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A federal court judge halted a trial on Tuesday morning after an attorney involved invited the media to attend.
The attorney is representing a family of four injured in the 2015 crash on I-75 that killed six people. The family is suing the trucking company that Benjamin Brewer was working for when he caused the crash.
The attorney representing the Close family, who filed suit after being injured in that 2015 crash, sent a press release to local media on Monday.
The judge saw media reports and delayed the trial, saying that the attorney violated a rule attorneys must follow in Tennessee’s eastern district.
He declared these statements violated Local Rule 83.2, Public Statements by Attorneys.
This rule states lawyers can’t make an extrajudicial statement, other than a quotation from or reference to public records, which would interfere with a fair trial.
The judge says he does not want anymore interaction with media during the litigation.
The judge has pushed the trial back to a later date that has not been announced yet.
A Tennessee man who was shot during an encounter with police has died, authorities said.
Andre Luiz Snyder, 33, died Saturday, two days after being shot when Clarksville police responded to a report of a suicidal male, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday.
The bureau’s statement said officers arrived at a residence early Thursday and found Snyder in the backyard, officials said. As officers interacted with him, Snyder fired a weapon and officers fired in response, the bureau said.
Snyder suffered gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital. No officers were injured.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was continuing to investigate the shooting.
Local and state investigators have arrested six men from East Tennessee for sex trafficking and seeking illicit sex from minors.
Beginning May 26th, special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and other agencies carried out a 2-day undercover operation to catch people involved in human trafficking in the region.
The TBI says authorities placed several decoy advertisements known to be linked to prostitution and commercial sex cases.
As a result, six men were arrested, including one from Meigs County. The following men were booked into Monroe County Jail.
- Steven Lawrence Kobylski of Decatur, Tennessee – soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor
- Matthew Jason Cohen of Maryville, Tennessee – trafficking for a commercial sex act
- James Stephen Stinnett of Madisonville, Tennessee – trafficking for a commercial sex act
- Anthony Cornelius Baylis of Harriman, Tennessee – trafficking for a commercial sex act
- Joshua James Thomas of Tellico Plains, Tennessee – trafficking for a commercial sex act
- Pedro Juan Berenguer Torres of Powell, Tennessee – trafficking for a commercial sex act
