Afton News

An East Tennessee pilot has survived the crash of his small plane without serious injury.

Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that agents from his office, working with law enforcement in Tennessee and Nevada, arrested two men earlier this week for stealing millions of dollars through "phony stock sales" and an illegal pyramid scheme.

A fugitive from justice from California has been apprehended in Afton, Tenn. James Sweeney was arrested by Greene County detectives on Wednesday morning at his home on Ripley Island Road.

A volunteer firefighter and the driver of another vehicle were injured in a head-on collision in the 5900 block of the Kingsport Highway about 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Two men were injured about 11:15 p.m. Saturday in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Chuckey Highway and Ripley Island Road.

A husband and wife were charged with DUI late Thursday after they were involved in separate motorcycle accidents on the Tusculum Bypass.

Johnson City Police on Tuesday arrested Robbie B. Tino, 28, of 560 Holder Rd., Afton, on charges of possession of a Schedule II drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and public intoxication.

A man charged with six counts of aggravated robbery and another charged with rape were among 10 people arrested by sheriff's deputies on grand jury presentments on Thursday and early today.

An Afton woman was injured about 7:30 p.m. Monday in a two-vehicle collision that occurred on Snapps Ferry Road about 500 feet north of Tusculum Boulevard.

An Afton man was charged Sunday, Dec. 21, with felony reckless endangerment and felony evading arrest after a pursuit by a sheriff's deputy.

An Afton man was released on bond Tuesday pending trial in January in U.S. District Court here on a charge of stealing a handgun from a federally licensed firearms dealer earlier this year.