Woman tied up, escapes during home invasion robbery
An Anderson County woman told deputies a man with a handgun tied her up and ransacked her house looking for jewelry Tuesday afternoon, but she managed to break loose and run to a neighbor’s house. The...
View ArticleOne suspect arrested after home invasion, car crash on Friday night
Police arrested one suspect in a Friday night home invasion on Dewey Road after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole on Delaware Avenue, authorities said. The home invasion was reported at about 10...
View ArticleMan pistol-whipped, pregnant woman blacks out during home invasion
An Oak Ridge man was allegedly hit in the head and face with a pistol, and a woman who is nine months pregnant blacked out from fear when a suspect pointed a silver revolver at her during a Friday...
View ArticleTeen charged with aggravated robbery for alleged November holdup
An Oak Ridge teenager has been charged with aggravated robbery for his alleged role in a November stickup on Jonathan Lane. Treston Blake Lee, 19, of Wakefield Road, was arrested Jan. 26, and he...
View ArticleGrandfather reports robbery by grandson, knife-wielding suspect
An Anderson County man told deputies he was robbed at knifepoint Wednesday night by his grandson and a second man wearing a green rag over his face and holding a 15-inch-long knife, authorities said....
View ArticleGrandson charged with aggravated robbery after alleged knifepoint theft
The 18-year-old Anderson County man accused of robbing his grandfather with the help of a second man armed with a knife was arrested Tuesday, authorities said. Joseph Tyler Collins has been charged...
View ArticleFour charged with aggravated robbery in alleged plot to steal rent money
Four young Oak Ridge adults have been charged with aggravated robbery and criminal conspiracy in an alleged plot to rob a woman for rent money, authorities said. The alleged armed robbery occurred on...
View ArticlePilot robbery suspect arrested in Rocky Top
A Caryville man suspected of robbing a Pilot Travel Center in east Knox County on Tuesday was arrested at a motel in Rocky Top in Anderson County on Wednesday, authorities said. They said Walter John...
View ArticleMan arrested for alleged robbery in hotel parking lot
An Oak Ridge man allegedly robbed three people in a hotel parking lot on Monday and was arrested a short time later, authorities said. The alleged robbery occurred at the Holiday Inn Express at about...
View ArticleBartley wanted in aggravated robbery near Rocky Top, authorities say
Kenneth Stuart Bartley, who served time for homicide after a school shooting in Campbell County in 2005, is the suspect in an armed robbery near Rocky Top on Sunday morning, authorities said. The...
View ArticleUpdate: Bartley located in Vienna, Va.
Kenneth Bartley, who has been identified as a suspect in a Sunday morning robbery in Anderson County, was located in Vienna, Virginia, on Sunday night, authorities said. “We are aware his family is...
View ArticleClinton police arrest robbery suspect
Clinton Police Department detectives have arrested a Knoxville man, 37-year-old Wallace Wade Tidwell, in connection with a weekend convenience store robbery, authorities said. Reports indicate that a...
View ArticleRobbery warrant against Bartley recalled, dismissed
The aggravated robbery warrant against Kenneth Stuart Bartley has been recalled and dismissed, authorities said. Bartley, 23, had been identified as a suspect in a Sunday morning robbery in Anderson...
View ArticleMan accused of robbing store with large knife, warrant says
An Oak Ridge man remained jailed on Friday on a charge that he robbed the Tienda Nony Marketplace on Bus Terminal Road with a large knife on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Yorlin Alverez Castillo,...
View ArticleWarrants: Robbery suspect allegedly hit worker on head with gun before taking...
The two Georgia residents accused of robbing a check cashing store in Oak Ridge in June allegedly ordered employees to the rear of the store at gunpoint and demanded that a male manager open the safe,...
View ArticleMan charged with kidnapping, aggravated robbery after allegedly using gun to...
An Oak Ridge man was charged with kidnapping and aggravated robbery after he allegedly held a gun to the back of his ex-girlfriend’s head before stealing her cell phones and $1,200 in cash, authorities...
View ArticleFour young adults indicted in alleged plot to rob a woman for rent money
Four young Oak Ridge adults have been indicted in an alleged plot to rob a woman for rent money. The alleged armed robbery occurred on Highland Avenue at about midnight April 1, 2015, Oak Ridge Police...
View ArticleMaine man pleads guilty to murder charge in OS drug deal that ended in death
A 32-year-old Maine man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated robbery in the death of an Oliver Springs man after a drug deal in May 2011. Scott Benjamin Pike, of Lewiston, Maine,...
View ArticleClaxton couple arrested Sunday after robbery, prostitution investigation
A Claxton husband and wife were arrested Sunday after a robbery and prostitution investigation in Ben’s Mobile Home Park off Edgemoor Road, authorities said. Around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, deputies were...
View ArticleWarrants: Man, woman charged after gun, box cutter used in alleged robbery
An Oak Ridge man and Knoxville woman have been charged with aggravated robbery after a handgun and box cutter were allegedly used to rob an Oak Ridge man of $400 on Wade Lane on May 23, authorities...
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