Category: Press Releases

Kelly Lee Pitts was found guilty Thursday of seven counts of attempted first degree murder after a four day trial in Washington County.   The convictions came as a result of a 2015 shooting on Dry Hollow Road during which Pitts shot Deputy Jenna Markland. 39-year-old Pitts was…

Read more Man Convicted in Shooting of Deputy

The Carter County Sheriff’s Office will be first law enforcement agency in the region to use a new technology that detects when a deputy’s ballistic vest is shot or stabbed and sends an alert to the department. The School Resource Officer division are now wearing Automatic Injury Detection Sensors in their ballistic vests. The sensors detect…

Read more CCSO Using New Technology to Detect When a Deputy Is Shot

Carter County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men Monday morning after a vehicular pursuit that crossed into Washington and Sullivan County.   The chase began when a deputy attempted a traffic stop on a silver Dodge Grand…

Read more 2 Arrested, Charged after Vehicular Pursuit on I-26

Carter County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a man for stabbing a woman with a screwdriver late Monday night.

Deputies were called to a house on Highway…

Read more Carter County Man Arrested, Charged with Attempted Murder

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 11, 2018 at 1500 Arney Street in Elizabethton. Apply online or at the Carter County Sheriff’s Office: 900 E. Elk Avenue, Elizabethon, TN 37643. -- The Carter County Sheriff’s…

Read more December Civil Service Testing

A Carter County man was arrested Sunday after Sheriff’s deputies discovered child porn on his cell phone. 29-year-old Joshua Hewlett Herman was charged with three counts of Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. Deputies made the arrest after a woman said she found explicit pictures of her…

Read more Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges

This is surveillance video of our suspect in the Dollar General thefts. He can be seen walking with a noticeable limp. He was reported to have fled the scene in a green Ford Taurus. If you recognize him or have information on his location, please call our investigators at 423-542-1856.     The suspect took…

Read more VIDEO: Dollar General Theft Suspect

Carter County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a suspect in an October burglary where the suspect was caught…

Read more Burglary Suspect Caught on Video Arrested

Carter County Sheriff’s Office Investigators have solved eight burglary cases after a suspect in a vehicle pursuit was arrested and confessed to multiple crimes.   32-year-old Ricky Dean Ward was arrested after a vehicle pursuit on…

Read more Multiple Burglaries Solved After Vehicle Pursuit Arrest

A Carter County man is in jail after Sheriff’s deputies arrested him for holding 10 people hostage Friday, including five juveniles.   Deputies were called to a house on Renfro…

Read more One Man Arrested for Kidnapping, Holding 10 Hostage