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By SUSAN SHARP
JACKSBORO, TN. (WLAF)- The former police officer accused of official misconduct and coercing/ influencing a witness had his request for a dismissal of charges denied.
In April, Isaiah Lloyd was indicted by a Campbell County Grand Jury.
Lat week, Lloyd’s attorney, D.T. Christmas, attempted to argue the statute of limitations for the official misconduct charge had expired by the time a grand jury heard the case earlier this year.
Under the law a statute of limitations can be paused if a person takes specific actions to conceal the facts of the crime. Lloyd intentionally hid the fact who he was, fled the scene and remained silent while another was accused, according to the indictment.
Lloyd allegedly concealed his identity as a police officer, court records said. He also allowed another police officer to be publicly accused of the crime.
At this juncture, prosecutors only needed to show the indictment sufficiently supported why they went outside the time limits in the case, their motion said.
Lloyd was working under the assumption the statute of limitations was 11 months and 29 days. For a year, he kept his identity concealed. At the end of January 2025, Lloyd admitted his crimes to a “confidential source,” the indictment said. A few days later the confidential source told the TBI of Lloyd’s admission, court records said. That restarted the statute of limitations for a two year period.
Lloyd should not be “permitted to benefit from a limitations period prolonged by the defendant’s intimate knowledge of the criminal justice system and active concealment,” prosecutors argued.
In January 2024, Lloyd allegedly went to the victim’s home wearing a hooded shirt in hopes of concealing his identity. He allegedly vandalized a vehicle, moved around the property, with his face covered and then threw an “explosive device” when confronted by the victim, according to court records.
The victims called 911, reported the crime and blamed another LaFollette Police Officer, records said. The victim repeatedly and freely on social media used the name of the wrong man, while Lloyd “took advantage of the misplaced blame to continue to conceal his identity,” the indictment said.
Nearly a year later, Lloyd found himself caught between two women. One being his spouse and the other was another police officer. The two women had an altercation. Lloyd told the other officer she couldn’t press charges against his wife because she would reveal his crimes from January 2024. The other officer would be named as an accomplice because she had knowledge of the crimes, Lloyd allegedly told her. He went on to say the allegation would ruin her career, and she could face criminal charges, court records said. A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation stepped in with the officer disclosing her relationship with Lloyd and his admission of the crimes from January 2024. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 6/1/2026-6AM)