Tom Spangler, Knox County Sheriff, congratulated the 2021 Detectives of the year on February 22, 2022, at the Knox County Commission meeting. “Detective Nathan Stachey and Detective Logan Sammons were named detectives of the year for their work on two large cases. Detective Stachey & Detective Sammons are both newer Detectives, but they are hard-working …
On February 16, 2022, at approximately 9:30 am, Knox County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to a suspicious persons/vehicle near Lexington Drive in West Knox County. The suspects were sleeping in the vehicle. Both suspects failed to adhere to verbal commands by the deputies. The female passenger attempted to grab the deputy’s service weapon, the …
Congratulations to the men and women of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Division on their promotions on February 14, 2022. – “A corrections officer must possess a strong desire to make a difference in their community. They must be firm, fair, and consistent. Additionally, they must have the ability to adapt to highly stressful …
Update on the potential threat at Karns High School on Friday, February 11, 2022. Juvenile Detectives with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office spent the day interviewing students and faculty regarding the allegations that there was potentially a weapon on school property connected to the incident between two students that occurred off-campus on February 10, 2022. …
It is with a heavy heart that we announce Dan Davis, a retired Captain with the Knoxville Police Department, passed away yesterday morning. Dan was currently working in the Knox County Sheriff’s Office in the Court Services Division, serving as a bailiff in Judge Bill Ailor’s Courtroom. Dan spent his life in service to the …
Sheriff Tom Spangler is asking everyone to remember our blue family at the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office in your thoughts and prayers! Details will be forthcoming from their agency, in the meantime they need our prayers.
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On July 20, 1985 the burned body of Betty Joyce Brown,aka Simmons, was found in the woods at 3805 Maloney Road in South Knox County. The 29 year old Austin-East graduate had been stabbed before being burned. Ms. Brown was last seen on July 14, 1985 between midnight and 1:00am in front of the Bread Box at Magnolia Ave and Spruce Street. It is believed that Ms. Brown was offered and accepted a ride from an unknown subject. Ms. Brown’s last know address was 2737 Tarleton Ave. Initial investigation indicated that when Ms. Brown’s body was found, she had been dead approximately 1 week. Family members described Ms. Brown as being a “very sweet and loving mother.”
If you have any information please call the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit at (865)-215-3520/3590 or e-mail coldcase@knoxsheriff.org.