SCDA News
Domestic Violence Murder of Melissa Mingle
Check out these Times News Articles for updates on this case. https://www.timesnews.net/news/crime/the-murder-of-melissa-mingle-a-cautionary-tale-of-domestic-violence/article_5e2b292b-39bc-4252-8851-5b7346758d9d.html...
Grateful Recognition of Service – Chief Dale Phipps
Welcome to Historic Blountville Signs are installed!
National Police Week – Sullivan County honors 22 fallen officers in combined memorial service
On Friday, May 16, 2025, a memorial was held at the MeadowView Convention Center to honor the 22 men who died in the line of duty while serving with the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, Kingsport Police Department, and Bristol Tennessee Police Department. Read...
Sullivan County death row inmate still appealing sentence 18 years later
On November 27, 2004, Nickolus Johnson shot and killed Officer Mark Vance, a Bristol Tennessee Police Department Officer responding to a domestic disturbance. Convicted of first-degree murder in 2007, Johnson is still on death row. Read More.
Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference Press Release
On Monday, May 5th, Governor Bill Lee issued his first and only veto from his time as governor – HB 527 / SB 455. Tennessee’s District Attorneys General denounce this decision and strongly urge the Tennessee General Assembly to vote to override the Governor’s action....