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  • Judge calls out T-shirt wearers during animal abuse hearing

    03/13/2012 10:42:35 AM PDT · by SmithL · 59 replies
    Johnson City Press ^ | 3/12/12 | Becky Campbell
    In the midst of setting a trial date for a Jonesborough man accused of torturing and killing the family pet, a Yorkie named Honey, a judge took time to call out animal rights activists in court to tell him they offended him. Dustin Ricky Harrell, 22, 1178 Old Stage Road, Jonesborough, is charged with aggravated animal cruelty for Honey’s death in November. Court records indicate Harrell tortured the 4-pound miniature dog for four hours at the family’s residence before she died. He’s accused of throwing the dog down a flight of stairs, attempting to drown her and putting her in...
  • TENNESSEE: Supreme Court disbars former Roane County judge

    01/07/2008 10:25:08 AM PST · by SmithL · 2 replies · 151+ views
    Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 1/7/8 | News Sentinel staff
    A Roane County judge convicted of extortion has been disbarred as an attorney by the state Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Dec. 13 entered an order disbarring Thomas Alva Austin, who pleaded guilty last September to charges that he forced some $14,000 in kickbacks from operators of a driving school the judge created and a private probation firm where he ordered offenders to report. A former General Sessions Court judge, he was sentenced to 42 months in a minimum-security federal prison. The court suspended Austin's law license last October, and on Oct. 29, Austin consented to disbarment. To be...