DA Charme Allen said prosecutors in the Career Gang Unit obtained a 16-year sentence against a man who carjacked a woman in downtown Knoxville. The 32-year-old male dragged the driver from her car, jumped into the vehicle and wrecked it a short distance away. A female co-defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to eight years. The crime was captured on surveillance video. The victim had stopped to take her “friends” to the KAT Terminal.
KBA book review: Attorneys Devin DeVore and John Winemiller, along with Emma Schroeder, assistant professor of American History at UT, led a book club discussion on “A Queer History of the United States” by Michael Bronski. Speakers are standing in the small assembly room of the City County Building. (photo from social media)
Legal advice for vets
The Veterans Legal Advice Clinic will meet this Wednesday, October 9, 2024, from noon-2 p.m. at Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty Street.
This is a bimonthly general advice and referral clinic which will serve between 20 and 30 veterans with a wide variety of legal issues. Preregistration is not required for the in-person clinic. Issues include:
- Landlord/tenant
- Veterans Benefits
- Bankruptcy
- Criminal defense
- Consumer protection
- Contract disputes
- Estate Planning
- Child support
- Personal injury
- General Legal Issues
