Missing Persons Alert

  The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the publics help in locating 50 year old James Alan Gilliland.  James Gilliland was last seen on June 4, 2020 at a convenience store on Birmingport Road near Sylvan Springs.  Gilliland was driving a...

Senior Missing from Forestdale Nursing Home

At approximately 4:00 PM on Monday, April 27,2020, Jefferson County Deputies received information that a female patient at the Cherry Hill Nursing Home had broken a window and left the facility. The missing patient is Margaret Whaley, a 61 year-old Alzheimer’s...

Missing Persons Alert

On Tuesday July 2, 2019 at 9:53pm the Sheriff’s Office received a call for assistance in locating a missing fisherman at Cosby Lake in the Clay community.  We are looking for a 36 year old white male who is 5-11 and 160 pounds.  Family members became concerned...