Crime & Safety

Murfreesboro police make arrest in 2020 homicide at a local apartment complex

Jun 23, 2021 at 12:15 pm by Voice Wire

Criminal Investigations Division detectives have solved a 2020 homicide with the arrest of a 19-year-old man, according to a press release from the Murfreesboro Police Departm.... Read More

Rutherford Sheriff's Office seizes 15.7 pounds of fentanyl

Jun 16, 2021 at 03:54 pm by Lisa Marchesoni

About 15.7 pounds of the deadly drug fentanyl were seized Wednesday after four search warrants were drafted by a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective assigned to the Dr.... Read More

Nashville woman charged with Theft, Financial Exploitation of elderly Murfreesboro resident

Jun 14, 2021 at 06:00 pm by Voice Wire

A joint investigation by special agents with the Medicaid Fraud Control Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and detectives with the Murfreesboro Police Departme.... Read More

Murfreesboro Police: Officer applies tourniquet to save shooting victim; police searching for the shooter

Jun 14, 2021 at 04:22 pm by Voice Wire

Quick thinking by a Murfreesboro Police Department officer may have helped save the life of a shooting victim on Sunday, June 13. The officer applied a tourniquet aroun.... Read More

UPDATED: Murfreesboro police identify officer who shoot man reportedly brandishing a handgun

Jun 08, 2021 at 04:45 pm by Michelle Willard 1

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate an officer-involved shooting Sunday morning, June 6 in Murfreesboro, according to statements from.... Read More

Rutherford County welcomes new Domestic Violence Coordinator

Jun 08, 2021 at 02:30 pm by Voice Wire

Sarahi Green was recently named Rutherford County’s new Domestic Violence Coordinator. A Motlow State Community College alum with a major in social work, Green began he.... Read More

Updated: 18-year-old woman dies after shooting that led to car fire on Memorial Day

Jun 07, 2021 at 03:00 pm by Voice Wire

Detectives with the Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division are searching for whoever shot a woman, causing her vehicle to wreck and burst into flames.... Read More

Photo on scene of the LifePoint Church Fire Wednesday night. (Submitted)

Juvenile charged with arson and vandalism of Lifepoint Church

Jun 03, 2021 at 02:00 pm by Voice Wire

Officials with Rutherford County Fire Rescue (RCFR) say a juvenile has been charged with aggravated arson and vandalism of LifePoint Church located at 5100 Almaville Road. RC.... Read More

One arrested following drive-by shooting in La Vergne

May 27, 2021 at 10:16 am by Voice Wire

One person was arrested in La Vergne Wednesday night following a drive-by shooting, according to the La Vergne Police Department. Police were called to the 200 block of Fergu.... Read More

Rutherford Bar Association reschedules free expungement clinic for July 31

May 21, 2021 at 10:05 am by Voice Wire

The Rutherford and Cannon County Bar Association Expungement Clinic has been rescheduled to Saturday, July 31, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Rutherford County Ju.... Read More

3 separate road rage incidents reported over last 4 days

May 18, 2021 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Police Department detectives are investigating three unrelated violent road rage incidents over the past several days, one with gunshots being fired at another ve.... Read More

Tennessee courts remove mask mandate and limits to courtroom capacity

May 17, 2021 at 08:15 pm by Voice Wire

On May 14, The Tennessee Supreme Court issued an order that continues to ease the current restrictions on in-person proceedings. “Statewide, the courts have d.... Read More

Rutherford Sheriff's Office investigates interstate shootings

May 12, 2021 at 08:54 am by Lisa Marchesoni

One driver escaped injury when another motorist fired a handgun into his car Friday on Interstate 24, Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies said. In unrelated cases, ano.... Read More

3 Murfreesboro men indicted on allegations include robberies, carjackings, kidnappings & firearms violations

May 12, 2021 at 07:00 am by Voice Wire

A federal grand jury last week handed down a 13-count indictment charging three Murfreesboro, Tennessee, men with a variety of serious offenses, stemming from a July 2020 seri.... Read More

Smyrna Police searching for man wanted for felony drug charges

Apr 25, 2021 at 10:00 am by Voice Wire

Smyrna Police Department is searching for John Jeffrey Hicks, according to a press release. Earlier this afternoon, April 24, 2021, SPD officers initiated a traffic stop on L.... Read More