KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knoxville man has been convicted of first-degree murder for shooting and killing someone who he believed had stolen his brother’s phone, said District Attorney General Charme Allen.
Kevin Jaimes Martinez, 22, was convicted of First-Degree Murder and sentenced to life in prison, Allen announced on Thursday. Because of this, he will have to serve 51 years before being eligible to meet with the parole board.
On December 19, 2024, the Knoxville Police Department responded to a shooting on Washington Pike. According to investigators, Martinez was angry because he believed 38-year-old Ernest Glenn had stolen his brother’s phone. Martinez found Glenn in a parked vehicle, opened the door, then shot the person. He fled, and the Metro Nashville Police Department caught him on December 21 at a Greyhound station in Nashville…