Mountain View inmate to face charges

For escape, assault on county deputy

By Steve Marion – Staff Writer
Jan 7, 2021
Jan 7, 2021
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A Mountain View Academy youth inmate will face charges for a recent escape, as well as a November assault on a deputy who was responding to a disturbance call at the facility, Dandridge Police Chief Carson Williams said.

Officers used a tracking dog and then an aerial drone with thermal imaging capabilities to close in on the youth early Christmas morning, after he scaled a fence and fled into freezing, snowy conditions, Sheriff Jeff Coffey reported.

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