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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 called 911 after they found the woman with a severe head injury. She was taken to Johnson City Medical C...
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 the kitchen and Decker in the dining room. The couple had friends over earlier in the day for some tar...