SEVIERVILLE â A grand jury will review first-degree murder charges against a Sevierville man accused of killing his mother after Judge Dwight Stokes found there was sufficient evidence he acted with premeditation.
The manhunt for Josh Carr put the community on edge last year, after news spread that he was accused of killing his mother on Sept. 2, 2020, even as his grandmother tried to stop him. He was arrested two days later in Michigan, and he has been in the Sevier County Jail since he was brought back to face the charges.
Carr, 31, was wearing a suit and tie for his preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon.
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SEVIERVILLE â A Cookeville man who was in the Sevier County Jail for assault and violation of probation upped the ante on his charges by threatening a judge, an assistant district attorney, and a public defender, according to TBI.
Tyler Dakota Matthews, 25, of Cookeville, had been in the Sevier County Jail since Nov. 10, according to jail records. He was charged with violation of probation and three counts of assault; his bond was set at $6,000.
Now heâs facing $50,000 bond, because he allegedly sent letters from the jail threatening court officials.
The indictments allege he threatened Circuit Court Judge Jim Gass, public defender Mendi Winstead, and assistant district attorney general Ron Newcomb.
SEVIERVILLE â A Knoxville man is heading to prison for 25 years after pleading guilty to firing at 10 Knox County Sheriffâs deputies who were closing in on his hotel room in Kodak.
Richard James Smith, 32, of Knoxville, was set to face a jury Wednesday on 10 counts of attempted murder. Instead, court officials said he accepted a plea agreement Tuesday afternoon in which he pleaded guilty to all 10 charges.
The 25-year, concurrent sentences were the maximum Smith could receive for the crime, Assistant District Attorney Ron Newcomb said.
âWe certainly appreciate the investigative work of the Sevierville Police Department and the assistance of TBI and the Sevier County Sheriffâs Department, as well as the cooperation of the KCSO and owners and staff of the Days Inn,â he said.