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Registration opens for Good Samaritan Ministries’ school backpack giveaway
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Good Samaritan Ministries (GSM) announced on Friday it plans to give away more than 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies in July. The program is open for low-income families that live in Carter, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, or Washington County. “Equipping our children and youth with backpacks […]
Escaped inmate Fletcher in custody, fails to make bond; Birchfield still missing
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. — Escaped Carter County inmate Billy Fletcher was arrested last night and appeared at a bond hearing earlier today. In the hearing, Fletcher signed a waiver of extradition. Details of his extradition have not been released. He is currently being held in custody in Greenville, South...
Escaped Tennessee inmate captured in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 4: GCSO
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office located and arrested an escaped inmate Thursday who had fled law enforcement from Carter County, Tennessee. After the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division received a tip on Billy Fletcher's whereabouts, deputies located and arrested Fletcher without incident at...
Escaped inmate from Tennessee captured in Upstate, deputies say
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office have located and arrested an escaped inmate from Carter County, Tennessee. Deputy Carrie Weimer said SLED received a tip, leading deputies to his location on Sulphur Springs Road in Greenville, South Carolina. Weimer said Fletcher was arrested without incident...
Why was escapee Billy Fletcher on work detail? Sheriff’s office answers
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Following the arrest of an escaped Carter County inmate, the sheriff’s office addressed questions from the public as to why he was able to serve on a work detail. Billy Fletcher, 43, was arrested Thursday in Greenville County, South Carolina. Fletcher walked away from his assigned work detail at the […]
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