Most people know that there is a TBI registry for sex offenders to help families and other vulnerable people in their neighborhoods. But what would happen if repeat DUI offenders in Tennessee were also on a registry? According to WJHL, a local politician introduced a...
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Year: 2020
Was Chattanooga cop drunk when Collegedale cop drove him home?
Last July, a Chattanooga police officer and his girlfriend had gone out for the night. They were riding home on his motorcycle when they came to a stop at a Collegedale intersection. The cop, his girlfriend and the motorcycle all toppled over at the intersection,...
Tennessee man arrested after lighting up in court
It takes almost exactly two hours to make the 135-mile drive north of Chattanooga to Lebanon, the seat of Wilson County. An unusual scene unfolded there recently when a Tennessee man who had been charged with marijuana possession took a decidedly theatrical approach...
NFL cornerback facing Tennessee drug charges
It is almost exactly a two-hour drive northwest of Chattanooga to get to the campus of Vanderbilt University. The well-regarded school is where Tennessee native Joejuan Williams played his college football. The cornerback was recently stopped for speeding on an...
Tennessee police captain facing drunk driving charges
If you drive about 200 miles northwest of Chattanooga, you will come to Montgomery County. A captain with the county’s sheriff’s office there was recently arrested and charged with drunk driving. The 52-year-old also faces an implied consent violation, which means...
Hamilton Co. corrections deputy charged with burglary, vandalism
Channel 9 news reports that Chattanooga Police officers have arrested a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputy. The 23-year-old is apparently a corrections officer who has been booked into the Hamilton County Jail where he works. According to the news report,...
What to do if you are suspected of drunk driving
Even if you understand the seriousness of drinking and driving, there may come a day when you let your good time get the best of you. Rather than control your drinking or call for a ride, you jump behind the wheel and assume you are "sober enough" to reach your...
Tennessee’s DUI arrest rate down nearly 40 percent in a decade
The odds of being arrested for drunk driving in our state have dramatically improved over the past decade, a new report indicates. Back in 2009, there were 494 Tennessee DUI arrests per 100,000 residents. By 2018, the figure had dropped to 300 arrests per 100,000...