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A Johnson City charged with killing a woman’s fetus that died after the man attacked her with a hatchet pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder in exchange for an 18-year

As signs of the times go, this one is neon.

A group of Black Lives Matter demonstrators marched through downtown Johnson City Friday night to protest a Washington County grand jury’s decision to not indict a man who ran over

You might think it was a crime, but last week, a grand jury did not. The reference is to the case of one Jared Lafer. He is a white man in his 20s who, in September of last year, was driving in Johnson City, Tenn., when he came upon a

You might think it was a crime, but last week, a grand jury did not.

An assault charge against a North Carolina man accused of running over a person taking photos at a Black Lives Matter demonstration last year was dismissed in Washington County Criminal

You might think it was a crime, but last week, a grand jury did not.

Despite video evidence showing Jared Benjamin Lafer running over a protester, the jury returned a 'no true' bill, even after the judge reduced charges

A Washington County Criminal Court Judge denied a bond reduction for a man facing charges of attempted murder of a woman and first-degree murder of her fetus who died as a result of the attack. Dominique Marsalis Fleming, 28, who has lived in Kingsport and Johnson City, is jailed on a $500,000 bond after the pregnant woman lost her fetus after a north Johnson City trailer park beating. The deadly assault took place Nov. 3, 2019, at Big Valley Trailer Park off the Bristol Highway. Neighbors call...

Here are some of the high-profile local public safety stories in chronological order from 2020: April 12: Adam Joseph Decker, 34, told investigators that a 9 mm weapon he was holding went off accidentally while he and Kristi Breland were cooking dinner on Easter Sunday. Decker told 911 dispatchers he had accidentally shot his live-in girlfriend at 107 M Coffey Lane, located in southern Washington County just below the Nolichucky River near Erwin. Deputies arrived to find Breland, 30, dead in th...