Press Releases
Drunk Driver Sentenced to Nine Years after Fatal Wreck on Tazewell Pike
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained a nine-year sentence against a man who struck another vehicle head-on after drinking multiple margaritas. Dennis Wayne Hill, 68,…
Sixty Days in Jail for DUI 1st Conviction
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained a sixty-day jail term against an impaired driver on Cedar Bluff Road. Michael Anthony Marcum, 54, was convicted of…
Repeat Drug Dealer Caught with Meth and Handgun
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Felony Drug Unit obtained convictions against a repeat drug dealer caught with methamphetamine and a handgun. Dewayne Edwin Winslow, 35, was convicted…
Impaired Driver Loses Control of Car and Kills Passenger
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained convictions against an impaired driver who killed his passenger after losing control of his vehicle while passing a car…
Child Abuser Sentenced to Sixteen Years
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Child Abuse Unit obtained convictions against a man who sexually assaulted a ten-year-old child. Jonathan Cortez-Razo, 43, was convicted of four counts…
Husband Assaults Wife, Confesses, then Claims at Trial that He is the Victim
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Major Crimes Unit obtained convictions against a man who assaulted his wife and handcuffed her for several hours. Michael Wayne Norton, 44,…
Defendant Convicted of Sexually Abusing Child for Four Years
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Child Abuse Unit obtained an eighteen-year sentence against a man who sexually assaulted a child for four years beginning when she was…
Repeat Offender Caught with Gun and Drugs
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a career offender caught with a handgun and multiple types of drugs. Nicholas Jordan Alberts, 43,…
Impaired Driver Convicted of Vehicular Homicide
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained convictions against an impaired driver who struck a motorcyclist while driving 91 miles per hour on Kingston Pike. Christian…
Escaped Inmate Sentenced to Twelve Years for Stealing Truck
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a twelve-year sentence against an inmate who escaped from Monroe County, stole a truck, and was apprehended in…
DUI First Offender Sentenced to Sixty Days in Jail
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained convictions against a man who wrecked on I-40 while driving under the influence of methamphetamine. Clint Steven Foster, 42,…
DUI First Offender Sentenced to Serve Twenty Days
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained a sentence, including twenty days in jail, for a DUI First Offender who was stopped for drunk driving on…
Domestic Abuser Assaults Victim, Begs Her Not to Tell, then Blames Her
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Domestic Violence Unit obtained a three-year sentence against a man who assaulted and strangled a woman, begged her not to tell the…
Vice Lord Repeat Offender Sentenced to Serve Thirty Years
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a thirty-year sentence against a Vice Lord gang member with eighteen prior felony convictions. George Thomas Bryant, 33,…
Carjacking Suspect Sentenced to Sixteen Years
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a sixteen-year sentence against a man who carjacked a woman in downtown Knoxville. Tyler Benjamin Christian, 32, was…
Father Convicted after Child Overdoses
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Child Abuse Unit obtained convictions against a man whose fifteen-month-old child nearly died of a drug overdose on the fentanyl he was…
Habitual Drug Offender Facing Forty-Two Years in Prison
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a habitual drug offender caught with cocaine and a gun during a parole search. Justin Orlando…
Defendant Convicted of Sexually Abusing Multiple Children Sentenced to 30 Years
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Child Abuse Unit obtained a thirty-year sentence against a man who sexually assaulted two children. Ray Gene Elliott, III, 35, was convicted…
Driver Sentenced to Serve 180 Days for DUI First Offense
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained a 180-day sentence against an impaired driver who wrecked his vehicle then asked his mother to tell police that…
Defendant Convicted of Sexually Abusing Child for Four Years
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Child Abuse Unit obtained convictions against a man who sexually assaulted a child for four years beginning when she was twelve years…