Tag Archives: TBI

A Smithville man faces charges after a two-day undercover human trafficking operation in Murfreesboro. 20-Year-Old Michael Lee Sovern, one of 12 men arrested and accused of seeking illicit sex from minors. Authorities placed several decoy advertisements on websites known to be linked to prostitution and commercial sex cases. The focus was to identify individuals seeking to engage in commercial sex ... Read More »

Three Cookeville men, two men from Sparta and a Celina man face felony charges after an undercover operation aimed at human trafficking. It was a two-day joint operation seeking to identify individuals looking for sex from minors and also recover potential human trafficking victims. Seven people were arrested when authorities placed decoy advertisements on websites with known links to prostitution ... Read More »

Two suspects have been charged for setting a fire at a storage business on Cookeville Highway in Livingston. An investigation spearheaded by TBI and The Overton County Sheriff’s Department resulted in the arrest of 28 year old Eric Allen Cantrell of Livingston and 29 year old Keelie Alina Mack. On August 29, agents and deputies responded to a fire that ... Read More »

A Cookeville man has been indicted for starting a November fire at a Red Boiling Springs home. 46-year-old Troy Wendell Tuck identified by investigators with the TBI and the Macon County Sheriff’s Department. Tuck is charged with one count of Aggravated Arson and one count of False Insurance Claim. According to the TBI, Tuck allegedly set the fire at 1155 ... Read More »

A Cookeville man has pled guilty to to arson on Monday, being sentenced to six years in state prison. The guilty party is Dusty S. Troglin who was determined to be a person of interest after a structure caught fire at 220 East 16th Street on June 7. Two people were inside the home at the time of the fire ... Read More »

The amber alert suspect found at the Bethel Inn Hotel in Monterey has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping. 27 year old Tyler Rios from Highland Park, New Jersey is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend. Rios led members of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and TBI to a location within Monterey city limits, on highway 70 where the ... Read More »

A Crossville man charged Friday night in an undercover operation involving men trying to have sex with a 16-year-old girl. 38-year old Adolpho Ramirez arrested by Metro Nashville Police’s Human Trafficking Unit. Ramirez allegedly arrived as a hotel near the Nashville Airport after responding to an internet ad. Ramirez entered the room of the Donelson Pike hotel that housed an ... Read More »

Two missing persons cases are currently ongoing in Putnam County, and when it comes to such cases, law enforcement officials say it’s a big undertaking. Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris said key resources the utilize are law enforcement partnerships. “We have people that’s assigned to the FBI,” Farris said. “We have people that’s assigned to the DEA, alcohol and tobacco ... Read More »

A TBI investigation has been launched after the deadly shooting of a Sewanee man by the Overton County Sheriff’s Office. District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway requested TBI assistance on the case Monday. The shooting occurred Friday night in the 1600 block of Standing Stone Highway. Deputies responded to a man brandishing a handgun identified as 42-year-old Jerry Henley. Henley had ... Read More »

A Cumberland County man has been indicted for Second Degree Murder after allegedly providing methamphetamine to a woman who overdosed. On Friday, deputies booked Mark Christopher Brown into the Cumberland County Jail on a $150,000 bond for Second Degree Murder, Sale of Schedule II Controlled Substance and Delivery of a Schedule II Controlled Substance. Tennessee law enforcement agents joined Cumberland ... Read More »