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Residents urge investigations into judiciary, probation and sheriff's office at Blount County meeting
Summary
Multiple residents used public comment on April 16 to allege evidence withholding, probation abuses, and an unlawful courthouse policy; they called for investigations and asked the district attorney to consider filings, but commissioners took no formal action at the meeting.
Several Blount County residents used the April 16 public-comment period to make allegations about local courts, probation and the sheriff’s office and to call for investigative action by county authorities.
Michelle Stevens, who said she lives in District 4, alleged that magistrate Diane Lashman "withheld evidence" and "aided and abetted an international child sex crime" by covering up her son's actions; Stevens asked commissioners why Lashman remained in office. "She got a slap on the hand and was told that she withheld evidence," Stevens said during her three-minute comment.
Jessica Saxton, speaking on behalf of We…
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