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Round 1
For this story, I'm reporting to you from Indiana! (My home state)
A former Knoxville police officer has been indicted after a TBI investigation into allegations involving a deceased woman at a death scene in December 2024.
TBI says Shigeki Nagamoto, then a Knoxville officer, allegedly exposed and inappropriately touched part of the woman’s body while on scene.
A Knox County grand jury indicted Nagamoto on one count of abuse of a corpse. He turned himself in Wednesday and was booked into the Knox County Jail on a $10,000 bond… and people are quite outraged over such a low bond amount.
The allegation is disturbing, and it cuts directly against the public trust placed in officers—especially when families are at their most vulnerable.
Onto my next stop! Come on!
Round 2
For this story, I'm coming to you from a truck stop off I-65 south of Louisville KY
Smith County hunter Austin Hale has permanently lost his hunting privileges after pleading guilty to six counts of illegally possessing wildlife.
TWRA’s investigation started with reports of illegally harvested turkeys and led to the seizure of deer mounts, turkey beards, spurs, and other wildlife evidence.
He also received six years of supervised probation.
Now, nobody is saying poaching should be ignored. But Tennessee did not suspend his license for a season, a year, or even five years—it revoked his hunting privileges for life…
…and the interstate compact means that ban can follow him into other states too.
Hunting is more than recreation for many Tennessee families.
It's a tradition, food on the table, time in the woods with family, and a right people take very seriously.
So what do you think: was a lifetime ban fair here, or should there've been a path to earn those privileges back after years of clean behavior?
How would you have handled it?
Is this constitutional?
Round 3
I'm bringing you this round from a truck stop right here at home in the great state of TN
Kingsport Police are searching for two men who were trying to rob someone near the traffic circle at Gibson Mill Road.
Like some kind of poorly design video game, the two men were relorted to have been weilding a big stick and the other a pipe, ready to perform a good old-fashioned stick up! Literally!
Not to be caught unaware, the would-be victim had clearly been waiting his whole life for this moment was prepared to defend himself with dual-weilded knives.
Stick guy, pipe guy, and knife were all about to go at it at a traffic circle, when an off-duty Sullivan County deputy stepped in before anyone got hurt.
He waltzed right up in there like "now now boys. Simmer down" and he broke it up loke a seasoned pro
Now stick guy and pipe guy, Justin Roberts and William Burk, are wanted on aggravated robbery warrants.
Today's lesson is this: never bring a stick and a pipe to a knife fight. You may end up on the wrong side of the pipes. [2 Bars]
And that was your daily Tennessee news roundup.
For more deep dives into local stories, the Patriot Punkcast will be back on Rumble this month after Labor Day.
See you Monday!