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Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s DUI Unit obtained convictions against an impaired driver who could not maintain his lane while driving down Northshore Drive. Eric Lloyd Turner, 48, was convicted…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s DUI Unit secured convictions today against John Dwayne Henry, 50, for Driving Under the Influence (Fourth or Subsequent Offense) and Driving on a Revoked License….

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a rapist who sexually assaulted two victims within twenty-four hours. Lucius Abraham Mitchell, 38, was convicted of three counts…

Prosecutors in District Attorney General Charme Allen’s Criminal Court Division obtained a sixteen-year sentence against a father who physically abused his two sons. In January 2015, Kenneth Michael McIntosh, 41,…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Child Abuse Unit obtained convictions against a child rapist who impregnated a child twice, once when she was ten and once when she was eleven….

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Child Abuse Unit obtained a fifty-year sentence against a man who sexually assaulted a nine-year-old victim. Jonathan Mitchell Cooper, 31, was convicted of three counts…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Career Gang Unit obtained a thirty-six-year sentence against a man who shot at two victims, one of whom was two years old. Richard Gregory Williams,…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s DUI Unit obtained a ten-year sentence against a man with fourteen prior DUI convictions in five jurisdictions. Larry Ray Perryman, 64, was convicted of Driving…

Prosecutors in District Attorney General Charme Allen’s Criminal Court Division obtained a twenty-four-year sentence against a woman who physically abused her two stepsons. In March, Jessica Ann Cox, 40, was…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Major Crimes Unit obtained a conviction against a man who stabbed his friend, severing his spinal column. Michael Lewis Freeman, 42, was convicted of Second…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s DUI Unit obtained convictions in back-to-back jury trials against a man who crashed his vehicle after leaving a strip club and a woman who tried…

A Knox County jury has convicted Danielle Wright, 29, of Second Degree Murder in the shooting death of Purnell Leon Nimmons. Assistant District Attorney General Kevin Allen represented the State in the three-day trial before Judge Steve W. Sword.

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Felony Drug Unit obtained a conviction today against a drug dealer caught with a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine. Joshua Leroy Cooper, 33, was convicted of…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Criminal Court Division obtained the maximum forty-year sentence for a man who raped a six-year-old child. In September, John P. Baskins, 24, pled guilty to…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Felony Drug Unit obtained convictions against the ringleaders of a heroin distribution conspiracy that sold large amounts of heroin and a combination of cocaine and…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Career Gang Unit obtained a thirty-six-year sentence for convictions against a career criminal who broke into multiple businesses and stole tens of thousands of dollars….

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a man who shot at two victims, one of whom was two years old. Richard Gregory Williams, III, 22,…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a career criminal who ran from police nearly striking an officer; however, the Defendant, fled the courthouse during jury…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a career criminal whose crime spree included stealing air conditioning units from multiple west Knoxville businesses. Michael John Lynch,…

Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against two Rollin 20s Crips gang members whose plot to commit random robberies ended in a homicide. Nolandus Dewayne Sims,…