Matt Lakin

• Ex-deputy pleads not guilty of identity theft, forgery Published 11/21/2009 at midnight

  The former Knox County Sheriff's Office deputy accused of identity theft pleaded not guilty in her first appearance in court Friday.

• Former Knox deputy pleads not guilty to ID theft Published 11/20/2009 at 10:25 a.m.

  KNOXVILLE - The former Knox County Sheriff's Office deputy accused of identity theft made her first appearance in court today.

• Suspect in woman's slaying at motel detained illegally, lawyer says Published 11/20/2009 at midnight

  Police came looking for a killer but settled for a forgery arrest at first.

• Johnia Berry's mother seeks to ease pain of loss during holidays Published 11/20/2009 at midnight

  Joan Berry lost her daughter to a killer three weeks before Christmas. Berry and friends set up a Holiday Remembrance Tree on Thursday at the City County Building dedicated to all victims of violent crime in East Tennessee.

• Accused killer of former homecoming queen wants statements tossed Published 11/19/2009 at 1:48 p.m.

  KNOXVILLE - Defense lawyers want a judge to throw out an illegal immigrant's statement to police in the kidnapping, rape and killing of an Alabama homecoming queen.

• Houston family still faces legal issues Published 11/15/2009 at midnight

  KINGSTON - Stand by for Round Four.The acquittal that set Leon Houston free last week closed the double-murder case against him but not the legal struggle for the Houston family. His younger brother, Rocky Joe, remains in jail awaiting a ...

• Suspect in Middle Tennessee killing jumps to death from West Knoxville motel balcony Published 11/14/2009 at 11:29 p.m.

  KNOXVILLE - A out-of-town murder suspect jumped to his death tonight from a West Knoxville motel balcony with officers and U.S. marshals at his heels, authorities said.

• Leon Houston found not guilty Published 11/13/2009 at midnight

  KINGSTON - Leon Houston sits down to breakfast at home today a free man, cleared by a Roane County jury of all charges in the gun battle three years ago that killed a deputy and ride-along.

• Houston's fate up to jury Published 11/12/2009 at midnight

  KINGSTON - The real work starts today.Twelve Roane County men and women report to court this morning to begin deciding Leon Houston's guilt or innocence in his second trial for the deaths of a deputy and ride-along. He claims self-defense ...

• Jury given Houston case; deliberations to start Thursday morning Updated 11/11/2009 at 5:38 p.m.

  KINGSTON — A Roane County jury will begin deciding the fate of Leon Houston on Thursday morning.

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