Crime & Safety

Bizarre in the Boro: Twins fail to break into bail bond company

May 05, 2018 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

On Friday morning, April 27, two women, who turned out to be twins, were arrested after they were seen trying to drunkenly break into a bail bond company on the corner of New.... Read More

UPDATE: Murfreesboro Police ID victim in downtown shooting

May 03, 2018 at 10:16 am by Michelle Willard

Murfreesboro Police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that was reported around 5 a.m. Thursday, May 3 on South University Street, according to MPD.   The incide.... Read More

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office seizes meth worth $40K

Apr 30, 2018 at 08:19 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Almost $40,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and about $100 worth of heroin were seized from a Murfreesboro man after a one-month investigation, a Sheriff’s Special E.... Read More

Bizarre in the Boro: Local man blackmailed after naked video chat

Apr 28, 2018 at 08:24 am by Michelle Willard

How many times do we have to tell you? No woman on the Internet has a good reason to see you naked. A 22-year-old Murfreesboro learned this lesson the hard way. According to.... Read More
Fausto Hernandez

Who killed Fausto Hernandez? Detectives call it 'true whodunit'

Apr 23, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Murfreesboro detectives call the killing of Fausto Hernandez a "true whodunit." Hernandez was found shot around 9:20 p.m. July 15, 2016, in a field behind a pizza place on No.... Read More

Bizarre in the Boro: Stranger danger on Lakeshore Drive

Apr 21, 2018 at 10:30 am by Michelle Willard

A 67-year-old man was taken into police custody April 16 after he broke items on one man's deck and kicked in the door of another home, according to a Murfreesboro Police Depa.... Read More
Lauren Agee

What happened to Lauren Agee?

Apr 16, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Michelle Willard

Lauren Agee thought her weekend would be filled with wakeboarding, cliff diving and partying. But it ended with her floating facedown in Center Hill Lake. Agee was camping wi.... Read More

Bizarre in the Boro: Man arrested after taking pictures in ladies room

Apr 14, 2018 at 10:00 am by Michelle Willard

A Japanese national was arrested last week for reportedly hiding in a women's restroom and taking pictures, according to a Murfreesboro Police Department arrest report..... Read More

Suspect arrested in death of Blair Yvonne Alexander

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

A 38-year-old man has been arrested for his alleged role in the death of a woman found Feb 17 on West College Street in Murfreesboro. On Saturday, Feb. 17, officers from the.... Read More

$1.3M in black market-produced pills seized Rutherford County Sheriff’s detectives

Apr 10, 2018 at 03:59 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Almost $1.3 million worth of clandestine, lab-produced illegal pills and a powder to make Xanax were seized Monday by Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics detectives an.... Read More

Two out-of-state suspects nabbed for unrelated murders in Rutherford County

Apr 09, 2018 at 08:09 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

Two men wanted for unrelated out-of-state murder charges were apprehended Monday in Rutherford County, authorities with the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office said. Susp.... Read More

Sheriff: Former MTSU student wanted for double murder found dead in Mississippi

Apr 09, 2018 at 10:05 am by Michelle Willard

A body believed to be that of Casey Lawhorn, 23, has been found in Mississippi, according to a social media post by the Jasper County, Miss., Sheriff's Department. Lawhorn,&n.... Read More