April 2020

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Media Release

Sheriff Tom Spangler has confirmed that as of this afternoon on April 17, 2020 Assistant Chief David Henderson’s status has changed. Assistant Chief Henderson is now retired from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. His request for retirement was placed on April 10, 2020 and was finalized this afternoon. Additionally, Assistant Chief Henderson was relieved of …

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TBI Media Release

TBI Investigating Series of Stabbings, Officer-Involved Shooting in Knox County At the request of 6th District Attorney General Charme Allen, TBI Agents are investigating the circumstances surrounding a series of stabbings, along with the officer-involved shooting of the suspect in the incident. Preliminary information indicates that just before 7:00 this morning, the Knox  County Sheriff’s Office …

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No ā€˜Letter of Authorization ā€˜

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has received complaints from citizens that they are being pulled over and asked for their ā€œletter of authorizationā€ to travel. Sheriff Tom Spangler wants to make it clear to the citizens he has NOT authorized ANY of his Deputies to make stops to request this documentation. Sheriff Spangler is asking …

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