Thirty-eight year old James Allen Taylor is in the Knox
County Jail charged with attempted first degree murder and aggravated assault
stemming from an incident Sunday night. Taylor shot his ex-wife’s boyfriend around 7:15
p.m. after a dispute over a dog. He fired seven
A man who Knox County Schools believed might be
misrepresenting himself as being from the school system may be a case of
mistaken identity. Knox County Sheriff’s Officers found the man last night and
determined that he is a legitimate book salesman out of College Station, Tex
Twenty one year old Ray Edward Loveday has been charged with
a murder dating back to 2006. Loveday is
accused of killing Ricky Tipton Thompson on September 4, 2006 in the Vestal
area of Maple and Eddington Streets.
Loveday was actually trying to shoot another man with whom he had
Three people accused of robbing a Mascot bank last month
were arrested Wednesday in Walhalla, South Carolina. Thirty-three year old Eric
Bradley, 24 year old Joshua Douglas, and 25 year old Tina Rogers are charged
with aggravated robbery of the First Choice Community Credit Union on
Auditors from the American Correctional Association have
been evaluating the Knox County Detention Facility from May 28-30 and on Friday
issued their findings. The facility achieved 100% on the mandatory standards
and 99% on the non-mandatory standards. The auditors looked at
Privacy Policy
Thursday, 23 August 2007
Knox County Sheriff’s Office
Privacy Statement
Updated: 03/24/2006
Your
personal information is kept private and secure. When you submit
information that includes personal data to the Sheriff's Department
through this web site, we retain your information for follow-up
purposes only. This process is identical to the system employed when
you report a crime or other problem to your respective patrol district
or to a police officer. As a consequence, your name will not be
disclosed outside this department except as required and permitted by
law.
If the information you submitted was done anonymously, we will make no
attempt to obtain your identity except in circumstances where it may be
pivotal to prevent the loss of life or property.
Information that might identify you does not accompany your anonymous
online information submissions unless you provide it. However, some of
the online report and submission forms require a name and phone number.
In such cases the information must be submitted before the form will be
processed.
On some pages we have used cookies to keep track of your frequency of
visits to our web site. This is done solely to allow us to present
unique content to you and not to determine your identity. Information
you submit using any of our online forms IS NOT stored as a cookie. You
can disable our ability to use cookies by changing the cookies option
in your browser's preferences.
Other sites accessible through our web site have their own privacy
policies and data collection practices. Please consult each site's
privacy policy. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is not responsible for
the actions of third parties.
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office fully cooperates with state and
federal law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our
services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to
other law enforcement agencies any activities that we reasonably
believe to be unlawful and to take appropriate action against violators
of law.
Do you have a non-emergency traffic problem? Contact the KCSO Traffic Line at 215-2010.
Officers will contact you regarding traffic issues in your neighborhood or county road.
Join The Knox County Sheriff's Explorers!
The Explorer Program is chartered by the Boy Scouts of America, and set up through the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.
More info...
Officer Norman
Rickman was shot several times while
investigating a burglary. If you would like to help the family,
donations are being accepted. More info...
