Impaired-driving enforcement will be ramped up by law enforcement through the winter holidays as part of a partnership between the Green County Sheriff's Department and Tennessee Highway Safety Office. Police will set up additional sobriety checkpoints and maintain a...
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Make sure to comply with Tennessee gun laws
If you are found guilty of a gun charge in the state of Tennessee, you could lose your hunting license. There are other far-reaching implications that a conviction on gun charges can bring to your life. This is why it is so important that you understand the...
Tennessee attorney general joins call for identity theft database
Across the country, attorneys general in nearly every state have made an increased effort to combat identity fraud. One way in which they are doing so is pressuring the Social Security Administration to move faster when identifying identity theft. The Attorney General...
More veterans face drunk driving charges
Many veterans in Tennessee and across the country are dealing with difficult emotional or even physical issues, and those problems can sometimes manifest in excessive drinking or drunk driving. One study by the American Addiction Centers found that binge drinking and...
Volunteer deputy charged with drunk driving in Tennessee
A 38-year-old man taken into custody for driving under the influence of alcohol by the Tennessee Highway Patrol on the afternoon of Nov. 22 was a volunteer deputy with the Campbell County Sheriff's Office, according to reports. A CCSO representative says that the man...
Three individuals taken into custody after drug bust
Authorities in Tennessee announced that they took three people into custody after an incident at the Fairfield Inn on November 12. On that date at about 10 a.m., police searched a room in which the three defendants were staying. The search revealed about a kilo of...
Tennessee man charged with attempted murder and drug possession
A Tennessee man is facing a raft of felony charges after allegedly attacking a woman on the night of Nov. 11. The 23-year-old Bristol resident is accused of strangling the woman and holding a loaded handgun to her head. Reports indicate that he is being detained at...
Man charged with DUI after hit-and-run crash
On Oct. 30, a Tennessee man was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after he was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident. The incident took place in East Nashville. Authorities say that the defendant was attempting to turn from Trinity Lane onto Douglas Avenue...
Utah set to lower legal DUI limit, other states could follow
If traffic safety advocates have their way, Tennessee motorists could soon be subjected to stricter drunk driving limits. Further, a new national poll shows that most Americans would welcome the change. Federal statistics show that an average of 29 people are killed...
Defend yourself from a false abuse accusation
Family arguments can get heated, and when alcohol is thrown into the mix, people can act in an irate or an accusatory manner. Having passionate and strongly held views in an argument is not a crime, but domestic violence is. There are many ways to define domestic...