Arrest Made in Roper Street Killing

Police charged a man on Monday in connection with the killing of one man and the seriously wounding of a second at the Newcastle apartments on August 25.

According to an affidavit of arrest, Jontae Duckett, 19, who lives in the apartment complex on Roper Street, was charged with 1st. Degree Murder and Especially Aggravated Robbery. He is being held at the Hamilton County Jail under a $1 million bond and is due to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on October 21.

According to East Ridge Police Chief Clint Uselton, Duckett was arrested by law enforcement authorities in Knoxville in previous days, then returned to East Ridge…

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