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Firearm Found in Student’s Backpack at Chattanooga Preparatory School

This morning, a gun was found at another Hamilton County school, raising serious concerns about student safety. At Chattanooga Preparatory School, a School Resource Officer and an administrator discovered a firearm in a student’s backpack. The school mandates that students leave their backpacks in a designated area as a safety measure. Despite this, the student…

Normal Park Upper School student arrested for school threat

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) —  The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a student at Normal Park Upper School for making school threats. Investigators believe the boy made the threat on Wednesday while riding a school bus. Other students reported hearing him say, “I’m going to shoot ya’ll up.” The boy was arrested and taken…

Judge to not throw out evidence in Chen murder case

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- The attorney for the man charged with murder  in the November 2022 death of a Chattanooga woman argued once again for some evidence to be suppressed in that case. Jason Chen is charged with first degree murder and abuse of a corpse  in the death of Jasmine Pace. Friday, his attorney, Joshua…

CFD assists in rescuing iguana from trash truck, trying to find owner

CFD assists in rescuing iguana from trash truck, trying to find owner

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) —  The Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD) assisted in rescuing an iguana from a trash truck, now Iguana / McKamey Animal Center McKamey is trying to find its owner. McKamey Animal Shelter posted on Facebook that CFD rescued the iguana from a trash truck in the East Lake neighborhood. “We totally get wanting…

Two arrested for McMinn County home invasion, two still wanted

Two arrested for McMinn County home invasion, two still wanted

(Left to Right): John Barnes, Benjamin Scott Croft, Marcus Bradford, Daniel Velasquez MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) —  Two people have been arrested and two are wanted in connection to an attempted home invasion in McMinn County. A 5:30 p.m., September 12, 2024, deputies responded to a 911 dispatch report of three armed males trying to…