SUBJECT:  DMV Scam Alert 

DATE:  June 5th, 2025 

GENERAL NARRATIVE

The Kingsport Police Department is aware of a scam where citizens are receiving text messages from individuals who are representing themselves as the Tennessee Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). In these messages, an example of which is included below, the scammers are indicating that you, the contacted person, have an outstanding traffic ticket that has not been paid. The message states that vehicle registrations and driving privileges will be suspended if payment is not received, and them they provide a website link where you can remit payment. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. The Tennessee Department of Motor Vehicles does not communicate in this fashion and will always send out information in the form of emails that end with @tn.gov. Also, citizens are encouraged to always call any government agency to double check that any communication they have received is from the corresponding agency.

 

Several legitimate phone numbers for the Tennessee Department of Motor Vehicles can be found at https://www.tn.gov/safety/contact.html. We here at the Kingsport Police Department encourage our citizens to be careful in clicking any suspicious links, especially ones that do not end with a .gov web address.

RELEASING OFFICER

Corporal Brandon Arnold

Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit

Office (423) 343-9866, Fax (423) 343-9749

BrandonArnold@KingsportTN.gov

 

SUBJECT:  KPD Searching for Runaway Juvenile (Update: Found Safe)

DATE:  June 4^th, 2025 

CASE #: 25-007652

GENERAL NARRATIVE

Update: Maddison Herring has been found safe and is no longer missing. The Kingsport Police Department would like to thank the public for their assistance.

 

As previously released:

 

The Kingsport Police Department is searching for 15-year-old, Maddison Herring. Maddison is believed to have left voluntarily from an address on Cambridge Circle. Maddison is a white female, with a height of approximately 5’00” and weight of roughly 110 pounds. Maddison has been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as a runaway Juvenile.

 

Anyone with information on Maddison’s whereabouts is asked to contact Kingsport Central Dispatch at (423) 246-9111 or the Criminal Investigations Division at (423) 229-9429.

 

Alternatively, if an individual who can provide information to this or any case wishes not to be identified, tips can be submitted anonymously via online “Citizen Feedback” forms available at the following link:

https://www.kingsporttn.gov/city-services/police-department/contact-us

 

MISSING PERSON INFORMATION

 

Name Maddison Herring 

Age 15

Gender/Race Female/White

Height/Weight 5’00″/110lbs

Residency Cambridge Circle in Kingsport TN 

Last Known Location Cambridge Circle

 

 

 

RELEASING OFFICER

Corporal Brandon Arnold

Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit

Office (423) 343-9866, Fax (423) 343-9749

BrandonArnold@KingsportTN.gov

SUBJECT:  Public Safety Day 

DATE:  June 3^rd, 2025

GENERAL NARRATIVE

The Kingsport Police Department, in conjunction with the Kingsport Fire Department, Kingsport Lifesaving Crew, and Sullivan County Emergency Medical Services, is proud to announce the 2025 Public Safety Day. The event will be held at the Farmer’s Market located at 308 Clinchfield Street on Monday, June the 9th from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. This event is open to the public and is free of charge! Children and adults are both encouraged to attend. The below map provides an outline of the activities that will be made available; please note that Food City will be providing box lunches available for purchase. We look forward to seeing our fellow citizens at this event.

RELEASING OFFICER

Corporal Brandon Arnold

Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit

Office (423) 343-9866, Fax (423) 343-9749

BrandonArnold@KingsportTN.gov

 

SUBJECT:  KPD Searching for Missing Adult (Update: Found Safe)

DATE:  May 21^st, 2025

CASE #: 25-006552

GENERAL NARRATIVE

Update: Emily Davis has been found safe and is no longer missing. The Kingsport Police Department would like to thank the public for their assistance.

 

As previously released:

 

The Kingsport Police Department is searching for 27-year-old Emily Davis. Emily was last seen in July of 2023 and was only recently reported to the Kingsport Police Department as a missing person; she has been entered into N.C.I.C. and NamUs. Emily was also previously known as Paige Lea Laponsie.

 

Anyone with information on Emily’s whereabouts is asked to contact Kingsport Central Dispatch at (423) 246-9111 or the Criminal Investigations Division at (423) 229-9429.

 

Alternatively, if an individual who can provide information to this or any case wishes not to be identified, tips can be submitted anonymously via online “Citizen Feedback” forms available at the following link:

https://www.kingsporttn.gov/city-services/police-department/contact-us

 

MISSING PERSON INFORMATION

Name Emily Davis

A.K.A. Paige Lea Laponsie

Age 27

Gender/Race Female/White

Residency Meadow Lane in Kingsport TN

Last Known Location Meadow Lane

 

 

 

 

RELEASING OFFICER

Corporal Brandon Arnold

Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit

Office (423) 343-9866, Fax (423) 343-9749

BrandonArnold@KingsportTN.gov

SUBJECT: Kingsport Detectives Investigating Discovery of Human Remains (Update: Remains Identified)

DATE: May 19th, 2025

CASE#: 25-003401

GENERAL NARRATIVE

Update: The human remains discovered near the 3700 block of East Stone Drive on March 13th, 2025, have been identified as Lawrence Miller by the William L. Jenkins Forensic Center in Johnson City, TN. Lawrence was last seen in January of 2024 in Atlanta, GA. Lawrence had not been in contact with his family since that time. The manner of death listed post-autopsy was suicide.

 

As previously released:

 

On March 13th, 2025, at approximately 5:00 PM, Kingsport Police Department Patrol Officers and Detectives responded to the 3700 block of East Stone Drive in Kingsport in reference to the discovery of human remains, believed to be that of an adult male, which were found in a wooded area.

 

The on-site investigation is ongoing, with assistance from Forensic Examiners with the East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine. No further details are currently available for release, as this is an active investigation by the K.P.D. Criminal Investigations Division. Additional information will be shared as it becomes available, but only at an appropriate point in the investigation.

 

 

 

VICTIM

Name Lawrence Miller

Age 39

Gender/Race Male/White 

Height/Weight 138/5’5″ 

Hair/Eyes Brown/Brown 

Residency Dalton, GA 

Last Known Location Atlanta, GA

 

 

 

RELEASING OFFICER

Corporal Brandon Arnold

Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit

Office (423) 229-9339, Fax (423) 343-9749 

BrandonArnold@KingsportTN.gov