District Attorney General Charme Allen will not be ordering an investigation into the death of David Batts, who died after ...

Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing the family of David Batts, the former Knoxville Area ...

No charges filed in custody death of David Batts, with meningitis listed as the cause, not police confrontation.

David Batts died after a short stay at the jail Jan. 7. He left with several cuts and an extremely bruised and swollen face. He died Jan. 8.

A statement from DA Charme Allen said the Medical Examiner’s Office determined his death was not caused by trauma or injury; instead he died from meningitis. Allen added that a urinalysis ...

In 2021, when Anthony Thompson Jr. was killed by police in an Austin-East Magnet High School bathroom, Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen was pressured into quickly releasing officer body ...

DA Charme Allen said Batts did suffer injuries at the jail, but said the preliminary autopsy report from the Knox County Regional Forensic Center showed those injuries "did not cause or contribute ...

Deputies on the Knox County Special Weapons and Tactics team were executing a search warrant just before 7:30 a.m. when they ...

Two Knoxville Police Department officers shot 52-year-old Christopher Arons after he refused to drop an ax while approaching ...