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Two arrested on drug charges, two on outstanding warrants after Vermont Ave search

Posted at 4:20 pm February 24, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Charges are pending after a search warrant was served as part of an investigation into illegal drug activity on Vermont Avenue on Friday morning, Feb. 24, 2017, authorities said. The search warrant was served by members of the Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force and the Oak Ridge Police Department SWAT and patrol staff. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

Charges are pending after a search warrant was served as part of an investigation into illegal drug activity on Vermont Avenue on Friday morning, Feb. 24, 2017, authorities said. The search warrant was served by members of the Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force and the Oak Ridge Police Department SWAT and patrol staff. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

 

Two people were arrested on drug charges and two were arrested on outstanding warrants after a search of a Vermont Avenue home on Friday morning, authorities said.

The search of the home at 306 Vermont Avenue, across from St. Mary’s Catholic Church in central Oak Ridge, came after an investigation by the Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force.

The Oak Ridge Police Department SWAT team entered the house early Friday morning with help from ORPD patrol officers.

Once the house was secure, agents from the Crime Task Force searched the home, detained several people, and conducted interviews as part of their investigation, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Clinton Police Department, Codes Enforcement Office, District Attorney General Dave Clark, drug charges, Jackson McGhee, James Brown, Jim Akagi, Joel Packard, narcotics charges, Oak Ridge Electric Department, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, ORPD, possession of Schedule II drugs for sale, possession of Schedule IV drugs for sale in a drug-free school zone, Rocky Top Police Department, Russell Barker, search warrant, Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force, St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Mary's Church and School, Tiffany Packard, Vermont Avenue

Suspected DUI drivers must give blood, breath sample

Posted at 11:51 am July 3, 2012
By Dawn Huotari Leave a Comment

Dave Clark

Dave Clark

A new law that allows law enforcement to require a driver suspected of drunk or impaired driving to give a blood sample is being enforced in Anderson County from Tuesday, July 3 through Sunday, July 8, District Attorney General Dave Clark announced Monday.

Clark said it is Tennessee’s first operation to implement the new law and will involve saturation patrols, roadblocks and other special law enforcement actions.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, District Attorney General Dave Clark, drunk driving, impaired driving, Tennessee Highway Patrol

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