Officer loses job, charged after he allegedly kicked teenage detainee
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A probationary Oak Ridge Police Department officer lost his job and was arrested Tuesday for assault after allegedly kicking a teenage runaway while he was detained at the department.
In a memo sent to media on Tuesday afternoon, March 9, Anderson County District Attorney General Dave Clark stated that Andre James “A.J.” Thompson turned himself in at the Anderson County jail in Clinton that day after an arrest warrant was served. He was booked into the jail on a charge of assault and bond was set at $1,000. The 25-year-old Knoxville man was later released.
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DA: Former ORPD officer arrested for assault after kicking handcuffed juvenile
Officials said that Andre Thompson kicked a handcuffed juvenile in the department s interview room while waiting for him to be picked up by a foster parent. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 5:25 PM EST March 9, 2021
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. A former officer with the Oak Ridge Police Department, Andre James Thompson, is facing an assault charge after kicking a handcuffed juvenile, according to a release from the District Attorney General s office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Officials said that the juvenile was a male teenage runaway and that he was taken into custody while officers contacted a foster parent to pick him up. The teenager was defiant towards officers, officials said, as he was held in the Oak Ridge Police Department s interview room.
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A 66-year-old man died Thursday after police said he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed on Oak Ridge Turnpike, according to the city.
The Oak Ridge Police Department responded to the crash, which was in front of Oak Ridge High School, at about 6:13 p.m. Thursday. The initial investigation shows that James Lynch lost control of the motorcycle, which then slid on its side for about 50 feet before hitting the back of a small van, the City of Oak Ridge said in a press release.
Lynch later died at Methodist Medical Center.
Witnesses told investigators the sun was in Lynch’s eyes. Investigators also believe speed was a factor, the press release said. No use of drugs or alcohol are suspected.