Convicted Sex Offender Caught with Child Pornography Pleads Guilty on Eight Charges
On August 5, 2015, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Knoxville Police Department Officer Jacob Wilson conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for driving the wrong…
2015
Suspect Indicted and Arrested For Especially Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
On July 7, 2015, Knoxville Police Department West District Patrol Officers arrested Chancey Craig Lawson on charges including Aggravated Assault, Kidnapping, Statutory Rape, Felony Theft,…
Dakota Weaver Sentenced To 144 Months In Prison For Child Pornography Offenses
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On November 3, 2015, Dakota Destry Weaver, 20, of Clinton, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge,…
Christopher Anthony Burkett Pleads Guilty To Producing And Distributing Child Pornography
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Christopher Anthony Burkett, 42, of Knoxville, Tenn., pleaded guilty on October 28, 2015, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of…
Mark Douglas Helton Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Offenses
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On Oct. 20, 2015, Mark Douglas Helton, 61, of Maryville, Tenn., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of…
Brian Michael Burton Pleads Guilty To Attempted Enticement Of A Minor For Illegal Sexual Activity
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Oct. 7, 2015, Brian Michael Burton, 40, of Fayetteville, pleaded guilty before the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to…
Johnny Ray Sammons Sentenced To 393 Months In Prison For Producing And Distributing Child Pornography
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Sept. 21, 2015, Johnny Ray Sammons, 33, of Gatlinburg, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge,…
Federal Jury Convicts Juan Alberto Robles Zavala For Attempting To Entice A Child Under The Age Of 18 For Sex Using A Facility Or Means Of Interstate Commerce
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Following a three day trial in U.S. District Court a jury convicted Juan Alberto Robles Zavala, a Mexico Nationalist working in Chattanooga,…
Eric Michael Johnson sentenced to 240 months in prison on Federal Child Pornography and Travel Charges
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On Sept. 3, 2015, Eric Michael Johnson, 29, of Jamesville, Wis., was sentenced in Knoxville in the U.S. District Court by the…
David Anthony Shoemaker sentenced to 120 months in Prison on Federal Child Pornography Charges
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On August 31, 2015, David Anthony Shoemaker, 29,of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela R. Reeves, U.S. District Judge, to…