Crime & Safety

U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Tennessee

US Attorney: Woman stole from Smyrna company to pay University of Phoenix tuition

Feb 25, 2020 at 11:35 am by Voice Wire 1

Ilaine T. Newby, 51, of Antioch, Tennessee, was sentenced Friday to 12 months and 1 day in prison for embezzling over $206,000 from a Smyrna-based company, announced U.S. Atto.... Read More

'Mule Kick Burglar' nabbed by Murfreesboro Police

Feb 24, 2020 at 04:03 pm by Michelle Willard

A man, who police are calling the "Mule Kick Burglar,"' has been arrested and tied to at least 59 business break-ins in several Middle Tennessee communities. A Murfreesboro P.... Read More
Murfreesboro Police Department

Murfreesboro man charged with robbing 2 banks

Feb 20, 2020 at 03:07 pm by Voice Wire

A man has been arrested for robbing two Murfreesboro banks four months apart, using only a note. Devon Gault, 24, of Murfreesboro, was arrested Wed., Feb. 19, for two counts.... Read More
Murfreesboro Police Department

Is anyone surprised that there was a shooting over the weekend at Whiskey Dix?

Feb 16, 2020 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire

Two individuals may have gotten into a fight before a bystander was shot around midnight Saturday, Feb. 15 at a bar off the Square in Murfreesboro, according to the Murfr.... Read More
Jared Partin

Bell Buckle man pleads guilty in girlfriend's murder

Feb 14, 2020 at 01:49 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

A boyfriend pleaded guilty Thursday to killing his girlfriend after an argument in 2017 at their Bell Buckle home, a Rutherford County Sheriff's sergeant said. Victim Carly H.... Read More
Murfreesboro Police Department

Murfreesboro Police: Man indicted, charged with Murder in 2019 heroin overdose death

Feb 13, 2020 at 02:02 pm by Voice Wire

A Murfreesboro man has been indicted and charged in connection with a 2019 overdose death of a man found deceased at a gas station in June 2019.  William Green, 41, of M.... Read More
Crime in Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro Police still searching for man who robbed and shot a store clerk

Feb 12, 2020 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Police Department officers and detectives are still searching for the man who robbed and shot a store clerk and took off in victim’s vehicle, Monday, Feb. 1.... Read More
Crime in Smyrna, Tenn.

Smyrna Police need help identifying individual involved in Verizon theft

Feb 11, 2020 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

Smyrna Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying an individual responsible for a theft at the Verizon Store on Sam Ridley Parkway. On February 1, 2020, at app.... Read More

Murfreesboro man plead guilty in fraudulent bar code shoplifting ring

Feb 05, 2020 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

A Murfreesboro man accused in a multi-state fraudulent bar code shoplifting ring has plead guilty to the charge against him in the City of Murfreesboro. His wife has been clea.... Read More
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office

Rutherford Sheriff's Office seizes $80K in heroin, arrests 2 in La Vergne

Feb 03, 2020 at 11:20 am by Lisa Marchesoni

About $80,000 worth of illegal heroin was seized from a La Vergne couple by Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics detectives last month in La Vergne, a supervisor said..... Read More
Smyrna Police Department

Smyrna Police Department asks for help identifying a man who tried to break into a storage unit

Jan 29, 2020 at 02:34 pm by Voice Wire

Smyrna Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying an individual responsible for an attempted break-in. On Jan. 26, between 5:30 and 6 a.m., the individual.... Read More
Smyrna Police Department

Smyrna police seek man who cashed nearly $10K in bad checks

Jan 24, 2020 at 09:00 am by Voice Wire

Smyrna Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying an individual cashing fraudulent checks. On Jan. 3, the individual pictured below entered Regions Bank and ca.... Read More