Category: Press Releases

Carter County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 56-year-old Terry Charles Taylor after receiving a possible burglary call Wednesday morning. A deputy responded to a call on Gap Creek Road at approximately 3 a.m. and found Taylor and a woman inside a residence. Taylor claimed they had permission from the…

Read more Man Arrested on Meth Charges During Breaking and Entering Call

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 June 11, 2019 at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Elizabethton (426 Highway 91 North, Elizabethton). Apply online or at the Carter County Sheriff’s Office: 900 E. Elk Avenue, Elizabethon,…

Read more June Civil Service Testing

The Carter County Sheriff’s Office has selected two students to receive a Tennessee Sheriff’s Association scholarship for the coming 2019-2020 academic year. Jessica Maria…

Read more Carter County Students Receive Tennessee Sheriff’s Association Scholarships

Deputies from the Carter and Sullivan County Sheriff’s Offices took 20 people with outstanding…

Read more 20 Arrested in Joint Carter-Sullivan County Round Up

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