needs, spoiling evidence, U.S. District Court, video

Forty-two face federal charges for allegedly conspiring to make 50+ grams of meth

Posted at 2:57 pm March 26, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Federal Meth Prosecution

Flanked by local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Attorney William C. Killian, center, announces that 42 people, including many Anderson County residents, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine.

CLINTON—In an unprecedented case, 42 people, including many Anderson County residents, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges they conspired to make 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

U.S. Attorney William C. Killian announced the charges during a Tuesday afternoon press conference at the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton.

Other charges listed in a 17-count indictment filed March 19 in U.S. District Court in Knoxville include possessing the equipment, chemicals, products, and materials used to make meth; maintaining homes used to manufacture the illegal stimulant, including one residence within 1,000 feet of Claxton Elementary School; and federal firearms violations. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Clinton, Lake City, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Detention Facility, Clinton, conspiracy, indictment, meth, methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney William C. Killian, U.S. District Court

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