Hawkins County Man Pleads Guilty

Since pleading guilty an investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office led to the arrest of an emergency response team leader in Hawkins County.A release states that Michael Thacker pleaded guilty to theft over $2,500, one count of fraud using a debit card and one count of forgery.The charges stem from an investigation that accuses Thacker of stealing at least $7,076.50 from the Hawkins County Emergency Response Team (HCERT) between January 2017 and January 2021.