Jamie Satterfield

• Torture slaying defendants fighting state's appeal request Published 05/23/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Attorneys for three of four defendants granted new trials in a pair of January 2007 torture slayings are urging the state Supreme Court to reject an emergency appeal request.

• Ex-trustee's lawyer seeks dismissal of theft charges Published 05/22/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Hours after former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe was arraigned Monday on felony theft charges, his attorney went on the attack, asking a court to toss the case because, he says, the state tarried too long and crucial records are ...

• Ex-Knox trustee Mike Lowe pleads not guilty; trial date set in December Published 05/21/2012 at 10 a.m.

  KNOXVILLE — Former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe and three of his former employees were arraigned this morning on felony theft charges.

• Attorney, developer convicted in Sevier mortgage fraud case Published 05/18/2012 at 6:56 p.m.

  A federal jury on Friday convicted a Sevierville title attorney and Pigeon Forge cabin developer in a $6 million mortgage fraud scheme.

• Torture slaying victim's name won't be on indictment in Coleman retrial Published 05/18/2012 at 4 a.m.

  When Vanessa Coleman is tried for a second time in a January 2007 torture slaying, victim Christopher Newsom's name will be scrubbed from the indictment.

• Jurors set to decide fate of defendants in Sevier mortgage fraud case Published 05/16/2012 at 9:12 p.m.

  After a two-week trial, the fate of a Sevierville title attorney and a Sevier County real estate developer accused in $6 million fraudulent loan scheme will be in the hands of a federal jury today.

• Man admits lying in wait to kill federal administrative law judge Published 05/16/2012 at 8 p.m.

  If Social Security Administrative Law Judge K. Dickson Grissom had walked out of his office on a particular day in February, he might well be dead today.

• Georgia militiaman accuses law enforcers of setting him up for assassination Published 05/16/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Given a chance Tuesday to plead for mercy, a Georgia militiaman convicted in a plot to take over a Monroe County courthouse instead railed against the "mainstream media" and accused law enforcers of setting him up for assassination.

• State Supreme Court to review appeal request in Christian/Newsom slayings Published 05/16/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled a willingness to at least consider the state Attorney General's Office's bid to appeal a decision ordering new trials in the January 2007 torture slayings of a Knox County couple.

• Former Judge Richard Baumgartner faces 7 federal counts of failing to report felonious activity Published 05/16/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Once a revered Knox County Criminal Court judge, Richard Baumgartner on Tuesday shuffled into a federal courtroom in shackles, accused of covering up the drug-trafficking crimes of the mistress he met via a Drug Court program he helped found.

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