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On March 10, the now-former Knox County Criminal Court judge Richard Baumgartner pleaded guilty to official misconduct. As part of a plea agreement, he agreed to resign his position. Just a few weeks later, he was placed on “interim suspension” by the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary. Now, the cases that Judge Baumgartner oversaw during his time on the bench are getting a second-look as people wonder if he was in his right mind during proceedings. [read more]

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 1:38 pm and is filed under drug laws. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

In an effort to reign in meth lab seizures, Tennessee officials are hoping a new video being shown to middle and high school students will help warn kids about the dangers associated with this drug and bring the number of labs and illicit “smurfing” back down. [read more]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 9:15 am and is filed under drug laws. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

In a new article at the Tennessee Tech online newspaper The Oracle we find five cases of pot smoking on campus have gone without criminal charges. And while some may gasp and think these students should face legal ramifications, the police and the dean alike find a more relaxed approach to be the better answer. [read more]

This entry was posted on Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 2:00 pm and is filed under drug laws. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

More and more, cops are finding the impaired drivers on Tennessee roadways aren’t impaired by alcohol, but drugs. More specifically, the people who are taking to the roadways are under the influence of prescription drugs. We’re obviously not talking about antibiotics here but powerful prescription narcotics and similar substances that are growing in popularity as recreational drugs. [read more]

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 21st, 2010 at 4:56 pm and is filed under drug laws, dui. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Around Nashville, officials are seeing more and more in the way of heroin use and related drug crimes according to the The Tennessean. Mexican production of the cheap and powerful drug is growing and Tennessee is within the path of trafficking routes, in close proximity to both I40 and I16. [read more]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 at 9:43 pm and is filed under drug laws. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

In a report from the Tennessean this week we see that meth labs are again at a high in the state of Tennessee. In 2009, a reported 1,432 labs were seized, putting our state in the number 2 position, falling only beneath Missouri. [read more]

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 8:55 am and is filed under drug laws. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Heroin use is climbing throughout the country and now we are seeing a rise in Shelby County, Tennessee. [read more]

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm and is filed under drug laws, TN criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.