PRESS RELEASE – Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong announced the 2025 Sheriff’s Office Employees of the Year and awarded multiple commendations during the Employee Appreciation Luncheon today. Congratulations to the three BCSO Employees of the Year – Deputy Samantha Baliles, Deputy Natalie McMurray, and Deputy Richard Eggers. All three deputies serve as SROs and […]
Read More »Blount County Man Sentenced to Twenty-Five Years for Rape of a Child
PRESS RELEASE – Blount County District Attorney Ryan Desmond announces that Billy Joe Genaway, 45, was convicted on November 14, 2025, of rape of a child that stems from an investigation by the Blount County Sheriff’s Office and Investigator Magahn Mattocks from July 2024. Defendant Genaway received a twenty-five-year sentence to serve with a 100% […]
Read More »Missing Teen in Blount County
PRESS RELEASE – Sheriff’s Office seeking assistance locating missing teen Blount County, Tennessee – The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance with locating Sara Gerardo Guillen. Sara, who is 17, was last seen on September 24. We first asked for your help after she was reported missing in September, but she has not […]
Read More »Retired BCSO deputy passes away following a battle with cancer
PRESS RELEASE – October 15, 2025 Blount County, Tennessee – Sheriff James Lee Berrong is sad to announce the passing of retired deputy, Sgt. Rodney Postel. Sgt. Postel died in his sleep on October 15 at U.T. Medical Center following a valiant, year and-a-half long fight against cancer. Sgt. Postel leaves behind his wife Paige, […]
Read More »Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Domestic-Related Homicide
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Forsyth County deputies are investigating a deadly domestic incident that claimed the life of an off-duty law enforcement officer and left a teenager injured Saturday night in the Villages at Shakerag subdivision. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the incident began around 7:49 p.m. on September 27, when a juvenile appeared […]
Read More »Maryville Man Arrested on Multiple Child Exploitation Charges
BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — Authorities in Blount County have arrested a 21-year-old Maryville man on multiple charges of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Monday. According to the sheriff’s office, the suspect was taken into custody following an investigation into alleged possession and distribution of sexually explicit material […]
Read More »Blount Co. Sheriff’s Office offer condolences after vehicle fatality
MARYVILLE, TN – Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong announced that a Maryville man died Thursday, Feb. 3, as the result of a one vehicle car crash after the vehicle he was driving left the roadway and landed in Little River on Ellejoy Road. Kegan A. Drysdale, age 30, of Devictor Drive, Maryville, was pronounced dead […]
Read More »Earthquake in Eton, GA: felt across Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina
ETON, Ga. – The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has confirmed that an earthquake of a 2.6 magnitude struck 16 km NNE of Eton, Georgia around midnight on Jan. 21, 2021. It was reportedly felt from and heard from all around North Georgia to Tennessee and North Carolina, including: Dahlonega, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia, Morganton, […]
Read More »Blount County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Fatal Fire
MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE – Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong regretfully announces that the Sheriff’s Office, along with members of Blount County’s Fire Investigation Review Team, is investigating a residential fire in which three people died [Friday] morning. At approximately 7:15 this morning, Sheriff’s deputies, along with the Blount County Fire Department, responded to a residence […]
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