Category: Press Releases

Deputies with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that took place Monday morning on Dock Fields Road in Roan Mountain. Investigators believe Robert Fields entered the living room of his residence and had an argument with his wife, Shelly Fields.  Robert Fields shot Shelly Fields multiple times with a .357 caliber revolver, then…

Read more Domestic Shooting in Roan Mountain, Shooter Commits Suicide

On January 13, 2020, Alex Lorenzo Robinson, 38, of Elizabethton, and formerly of Conway, South Carolina, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Sr. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. As part of the plea agreement, Robinson agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to distribute crack…

Read more Two Sentenced To Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine

UPDATE: The location has been moved to the Program Room of the Carter County Detention Center (900 3rd Street, Elizabethon, TN 37643). Please be in the jail lobby/dispatch office no later than 6:00 pm.

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The Civil Service Commission will be conducting an examination for positions of correction officers for the Carter County Sheriff’s Office at…

Read more UPDATE: January Civil Service Test

Lieutenant Amanda Little of the Carter County Sheriff’s Office received a prestigious honor from the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post Tuesday. The Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post in Elizabethton named Little as Carter County Law Enforcement Officer of the Year for her service as a…

Read more Lt. Amanda Little Receives Officer of the Year Award from VFW

The suspect in a stabbing that took place Wednesday on Blue Springs Road has been charged and transported to the Carter County Detention Center after being released from the hospital. 36-year-old Justin Todd Williams is charged with attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault, especially aggravated burglary, and…

Read more Suspect in Blue Springs Road Stabbing Charged

Deputies with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office found two people dead in a home on Taylortown Road late Sunday evening. 82-year-old Barbara Lee Barnette and her son, 52-year-old Brian Scott Barnette, were found dead in their residence after a relative requested deputies perform a welfare check. Upon entering the house, deputies discovered Barbara Barnette’s and Brian…

Read more Two Found Dead in Carter County Home, Sheriff’s Office Investigating Homicide

Deputies with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Tuesday who they say drove his car into a house while under the influence of alcohol. 25-year-old Harley Dakota Barnett taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence and a violation of open container law. The…

Read more Man Who Crashed Vehicle into a House Arrested for DUI

UPDATE: The civil service test date for the month of December has been rescheduled for December 17 at 6:00 pm. It will take place at the same location.

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The Civil Service Commission will be conducting an examination for positions of correction officers for the Carter County Sheriff’s Office at 6:00 pm on December 10, 2019…

Read more UPDATED: December Civil Service Test

The Carter County Detention Center has launched a new online visitation system for inmates and their families. The new system, run by Securus Technologies, enables visitors to talk to inmates from their own home via video chat. This technology will allow families who live long distances from the jail a better opportunity for visitation, and create…

Read more Carter County Detention Center Launches Online Visitation