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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 28, 2016
An attorney for the family of 25-year-old Anthony Michael Edwards of Sevierville confirmed today that Edwards had died after a scuffle with a Blount County sheriff’s deputy. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Edwards suffered a head injury when Deputy Jerry Burns attempted to take him into custody early Monday morning. The altercation occurred after Edwards gave Burns a false name and attempted to flee while being questioned. The deputy was investigating a report of a suspicious person in the area.