TheeBadOne
Member
3 held after deputy's death
Drug charges filed after shooting; officers were investigating meth report
Three people have been charged with drug offenses in connection with a methamphetamine-lab investigation in which a Scott County Deputy Sheriff was shot and killed, but no murder charges have been filed, authorities said late Saturday.
Hubert D. "John-John" Yancey, 35, a six-year veteran of the sheriff's department, was killed Friday night when he and three other deputies were investigating a report that a home on Williams Creek Road was the site of a meth lab.
"This was a fine officer, and one of the finest persons I ever knew," said Chief of Detectives Robby Carson. "Some cases are worse than others. This is one of the worst."
Yancey was married and the father of three children.
Charged with manufacturing methamphetamine were Mark Rector, Ryan Clark and Penny Carpenter, who all lived at the home, according to Carson.
A fourth person who also lived there _"has been interviewed" but is not in custody.
The shooting occurred inside the home, after two deputies were allowed to come inside, Carson said.
But Carson said the shooting could not be characterized as an "ambush."
Once the officers were inside, "an event took place, there was a shooting, and the officer was killed," he said.
He said he could release few details because the investigation is still going on. He declined to say whether any officers fired shots.
Carson said investigators are confident they know who fired the fatal shot, and a handgun believed to be the one from which that shot was fired has been recovered.
A number of law-enforcement agencies have been cooperating in the investigation, including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Southeast Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force.
Funeral arrangements for Yancey are incomplete. Four Oaks Funeral Home of Huntsville is in charge.
Jim Balloch may be reached at 865-342-6315
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Get ole sparky ready
Drug charges filed after shooting; officers were investigating meth report
Three people have been charged with drug offenses in connection with a methamphetamine-lab investigation in which a Scott County Deputy Sheriff was shot and killed, but no murder charges have been filed, authorities said late Saturday.
Hubert D. "John-John" Yancey, 35, a six-year veteran of the sheriff's department, was killed Friday night when he and three other deputies were investigating a report that a home on Williams Creek Road was the site of a meth lab.
"This was a fine officer, and one of the finest persons I ever knew," said Chief of Detectives Robby Carson. "Some cases are worse than others. This is one of the worst."
Yancey was married and the father of three children.
Charged with manufacturing methamphetamine were Mark Rector, Ryan Clark and Penny Carpenter, who all lived at the home, according to Carson.
A fourth person who also lived there _"has been interviewed" but is not in custody.
The shooting occurred inside the home, after two deputies were allowed to come inside, Carson said.
But Carson said the shooting could not be characterized as an "ambush."
Once the officers were inside, "an event took place, there was a shooting, and the officer was killed," he said.
He said he could release few details because the investigation is still going on. He declined to say whether any officers fired shots.
Carson said investigators are confident they know who fired the fatal shot, and a handgun believed to be the one from which that shot was fired has been recovered.
A number of law-enforcement agencies have been cooperating in the investigation, including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Southeast Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force.
Funeral arrangements for Yancey are incomplete. Four Oaks Funeral Home of Huntsville is in charge.
Jim Balloch may be reached at 865-342-6315
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Get ole sparky ready
It's not always possible to "go in safe," but I wish it was. 
