Media Update: Inmate Death Investigation

On Friday June 28, 2019 at approximately 8:10pm 36 year old Earnest True Smith appeared to have suffered a seizure while he was in the cell block day space. Smith later died at a local hospital. Smith was in jail for Failure to Appear for Unlawful Distribution of a...

Inmate Death Investigation

  Inmate Death Investigation An inmate in the Jefferson County jail has died after suffering a medical incident while in a cell block.  On Friday June 28, 2019 at approximately 8:10pm, a 36 year old black male inmate appeared to have suffered a seizure while he...

Missing Person Alert

  The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 20-year-old Marka “Willoe” Watkins. Friends and family members call her Willoe. Willoe is 5ft 1 and weighs approximately 115 pounds. Willoe has not been seen or heard...

UPDATE: Detectives Make Arrest in Double Homicide

6-20-19 UPDATE: On Friday June 14, 2019 Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies found two people deceased at a home in the 3500 block of Bethel road. Those deaths were determined to be by homicide.  38-year-old Terrence Jermaine Holder has been charged with Capital...

Sheriff’s Detectives Investigate Double Homicide

On Friday June 14, 2019 at 10:50pm concerned family members requested that deputies go to the 3500 block of Bethel road in Warrior to do a welfare check on the residents.  Deputies arrived and found suspicious circumstances.  Deputies made entry into the home and...