Press Releases
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UPDATE: Man Previously Charged with Solicitation of a Minor Now Charged with Rape
Deputies with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office placed new rape charges Thursday against a man who was previously charged with solicitation of a minor. 59-year-old Joseph Walter Sampson, who was…
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Victims in Jim Rains Road Shooting Identified
Investigators with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office have identified two persons who are dead in connection with a shooting that took place Thursday morning. 40-year-old Lori Elliott and 40-year-old Corey…
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Body Found in Siam Community Identified
Investigators with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office have identified a body that was found near Cecil Vanhuss Road on Tuesday. 37-year-old Joseph Lee Miller was found dead in a field…
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Stony Creek Man Arrested, Charged with Solicitation of a Minor
Carter County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a Stony Creek man late Thursday evening after investigators discovered a video of the man requesting sexual favors from a juvenile. 59-year-old Joseph Walter Sampson…
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February Civil Service Testing
The Civil Service Commission will be conducting an examination for positions of correction officers for the Carter County Sheriff’s Office at 6:00 pm on February 11, 2020 at the Tennessee…
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Domestic Shooting in Roan Mountain, Shooter Commits Suicide
Deputies with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that took place Monday morning on Dock Fields Road in Roan Mountain. Investigators believe Robert Fields entered the living…
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Two Sentenced To Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine
On January 13, 2020, Alex Lorenzo Robinson, 38, of Elizabethton, and formerly of Conway, South Carolina, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Sr. in the United States District…
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UPDATE: January Civil Service Test
UPDATE: The location has been moved to the Program Room of the Carter County Detention Center (900 3rd Street, Elizabethon, TN 37643). Please be in the jail lobby/dispatch office no…
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Lt. Amanda Little Receives Officer of the Year Award from VFW
Lieutenant Amanda Little of the Carter County Sheriff’s Office received a prestigious honor from the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post Tuesday. The Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post in…
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Suspect in Blue Springs Road Stabbing Charged
The suspect in a stabbing that took place Wednesday on Blue Springs Road has been charged and transported to the Carter County Detention Center after being released from the hospital.…