Press Releases
313 Initiative Continues to Remove Drugs from East Tennessee Streets
East Tennessee prosecutors and law enforcement officers continue to disrupt the drug pipeline from Michigan to Tennessee through the partnership of the 313 Initiative. The 313 Initiative is a concerted…
Repeat Offender Sentenced after Breaking into Cousin’s Home
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a fifteen-year sentence against a repeat offender who broke into his cousin’s house and stole money. Darrick Ashley…
Repeat Drug Dealer Sentenced to Twenty-Four Years in Prison
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a twenty-four-year sentence against a repeat drug dealer caught with cocaine while on probation for selling cocaine. Keith…
Third Co-Defendant Convicted of Murder
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against the third co-defendant in a robbery that left a Johnson City man dead. Na’kelin Cornelius McAfee,…
Short Pursuit Ends in Weapons Convictions
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Criminal Court Unit obtained convictions against an armed felon who fled from officers because he was wanted on Indiana charges. Buddy Livesay,…
Defendant Sentenced to Twenty-One Years following Argument over a Dog
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Major Crimes Unit obtained a twenty-one-year sentence against a man who shot a roommate over an argument about a dog. Stefen White,…
Decade Old Missing Person Case Ends with First Degree Murder Conviction
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Major Crimes Unit obtained a conviction for murder after the victim had been missing for over a decade. Randall Lee Rose, 62,…
Carjacking Defendant Identified with the Help of DNA Evidence
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Major Crimes Unit obtained convictions against a man who carjacked, kidnapped, and assaulted a woman, forcing her to withdraw money from ATMs. …
Drunk Driver Sentenced to Twelve Years in Vehicular Homicide Case
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained convictions against a drunk driver who killed one of his passengers and injured another. Santiago Domingo, 25, was convicted…
Drug Dealer Convicted after Passing out and Crashing into Garage
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a man who was found in possession of methamphetamine after passing out and crashing his car…
Man Pulls Gun during Argument and Kills Bystander
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Major Crimes Unit obtained multiple convictions against a man who pulled a revolver during an argument, killing a bystander. John Rooker Deloach,…
Repeat Drug Dealer Convicted Again
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a conviction against a repeat drug dealer caught with cocaine while on probation for selling cocaine. Keith Antwan…
Repeat Offender Convicted of Breaking into Cousin’s Home
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a conviction against a repeat offender who broke into his cousin’s house and stole money. Darrick Ashley Grider,…
Victim Killed because of an Argument over a Dog
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Major Crimes Unit obtained a conviction against a man who shot a roommate over an argument about a dog. Stefen White, 35,…
Repeat Offender Sentenced to Thirty-Two Years
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a thirty-two-year sentence against a career offender caught with a handgun and multiple types of drugs. Nicholas Jordan…
Impaired Driver Sentenced to Eleven Years for Vehicular Homicide
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the DUI Unit obtained an eleven-year sentence against an impaired driver who struck a motorcyclist while driving 91 miles per hour on Kingston…
Career Offender Convicted of Bringing Drugs into Jail
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a man who was arrested at a traffic stop and then tried to bring methamphetamine into…
Two Men Convicted of Rape in South Knoxville
DA Charme Allen announces that prosecutors in the Major Crimes Unit obtained convictions against two men who raped a woman at a residence in South Knoxville. Donjae Demarco Bell, 31,…
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…