Category: Press Releases

Carter County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 37-year-old Adam Derek Shell for Schedule II drug violations during a traffic stop early Saturday morning. Shell was pulled over after a deputy found that the license plate on the vehicle he was driving did not match his registration. Shell also had…

Read more Elizabethton Man Arrested on Methamphetamine Charges

Carter County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 36-year-old Joshua Adam Hill, Sr. Tuesday after investigators uncovered evidence that he raped a juvenile.

Deputies responded to a call at Sycamore Shoals Hospital on April 1. Based on evidence and statements from a juvenile victim, investigators obtained and executed…

Read more Man Arrested on Two Counts of Aggravated Rape

Two Carter County men were arrested Wednesday and Thursday after Sheriff’s Office investigators found they stole more $100,000 worth of property. The arrests came after deputies received reports of suspects breaking into several storage units on Bristol Highway in…

Read more Investigators Recover $75,000 Worth of Stolen Property, Suspects Arrested

Seven people are in custody after the joint drug task force from the Carter County Sheriff’s Office and Elizabethton Police Department executed a search warrant on…

Read more Seven Arrested in Joint Carter County & Elizabethton Drug Investigation

Four people were arrested during a Monday traffic stop on West Elk Avenue in Elizabethton after a Carter County Sheriff’s deputy noticed people in a vehicle next to him smoking from a glass pipe. The…

Read more Four Arrested in Traffic Stop, Three Charged with Meth Possession

The Carter County and Johnson County Sheriff’s Offices conducted a…

Read more Joint Johnson County & Carter County Round Up Nets 16 Arrests

Carter County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two people Wednesday near Hampton High School for possession of narcotics. 34-year-old Tabitha Jo Drummond and 34-year-old Justin David Drummond were taken into custody after deputies found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in their…

Read more Two Arrested on Meth Charges in a School Zone

Deputies with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office arrested 26-year-old Garrett Brian Birchfield Tuesday for stealing a woman’s guns and killing her dogs. Investigators said Birchfield stole the victim’s dogs and a firearm and then shot the dogs before disposing of them on Teaberry Road. Birchfield then returned…

Read more Man Arrested for Killing Four Dogs and Dumping Them on Teaberry Road

Seven sex offenders have been arrested in Carter County following a two-day county wide sex offender registry compliance check operation. The…

Read more Seven Sex Offenders Arrested After County Wide Compliance Check

First degree murder suspect John Christopher Ralph has been transported back to the Carter County Detention Center, where has was booked in Wednesday evening. John Ralph, who is 51 years old, is accused of killing his mother, Edith Betty Ralph. He then attempted to leave the country,…

Read more Murder Suspect Transported to Carter County Detention Center