Thousands of Knox Countians have had their licenses revoked or suspended. Some still drive. Efforts are being made to reinstate licenses for those who qualify.
The Knox County Mental Health Court Advisory Board will meet for the first time this Thursday to begin ironing out an operations timeline that will establish a court for adult defendants who have serious and persistent mental illnesses.
The meeting will be held in the Small Assembly Room of the C
Harmon appeared remotely Thursday morning before Knox County Criminal Court Judge Scott Green.
Harmon, who started work in the General Sessions division as a deputy clerk in February 2014, pleaded guilty by information to the count, meaning a grand jury didn t review it.
The case has been in the works for more than a year.
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Steven L. Harmon
The Tennessee Comptroller s Office investigated after Knox County Criminal Court Clerk Mike Hammond became suspicious in October 2019 that Harmon had been pocketing court funds while at work, Bright told Green.
The investigation showed Harmon took money while processing defendants court payments from January 2019 until October 2019, Bright said.