KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It was an eventful week in East Tennessee. Here's what you missed.
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"Videos released showing arrest and booking of man accused of fatally shooting Blount Co. deputy"
Videos were released Thursday showing the moments when Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. was taken into custody, from when he was arrested to when he was booked into jail.
He was accused of fatally shooting a Blount County deputy and wounding another during a traffic stop in February. He then led authorities on a five-day manhunt before he was arrested on Feb. 13 in East Knoxville.
Images from his arrest and mugshot showed cuts on his face and bruises. David Rausch, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director, and the U.S. Marshal for East Tennessee previously said they saw no evidence of police brutality during the arrest.
The video starts just after around 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 13, when deputies moved DeHart Jr. from a Knoxville Police Department cruiser into a car with a Blount County Sheriff's Office deputy. He enters the car with a cut on his eye.
The drive to the Blount County Justice Center takes around 20 minutes from East Knoxville.
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"Missing Claiborne County father found dead in Kentucky following weeks-long search"
A missing Claiborne County father was found dead Wednesday after a weeks-long search.
According to the Knox County Sheriff's Department in Kentucky, 86-year-old Curtis Mason was found dead Wednesday afternoon.
The Harrogate man had disappeared on Feb. 26, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation had issued a Silver Alert to find him.
Deputies said they searched for his vehicle, a 2004 Silver Pontiac Montana, to find him. They said it had been seen on multiple business cameras in Middlesboro and Pineville, Kentucky along KY-92.
Deputies found his body in his van along KY-1809 in the Goldens Creek area of Knox County, Kentucky after people riding in the area saw his van.
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"Sevier County grand jury to hear case of girlfriend accused of helping Kenneth DeHart Jr."
The girlfriend of Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr., the man accused of shooting and killing Blount County Deputy Greg McCowan during a traffic stop in February, appeared in court Friday to waive her preliminary hearing.
Carrie Matthews is accused in Sevier County of helping Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. evade arrest after the Blount County shooting on the night of Feb. 8. Another officer, Deputy Shelby Eggers, was wounded that night. DeHart led authorities on a five-day manhunt across East Tennessee before he was captured at a home in East Knoxville on Feb. 13.
Officers said Matthews was DeHart's girlfriend. According to her arrest warrant, she is charged with being an accessory after the fact for tipping DeHart off over the phone about officers who came to her home in Sevier County the night of the shooting. The warrant said she answered a call from "Janeisha" while officers were at her home, but "Janeisha" was actually DeHart. The warrant said Matthews told DeHart "they're here" and hung up.
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"THP: Two people injured after crash in Jefferson County on Highway 92"
Two people were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a crash on Highway 92 in Jefferson County, according to the New Market Fire and Rescue team.
It said one person had to be extricated from the car by fire department crews and was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. That person's wife was also taken to the hospital in an ambulance, according to New Market Fire and Rescue.
The crash was reported on Highway 92 near Fielden Store Road and caused "congestive traffic."
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"'We quit!' | A Dollar General store's staff all walked off the job at the same time"
The staff at a Dollar General store in southwestern Wisconsin walked off the job recently because of a dispute over the company's donation policy and what employees called "a lack of appreciation."
A large handwritten sign posted over the weekend on the front door of the Mineral Point store declared "We quit!" Another sign explained, "the whole team has walked away due to a lack of appreciation, being overworked, and being underpaid."
Six employees, including the Dollar General store manager and assistant manager, quit at the same time, according to WKOW.
Trina Tribolet, the former store manager, told the Wisconsin TV station understaffing and excessive work hours factored into the employees' decision to quit but ultimately it was a disagreement on what they could or couldn't donate that prompted the mass walkout.
