FORMER WARREN COUNTY INVESTIGATOR CHARGED WITH OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT

WARREN COUNTY – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into actions of a now-former investigator with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in an indictment.

In September 2022, at the request of 31st Judicial District Attorney General Chris Stanford, TBI agents began investigating then-drug investigator Steven Carpenter on complaints involving potential official misconduct. During the course of the investigation, agents developed information that resulted in the Warren County Grand Jury returning indictments charging Carpenter with three cou...