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A Blount County man has pleaded guilty to the years-long sex abuse of a girl that began when she was 12 years old.
An Alabama district attorney claims the Blount County sheriff threatened to harass her and her family for prosecuting a friend of the sheriff, according to court documents made public Thursday.
BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — Sixty people face charges after a crackdown on an illegal cockfighting exhibition in Blount ...
Homeland Security says a total of 60 people were arrested, including 55 illegal immigrants, and five US citizens who have ...
Christopher Kyle Haynes, 55, of Morris plead guilty to second-degree sodomy and second-degree sexual abuse on Monday, June 9.
BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Amid anger and frustration from residents, the District Attorney General over the prosecution of a former Blount County Schools PE teacher who was accused of ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Blount County District Attorney sent a letter to Blount Pride warning them of potential prosecution if they violate what’s known as Tennessee’s “anti-drag law ...
And they're not alone. In recorded conversations with the family earlier this year, Blount County District Attorney Ryan Desmond excoriated how the Blount County Sheriff's Office handled the ...
Blount County District Attorney Ryan Desmond's office has taken over any potential criminal case after Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen recused her office May 6. The Blount County office ...
BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — The Blount County District Attorney's Office is threatening to prosecute Blount Pride organizers if "adult cabaret" shows are held at the Saturday festival, citing an anti ...