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Mobile home fire under investigation

Posted at 10:52 am January 14, 2019
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Information from WYSH Radio

No people were injured, but a dog died in a Friday afternoon mobile home fire in Claxton.

The fire at the home on Dennis Lane was reported shortly before 5 p.m. Friday. When Claxton Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, they reported that flames had engulfed about half of the structure.

Firefighters from not only Claxton, but also the Andersonville, Marlow, and Medford Volunteer Fire Departments—as well as crews from the Norris, Rocky Top, and Rural Metro fire departments—battled the blaze, which required additional water to be brought to the scene after the first tanker went dry. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Claxton, Front Page News, Police and Fire Tagged With: Claxton, Claxton Volunteer Fire Department, Dennis Lane, fire, mobile home fire

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

Arrest made in Louisiana in gang-related attempted murder

Posted at 12:16 am June 12, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 2 Comments

Crystal Lynnette McGuire

Crystal Lynnette McGuire

Crystal Lynnette McGuire, who was wanted in connection with a gang-related attempted murder in Claxton in December, was arrested without incident in Louisiana on Wednesday by the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department, authorities said.

“Our investigators were in contact with Louisiana authorities throughout the day after learning McGuire may have been in that area,” Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Mark Lucas said. “She was located and arrested earlier this afternoon by sheriff’s deputies in Sabine County.”

The Sheriff’s Department said it does not have information about McGuire’s extradition or when she may be brought back to Anderson County.

“It may be several days before all the paperwork will be completed for this to occur,” Lucas said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: aggravated assault, Anderson County grand jury, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Aryan Nations, attempted first-degree murder, criminal conspiracy, Crystal Lynnette McGuire, David Lee Dozard II, Dennis Lane, especially aggravated kidnapping, gang-related muder, indictments, Jacob Eli Campbell, Leonard Lionel Kilgore, Mark Lucas, Michael James O'Conner Jr., Paul White, Sabine County, Sabine Parish Sheriff's Department

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

Posted at 11:43 pm June 10, 2014
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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

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