TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Feb 17, 2016

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating if Gatlinburg Police Detective Rodney Burns committed perjury during his testimony in the Ooltewah student rape case. On Monday, Burns testified in Hamilton County Juvenile Court that the attack on the high school freshman was assault, not rape. He described the incident as “something stupid kids do." Read more from the Times Free Press