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W’burg man accused of breaking into unoccupied apartment

A Williamsburg man is facing burglary and drug charges after being found inside a Williamsburg apartment early Monday morning that was supposed to be empty. Williamsburg Police Officer Johnny Fulton arrested Derrick Otis Taylor, 50, and charged him with second-degree burglary,...
Posted On 23 Jan 2020

Plotnick pleads guilty, claims co-defendants had ‘nothing to do with this’

A Whitley County man pleaded guilty Friday to burglarizing a Williamsburg home in 2018 and received a 15-year prison sentence as part of his plea agreement, and told the judge during the sentencing portion of his hearing that his co-defendants in the case had nothing to do with...
Posted On 20 Aug 2019

Keavy man charged with breaking into Corbin home, stealing doughnuts

A Keavy man allegedly took doughnuts among other items when he broke into a Corbin home in late July. Williamsburg Police Officer Justin Taylor served Willie Dean Cox, 45, with a second-degree burglary warrant about 1:32 p.m. Saturday near US25W in Williamsburg, according to his...
Posted On 15 Aug 2018

Prison sentences hand down in burglary, dog torture case

Two Tennessee residents received prison sentences Monday afternoon for burglarizing a Whitley County home in 2014 and torturing a dog. Dena Brooke Baird, 29, of Duff, and Daniel Myers, 35, of Jellico, broke into the residence of Cathy Evers and shot her dog in the face on Nov. 7,...
Posted On 08 Aug 2018

Jellico residents accused of breaking into U of C owned home

A pair of Jellico residents are facing burglary charges after being caught inside a Whitley County residence Sunday afternoon where one of them had previously been evicted, according to an arrest record. Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Strunk responded to a Taylor Meadows...
Posted On 23 May 2018