Washington County, Tennessee, authorities arrested eight migrants accused of looting residential homes badly damaged by Hurricane Helene.
Tennessee authorities said eight migrant workers were arrested for looting a flood-ravaged area of the state in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Washington County Sheriff Keith Sexton announced on Facebook Monday that deputies arrested eight men for looting in the flood-ravaged 107 area on Saturday.
The five individuals facing aggravated burglary charges were caught looting residential homes, while the other three were caught looting unoccupied homes, structures 'that were barely still standing,' she said. The spokeswoman said radios had just arrived via helicopter a day earlier, as communication in an area that struggled with cell service before the hurricane was severely impacted. The eastern part of Tennessee was hit by heavy rains and flooding as a result of Hurricane Helene.
The toll steadily rose as emergency workers reached areas isolated by collapsed roads, failing infrastructure and widespread flooding. During a briefing Monday, White House homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall suggested as many as 600 people had not been accounted for as of Monday afternoon, saying some might be dead. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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