Cody Smith, the former director of 12th Judicial District Drug Task Force, pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of meth with intent to sell in Marion County. Investigators found that Smith misappropriated $7,246 from confidential and seized funds between 2017 and 2021. He obtained money for drug purchases without evidence, took cash from a …
Cody Smith, former director of the 12th Judicial Drug Task Force, which serves Franklin, Bledsoe, Grundy, Marion, Rhea, and Sequatchie Counties, had his bond revoked on March 10. He was fired in 2021 amid a TBI investigation into drug and money seizures in Sequatchie County. As the Times Free Press reported, the Rhea County Sheriff’s …
On August 16, agents with the 12th Judicial Drug Task Force assisted Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives after Dwight Daniel Stockwell had fled from deputies on August 15 at 496 Mountain Cove Rd. in Whitwell. A search of a wooded area where Stockwell had fled revealed a backpack and a large metal pipe …
An undercover operation by special agents with the TBI’s Human Trafficking Unit, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, and the 12th Judicial District Drug Task Force resulted in arrests, with two individuals accepting treatment. Over a two-day period starting August 7th, as part of an undercover operation aimed at addressing human trafficking in the East Tennessee area, …
Pikeville, Tennessee — Members of the Pikeville Police Department recently received information about illegal narcotics being sold from apartment 160 in the Pikeville Town Homes. With the help of the 12th Judicial District Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a thorough investigation was conducted over the course of several months. As a result of the …
A Marion County grand jury indicted three men on separate second-degree murder charges. In January, the Jasper Police Department found Joel Layne deceased with drugs in his system. Upon further investigation, officials found Christopher Janeway responsible for providing Layne with a combination of meth and an opioid prescription drug that led to his death. The …
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday the arrest of a wanted man. Gage Reeves was wanted for questioning about several thefts and burglaries. He also had active felony warrants for Theft and Violation of Probation. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office thanks the 12th Judicial Drug Task Force and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office …
The Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, working with the 12th Judicial Drug Task Force, continues its work to reduce the presence of dangerous drugs throughout Sequatchie County and the judicial district. Recently, another drug investigation was wrapped up, resulting in the arrests of four individuals. After several weeks of investigation, charges of Criminal Conspiracy …
The Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office worked with the 12 th Judicial District Drug Task Force for several weeks on a drug investigation which has landed several people in jail and leaves others on the run and wanted by authorities. The investigation focused on illegal drugs, primarily meth, being distributed in the Lewis Chapel community of …
An investigation by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, the Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office, and the 12th Judicial District Drug and Violent Crime Task Force has led to the arrest of two people on multiple counts of Child Rape. Officials say 48-year-old William Beene, III, of Sequatchie County, and 43-year-old Brandon “Brandy” Hawkins, …
