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Oct 28, 2026 at 5:20 PM ET
Two Men Indicted in Roane County Death
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A grand jury indicted Allen Copley, 50, and Charles Sargent, 48, on second-degree murder charges in the death of Cecil Baptiste, 53, after a May 8 fight in a South Roane Street strip-mall parking lot in Harriman. Investigators allege Copley choked Baptiste and Sargent struck him; Baptiste died May 18 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
WHO: Allen Copley and Charles Sargent were indicted in the death of Cecil Baptiste.
WHAT: A grand jury indicted Copley and Sargent on second-degree murder charges.
WHEN: May 8, 2026
WHERE: Roane County, Tennessee
WHY: The indictment followed an investigation into Baptiste’s death after the May 8 altercation; investigators allege Copley put him in a chokehold and Sargent struck him multiple times.
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