KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A former Knoxville police officer who stole kratom while on duty was granted judicial diversion, court records show.
Tyler Wheeler, 32, was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days of judicial diversion, with conditions requiring him to maintain good behavior and stay away from 7001 Kingston Pike, according to court records.
On June 10, Knoxville police received a report that a uniformed KPD officer, later identified as Wheeler, had shoplifted from a convenience store on Kingston Pike…