Daniel Smithson
Content Producer
Nashville, TN
Daniel Smithson is a graduate of the University of Florida. He has worked previously as a digital reporter at WKRG in Pensacola, Fla., and a reporter at The Gainesville Sun newspaper in Gainesville, Fla. He now works as a Content Producer for WSMV in Nashville.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 3:22 AM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson, Brendan Tierney and Gray News staff
The 24-year-old suspect is facing multiple charges, including aggravated rape.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 8:31 AM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Amanda Alvarado
One suspect is in custody.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 9:38 AM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
A hotel guest claims they were sexually assaulted by an employee who snuck into their room overnight.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:11 PM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson, Gray News staff and Tony Garcia
Police said the suspect was a former student of the school.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 7:07 PM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
Police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a pet owner who was walking their dog.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 12:48 PM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been fired for department violations.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 4:03 PM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
Billy Johnson, 48, also known as Billy Jackson, was charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 1:28 PM MST
|By Daniel Smithson and Emily Van de Riet
A man who was driving his car during storms in Tennessee on Friday afternoon was impaled by a tree in a freak accident, officials said.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 2:57 PM MST
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
The owners of a dog who was stolen out of Illinois said she was found safe in Alabama.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 12:21 PM MST
|By Daniel Smithson, Carmyn Gutierrez, Courtney Allen and Gray News staff
Jamie Lepore, 46, was a prime suspect in the death of his wife Jennifer, according to authorities in Madison County, Alabama.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:35 AM MST
|By Daniel Smithson and Gray News staff
All of the officers listed in the report admitted having sexual relations with a fellow officer, sometimes while on duty, the report said.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 2:59 PM MST
|By Daniel Smithson and Emily Van de Riet
A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after police say he took a child out of a car and placed him on a sidewalk before stealing the vehicle.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 12:51 PM MST
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
The group of students gave her 94 roses to celebrate her birthday.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 5:46 PM MST
|By Daniel Smithson and Jordan Gartner
Police say a group of thieves is responsible for stealing thousands of gallons of fuel from a gas station.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 8:55 AM MST
|By Daniel Smithson and Emily Van de Riet
A school secretary in Tennessee was arrested last month after detectives say she stole two elementary students’ pandemic food benefit cards to buy groceries.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 1:45 PM MST
|By Daniel Smithson and Andrew McMunn
The woman’s daughter reviewed the recording and confirmed it was her in the shower, police said.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 8:40 PM MST
|By Daniel Smithson, Terry Bulger and Jordan Gartner
A 10-year-old boy battling terminal brain cancer is fulfilling a lifelong dream by traveling around the country and being sworn in as an honorary police officer.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 11:44 AM MST
|By Daniel Smithson, Marissa Sulek and Andrew McMunn
Caitlyn Kaufman was a nurse who was shot and killed on an interstate highway on her way to work two years before.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 3:27 PM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson, Brendan Tierney and Emily Van de Riet
Three members of a Tennessee family are behind bars after officers found a man’s body stuffed inside a basement freezer, police said.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2022 at 10:10 AM MDT
|By Daniel Smithson and Gray News staff
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert for Aubrea Branham on behalf of the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office.