A Gallatin man pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder and was sentenced Monday morning in Wilson County criminal court.
A Mt. Juliet man pleaded guilty Monday to felony soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor in a case that took seven years to reach a conclusion.
Former governor and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen visited with the 15th Judicial District Bar Association in Lebanon on Wednesday where he spoke about judicial appointments and his bid to represent Tennessee in Washington.
Vincent Ingram, who was charged with one count of rape and three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, pleaded guilty Monday in Wilson County criminal court.
The two remaining suspects in the drive-by shooting death of 13-year-old C’Asia Patton in 2015 pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Wilson County criminal court.
Longtime public defender Comer Donnell with the 15th Judicial District said he plans to retire Nov. 1.
Joseph Patton, the former Wilson County Sheriff deputy who was employed for 24 years, pleaded guilty in the sexual battery of a 16-year-old girl as a part of a plea deal with the district attorney’s office.
A federal grand jury in Nashville on Wednesday, returned a five-count indictment that charged two members of the MS-13 gang with murder in aid of racketeering, according to U.S. attorney Don Cochran with the Middle District of Tennessee and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski with the Justice Department’s criminal division.
Several high-profile cases were heard Monday in Wilson County criminal court, where motions hearings and trials were scheduled for the near future.
A former Metro Nashville police sergeant pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to theft from an entity that receives federal program funds and money laundering.
Joseph Hendry, 23, of Nashville, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday morning and was sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole for his participation in the drive-by shooting that killed 13-year-old C’Asia Patton in 2015 as she slept in her grandmother’s Lebanon home.
Timothy Thomas, 55, of Brentwood, was sentenced Monday to 66 months in prison for his criminal conduct in marketing and misrepresenting health insurance plans in U.S. District Court.
Several criminal hearings that involve violent crimes are coming up in July in Wilson County, including a jury trial for Trenton Bell, who is accused of killing his girlfriend in February 2015.
Three Nashville men face federal firearms charges related to the Tuesday armed robbery at Music City Pawn.
A federal grand jury convicted Brittan Ezekiel Kettles, also known as Low Low, 26, of Nashville, on Thursday of conspiracy to sex traffic a person less than 14 years old and sex trafficking a person less than 14.
