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3 arrested in Morristown after multiple car burglaries, thefts
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Three people were arrested after multiple car burglaries and thefts happened in Morristown in October. Investigators say three vehicles were stolen from the West and South...
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Morristown Police Department issues warning for car vehicle thefts
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Morristown Police Department said they are seeing a large number of car burglaries. Police said reports of car burglaries were made in residential and business areas. In most cases,...
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Hamblen County teaching assistant dismissed for racial slur
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – The Hamblen County Director of Schools confirms a teacher was dismissed after posting to Snapchat a photo of a student with a racial slur. Dale Lynch, the Hamblen County Director of...
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Morristown police arrest car burglary suspect
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Police in Morristown were able to identify and arrest a suspect in a string of vehicle burglaries earlier this month. Christopher Polley is charged with five counts of criminal...
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Morristown food plant evacuated for ammonia leak
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – There was an ammonia leak Koch Foods in Morristown. Hamblen County Emergency Management Director Chris Bell said at around 11:45 a.m. there was an ammonia leak at the plant, located...
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Morristown police find missing man’s vehicle
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – The Morristown Police Department has located a vehicle belonging to a man in Morristown who was reported missing by his family. Isaac Watts, 38, was last seen on Monday, November...
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8 arrested in Morristown human trafficking operation
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Eight men were arrested on prostitution charges after a two-day operation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), Morristown Police Department and Homeland Security...
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Hamblen County trooper helps family stuck on Christmas
GREENEVILLE (WATE) – Sometimes a simple act of kindness can make a tremendous impact. On Christmas, Abigail Sherman said she was sitting in her car waiting for her husband at a Pilot gas station on...
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Sears Holdings closing more stores including Morristown Kmart
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WATE) – Sears, the one-time standard bearer for U.S. retail, has posted quarterly losses for more than a year now, and sales continue to slide as the company shutters poorly...
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Morristown police locate missing teen girl, take man into custody
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – The Morristown Police Department says it has located a missing 17-year-old girl and taken an adult male into custody. Tiffany Campbell had last been seen Thursday morning when her...
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Tiny homes workshop in Morristown making five homes in less than a week
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – There are “regular” sized homes and then there are tiny homes – ones that, if you didn’t know they were smaller, you might not realize anything is different. The differences are...
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Morristown K-9 team receives top award
SEVIERVILLE (WATE) – Morristown Police Department Officer Paul Pressley and his K-9 partner, Dano, have been a team for four years. At the 28th Annual K-9 Street Survival Seminar the duo took best K-9...
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2 Hamblen County men arrested after multiple burglaries
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Two men were arrested after around 30 homes were burglarized in Hamblen County. Residents near Northwind Drive saw a white Chevrolet in the neighborhood and gave the tag number to...
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Black bear remains found near Morristown apartment complex
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is investigating a bag of bear skin found near The Summit Apartments on McFarland Street in Morristown. “Earlier reports went out that it...
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Morristown police search for missing 17-year-old girl
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – The Morristown Police Department is asking for help to find a missing 17-year-old girl. Christie Renee McGinnis left her grandmother’s home on Cleveland Avenue in Morristown earlier...
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Man robbed after arranging meeting through social media in Morristown
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – A man was robbed in south Morristown after arranging to meet someone through social media. Investigators say the man went to a residence belonging to someone he did not know. Three...
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3 students charged after gun found at Morristown West High
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Three male students were charged in connection with an incident at Morristown-Hamblen High School West Tuesday afternoon. Investigators with the the Morristown Police Department...
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Police: 2 arrested after using social media for Morristown robberies
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Two men were arrested after armed robberies occurred in Morristown. James Tyler Ward, 18, and Austin Blake Anderson, 19, face charges after a February 14 robbery on West Charles...
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Missing 15-year-old girl found, charged by Morristown police
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – A previously missing 15-year-old girl has been found and is being charged as a runaway according to Morristown police. Police say they received a tip that Destiny Leann Hendrick was...
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Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office seizes 3 pounds of meth
MORRISTOWN (WATE) – Drugs, guns and cars were found at a home raided by the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said they raided a drug dealers’ home on Pleasant Ridge Road. Deputies...
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