Chattanooga police officer charged with DUI after two-vehicle crashes while off duty
Chattanooga, TN – An off-duty Chattanooga Police Department officer is under investigation following two separate DUI-related crashes that occurred late Saturday night, according to authorities. Officer Mackenzie Pierre, a Neighborhood Policing Officer with the CPD since 2019, now faces multiple charges stemming from the incidents….
Tennessee sets July 2025 home loan interest rate cap at 8.94%
Tennessee – The Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions has announced the maximum allowable annual interest rate for conventional home loans for July 2025, setting it at 8.94%. The rate was determined in accordance with a state statute passed by the General Assembly in 1987 (Public…
1-year-old dies after his mother asked her husband to take care of the baby when the child resisted sIeep, only for the man to cause fataI injuries by sIamming the child in a moment of frustration: police
West Virginia – A West Virginia man, 28-year-old Z. WiIIiams, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and chiId abuse resulting in death following the tragic death of his spouse’s child. The incident occurred on May 25 at the family’s residence in West Virginia. According…
Chattanooga Police investigate fatal single-vehicle crash on I-75
Chattanooga, TN – The Chattanooga Police Department Traffic Unit is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred in the early morning hours of June 2, 2025, on Interstate 75 Southbound. Police responded to the scene at 12:05 a.m., where they found a GMC 2500HD that…
Undercover operation in Chattanooga leads to four arrests in human trafficking crackdown
Chattanooga, TN – A coordinated undercover operation involving special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Human Trafficking Unit, the Chattanooga Police Department, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Soddy Daisy Police Department, the Tennessee Human Trafficking Task Force, and the FBI resulted in the arrest of…
Tennessee National Guard troops deploy to Middle East for Operation Spartan Shield mission
Tennessee – More than 260 Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment departed from Knoxville and Smyrna on May 30, marking the first leg of a nearly year-long deployment to the Middle East. The Guardsmen are currently stationed at Fort Cavazos,…
Child had his head sIammed against a pIane window and only used his arms to protect himself after being hit with a fist by a woman whom he repeatedly mocked about her weight: police
Florida – A Maryland woman was taken into custody in Florida and later charged with chiId abuse without great bodiIy harm after she reportedly assauIted a child during a fIight. According to the arrest report, the altercation began just before takeoff when the child reportedly…
8-year-old was shot in the head by her famiIy member ‘because she taIked back to the man’, who initially cIaimed that the child had been kiIIed during a home lnvasion: DA
Michigan – A Michigan man was ordered to spend the next forty to sixty years behind bars for the first-degree murder of his family member, BaiIei. The sentencing, handed down by a Circuit Court judge, follows the defendant’s April conviction for the 2021 shooting that…