Chattanooga Crime Report

09/06/2025

A Hamilton County man was found guilty of a 2020 double murder of a Chattanooga mother and her daughter, according to the criminal court clerk's office.

A Hamilton County man was found guilty of a 2020 double murder of a Chattanooga mother and her daughter, according to the criminal court clerk's office.

07/06/2025

Former Hamilton County elementary school teacher Duane Sanders will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for s*x crimes against seven 6- and 7-year-old male students, District Attorney Coty Wamp said by phone.

07/06/2025

A Hamilton County man was on trial Friday for a 2020 double homicide in connection with the death of a mother and her daughter, according to the criminal court clerk's office.

07/06/2025

A Signal Mountain man has been charged with 52 crimes in connection with the alleged r**e and s*xual abuse of a child.

07/06/2025

A Chattanooga attorney pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to s*xually exploiting a 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl.

06/06/2025

He allegedly admitted to owning the two accounts that were reported through the tip and admitted to getting approximately 12 videos that could be considered child s*xual abuse material, a report said.

Authorities in Georgia have arrested the athletic director of LaFayette High School in connection with a child po*******hy investigation.

06/06/2025

A Hamilton County attorney who represented former Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy in her criminal case was permanently disbarred after facing his own set of charges.

05/06/2025

A former Hamilton County elementary school teacher groomed the community into thinking he was a good person, so he could gain greater access to children in order to s*xually assault them, Hamilton County prosecutor Nicole Evans argued Wednesday.

04/06/2025

Law enforcement officers in Whitfield County shot and killed a man during an undercover narcotics investigation Tuesday night, according to a press release from the city of Dalton.

Law enforcement officers in Whitfield County shot and killed a man during an undercover narcotics investigation Tuesday night, according to a press release from the city of Dalton.

04/06/2025

A Chattanooga Police Department officer has been charged with driving under the influence, leaving the scene of a crash and failure to yield after being involved in two crashes Sunday night.

A Chattanooga Police Department officer has been charged with driving under the influence, leaving the scene of a crash and failure to yield after being involved in two crashes Sunday night.

04/06/2025

A chief detective with the Marion County Sheriff's Office who's also a sitting county commissioner has been charged in a 10-count indictment accusing him of forging signatures on s*x offender registry forms..

A chief detective with the Marion County Sheriff's Office who's also a sitting county commissioner has been charged in a 10-count indictment accusing him of forging signatures on s*x offender registry forms and official misconduct, according to state investigators.

04/06/2025

Supporter after supporter after supporter took the stand Tuesday to testify about a former Hamilton County teacher's character, all claiming he never could have committed s*x crimes against children.