crime in macon county
Store Clerk’s Vehicle Stolen, Suspect Arrested
By Jessie Williams A 38-year-old Lafayette man was arrested last week after allegedly stealing a car while the owner was working inside a local business. According to the affidavit of complaint, filed by arresting officer Jake Ayers of the Lafayette Police Department, law enforcement was dispatched to the business at around 8 p.m. on April…
Read MoreConvicted Murderer & Passenger Arrested
By Jessie Williams A convicted murderer out of Kentucky and his passenger were arrested in Macon County last week following a traffic stop that resulted in the discovery of a loaded gun, drugs and drug paraphernalia. According to reports filed by Sergeant Clinton Friar of the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, it was around 3 a.m.…
Read MoreWoman Arrested for Drugs & Evidence Tampering
By Jessie Williams A Hartsville woman was arrested on drug and tampering with evidence charges last week after lying to police about a pizza delivery. According to a report by Macon County Sergeant Clint Friar, he was on patrol on the evening of March 15, 2025 when he observed a blue, Nissan Rogue on the…
Read MoreRBS City Hires New Police Officer
By Misty Green The Red Boiling Springs City Council approved hiring a new full-time police officer during the March 13, 2025, meeting. “We have had to hire one because the part-time officer on that shift (night) has been sick, and it has been a struggle trying to get this shift covered,” Red Boiling Springs Mayor…
Read MoreRBS Man Who Stabs Wife, Claims to Have “Night Terrors”
By Jessie Williams A 42-year-old Red Boiling Springs man was arrested Wednesday, March 5, after allegedly stabbing his wife inside the Lafayette Road home they shared with a minor child. According to an incident report provided by the Red Boiling Springs Police Department, Chief of Police Jeffery Maynard was dispatched to the residence regarding a…
Read MoreThree Arrested Following Probation Search
By Jessie Williams A probation search at the Howell Rd. residence of 40-year-old Kevin Newman, ended in the arrest of three individuals. According to reports filed by arresting officers from the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, Mr. Newman is on state probation in Tennessee, and officers arrived at his residence around 6 p.m. on February 20,…
Read MoreMacon County Man Arrested in Stabbing Death
By carleygordon on February 13, 2025 JACKSON COUNTY – Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, working alongside the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, have arrested and charged a Macon County man accused of stabbing and killing 39-year-old Billie Ralph Harper III on Wednesday evening. At the request of 13th…
Read MoreSlayton Sentenced in Fatal Crash of Sgt. Cherry
Devin L. Slayton, 25, who had pled guilty to vehicular homicide in the 2023 drunk driving crash that claimed the life of Macon County Sergeant William Cherry, was sentenced to the maximum sentence by Judge Brody Kane, 12 years to serve at 100% with no parole. At the sentencing hearing on February 13, 2025, the…
Read MoreLaundromat Thief Arrested During Traffic Stop
By Jessie Williams A Lafayette man wanted for the theft of approximately $200 in quarters from a local laundromat, was arrested by Macon County deputies last week following a traffic stop involving methamphetamine. According to law enforcement reports, 26-year-old Dillian Lee Peterson was identified in video surveillance, along with two other individuals, vandalizing a coin…
Read MoreMen Flee Cops, Found in Woods With Drugs
By Jessie Williams Two men that fled from authorities in Macon County last week, were found a short time later hiding in the woods – along with a bag containing methamphetamine, fentanyl and marijuana. According to the affidavit of complaints filed by Deputy J. Lopata of the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, 32-year-old Joseph Harris was…
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