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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:23 AM
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Maryville Man Indicted For Threatening Life Of Grainger County Judge
Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation led an investigation that resulted in the indictment of a Maryville man who was accused of threatening the life of a judge.

TBI agents began investigating threats made against a Grainger County judge on August 8. The investigation found that Drew Anthony Abbott, 36, sent a letter to the judge threatening to kill him.

On Wednesday, the Grainger County Grand Jury returned an indictment that charged Abbott with one count of harassment. On Thursday, Abbott was served in the Hamblen County Jail, where he was already being held on unrelated charges.