(SMITHVILLE) An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Smithville man on a murder charge.
Reports indicate 56-year-old Thomas Dwayne Thomason was shot in the front lawn of his home early Saturday morning and transported by DeKalb County EMS to the local hospital in Smithville, TN, where he died. After the shooting, DeKalb County Sheriff's Deputies arrived on the scene and were able to take possession of the firearm u .
A 33-year-old Tennessee man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of killing his mother’s longtime boyfriend in April 2019 in DeKalb County, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced.