Hamblen County Sheriff

I wouldn’t give them 1 star if I had that option! Vote & I have respect for officers. In this county the one we experienced today was hateful & not respectful at all.

This is Claude Ridley Jr. I found out a few months back that this police department allowed two child molesters to walk freely around 10 years ago because of knowing politicians, public figures, etc. It's very sad that knowing people in government, etc. jobs will allow child molesters to walk freely to go on and continue to molest other kids. The politicians, government employees, etc. that allow these individuals to walk freely to go on and continue to molest kids are just as guilty as the child molesters that they set free. You would think that the justice system would make sure that these two individuals weren't let go to continue to strike again. One of these individuals failed two lie detectors tests when questioned about these events. One cop got demoted because of him wanting justice. It's very sad we live in a COUNTRY where if you know the right people they will let these type of people go and continue to go on and do the same thing again. The Department of Children Services in New Market have know about Morristown Police letting these two walk free for around four months now and this DCS office has also known that I told them to investigate the accusations but they have chosen not to do so. The kids that go thru things like this are not only affected when they are young. I've seen first hand that these kids are affected a lot worse the older they get. It's very sad that this police department would ever let two individuals go free given all the evidence, all the people that knew about this situation back then, failing two lie detector tests, preachers that know about this, her own daughter that knows about this, etc. We live in a very sad COUNTRY that would ever allow a situation like this to go on. It should never be based on who you know whether or not get justice or if you'd allowed to go free. Crimes like this should never go unpunished and even the people that are responsible for letting these people go are just as guilty as the two that they let go. Hopefully we all can get these twords off the streets so that the WORLD will be a safer place for our kids to play and grow up knowing that these two are were they can't continue to strike again. These two individuals are nothing short of monsters. They can't be allowed to live amonget the rest of us in the free world. Our kids deserve the right to be able to play and know that monsters are only in their dreams and that the real monsters are in jail where they belong. I just want to say that to my family members that knew about this situation shame on you for not letting me know about it and all the other people that helped them get away back then also. I believe that their is a lot of good cops out their but they are forced to go along with everyone else. Hopefully they will become a system to were they can let someone know about things that are going on without them taking a chance on losing their jobs. Sincerely, Claude Ridley Jr.

Me and my fiance (who suffers from epilepsy) just came down main street and the cop that was there directing traffic to the oversized church flashed us with his flash light witch was set on strobe triggerd my fiance to have a seizure. Hamblen county police department dont think before they act