Crime & Safety

Murfreesboro Police Blotter: Feb. 7, 2019

Feb 07, 2019 at 10:19 am by Michelle Willard

Murfreesboro Police responded to approximately 110 calls for service from Feb. 4-6. The map below is a listing of select incidents that did not result in an arrest. Other cri.... Read More

Rutherford County man dies in officer-involved shooting after stand off

Feb 07, 2019 at 08:17 am by Lisa Marchesoni

A 43-year-old man died after brandishing a firearm and threatening Rutherford County Sheriff's Office deputies outside his home late Wednesday night, Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh sai.... Read More

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Northside Nursing Home's parent company agrees to pay $9M+ to settle TennCare fraud allegations

Feb 05, 2019 at 02:21 pm by Voice Wire

Tennessee Health Management Inc. has agreed to pay $9,764,107.98 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middl.... Read More

Old Hickory man charged with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin in Rutherford County

Feb 02, 2019 at 01:44 pm by Voice Wire

A 32-year-old Old Hickory man is facing a slew of drug-related charges after the Murfreesboro Police Department and Rutherford County Sheriff's Department participated in a jo.... Read More

Murfreesboro police nab man threatening family when he took a smoke break

Jan 26, 2019 at 09:49 am by Voice Wire

Here's a good reason not to let anyone smoke in your house. Murfreesboro Police were able to defuse a domestic altercation Thursday afternoon Jan. 24, when the suspect w.... Read More

UPDATED: Murfreesboro police identify woman found near railroad tracks in the Bottoms

Jan 22, 2019 at 06:00 pm by Voice Wire

The woman found near the railroad tracks near the Patterson Avenue and Old Salem Road intersection has been identified, according to a press release from the Murfreesboro.... Read More

Murfreesboro man brings knife to gun fight and someone else gets shot

Jan 08, 2019 at 12:05 pm by Michelle Willard

Murfreesboro's first arrest of the year might end up being the most bizarre. Around 7:30 a.m. Jan. 1, Murfreesboro Police Department officers arrested Tommie Hurst (picture.... Read More

Nashville man charged with 2nd degree murder for Dec. 27 Murfreesboro double shooting

Jan 07, 2019 at 11:06 am by Michelle Willard

Witnesses said two sets of gunshots broke the quiet of Saturday night, Dec. 29. Henrietta Hill told WKRN she and her children dropped to the floor of their West Lokey ho.... Read More

Murfreesboro psychologist faces federal healthcare fraud charges

Dec 17, 2018 at 03:24 pm by Voice Wire

Donald M. McCoy, 52, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was arrested Friday by federal and state agents and charged with two counts of healthcare fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Don C.... Read More

Milton man sentenced to 30 years in prison for child exploitation crimes

Dec 10, 2018 at 04:48 pm by Voice Wire

Kendall Carter, 24, of Milton, Tennesee and Curt Cannamela, 41, of Hartsville, Tennessee, were sentenced on Friday in U.S. District Court for separate child exploitation crime.... Read More

3 Murfreesboro residents arrests after investigation into fentanyl-laced heroin

Dec 05, 2018 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

Three Murfreesboro residents were arrested Monday night after a joint investigation including Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of In.... Read More

Convicted murder Moses Bess loses appeal

Dec 03, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

On the evening of Aug. 19, 1986, Rutherford County deputies arrived at the home of Deborah Sherfield Bess to find her laying in a pool of blood with a gun in her hand. On the.... Read More