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A federal lawsuit claims police officers took thousands of dollars from a businessman in their Tennessee city in exchange for obstructing efforts to investigate

A federal lawsuit claims police officers in a Tennessee city were paid off to obstruct any efforts to investigate sexual assault allegations against a man that included multiple victims over several years

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A federal lawsuit claims Johnson City, Tenn. police officers took thousands of dollars from a businessman in exchange for obstructing efforts to investigate allegations that he was sexually assaulting women for years.

The lawsuit said there was “either an implied or explicit agreement” that the officers would shield Sean Williams, a local businessman accused of sex crimes.

Authorities say a man accused of child sex charges who has been on the run for over a month after escaping custody in Tennessee has been captured in Florida. The

Authorities managed to capture landlord and accused serial rapist Sean Williams in Florida after a month-long escape - a store clerk recognised one of his tattoos

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Johnson City has hired a Knoxville attorney to investigate an official complaint against City Manager Pete Peterson by a fire department employee. Fire prevention officer Roger Davis says Peterson threatened his employment after he looped a state official in on a conversation about housing homeless people with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Ashe Street Courthouse. In his complaint, which the Johnson City Press obtained through a public records request, Davis said Peterson sent emails �...