Southern Justice

Sullivan County, TN and Ashe County, NC in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia have their share of hardships. Law enforcement takes a "tough love" approach to end local crime brought on by methamphetamine and prescription drug addiction.

A dangerous manhunt in Sullivan County, TN leads to the arrest of a man in his twenties charged with raping a woman in her seventies. In Ashe County, NC deputies work the bar scene to defuse fights.

Within ten days, three pharmacies are robbed of prescription pain-killers. Sheriff’s deputies and detectives try to determine if a single suspect is responsible for all three robberies.

Wendy Hopkins, sister of Ashe County Deputy Josh “Hoppy” Hopkins has struggled with drugs and is now facing criminal charges and pending trial. In Sullivan County, officers act on a tip that residents of a home may be “cooking” methamphetamine.

Sullivan County deputies try to find and bust a meth lab. Ashe County officers comfort a physically abused woman and guide her through the process of filing charges against her boyfriend.

In Sullivan County, TN, deputies are on the hunt for a man who allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and a father under the influence of a designer drug known as "bath salts", and his erratic behavior makes for a difficult arrest.

Clashing families, domestic disputes, drugs and bar brawls. This small Kentucky town has one of the highest rates of 911 calls and utter lawlessness...it's where disputes often get settled outside of the law.