KCSO police reports
• Mail theft: A Farragut woman reported June 11 that a $1,000 check she mailed from the Farragut Post Office at 11409 Municipal Center Drive in July 2025 to the Internal Revenue Service had been altered and fraudulently deposited. The complainant said she recently learned the IRS never received payment. After contacting her credit union, she discovered the check had been washed, rewritten to a different payee and deposited through a mobile banking account. The incident was reported as felony theft from a building, forgery and fraud by false pretenses.
• Public intoxiction: On June 14, Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect on a charge of public intoxication after responding to a disturbance at a business on Outlet Drive. According to the report, deputies found the suspect yelling in a parking lot after a verbal argument. The suspect allegedly showed signs of intoxication, including slurred speech and the odor of alcohol and was taken into custody after deputies determined he posed a danger to himself and others.
• Attempted fraud false pretenses: A Farragut man reported an attempted fraud June 16 after encountering a fake computer virus alert while browsing the internet the previous day. The complainant said he called a phone number displayed in the alert and spoke with a man who asked about his bank accounts and advised him to notify his bank that his computer had been compromised. The complainant contacted his bank but was unsure what personal information he had shared. The incident was reported as attempted felony fraud by false pretenses.
