Crime & Safety

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

Unlicensed daycare owner's appeals denied in conviction for death of 4-month-old

Nov 20, 2018 at 08:00 am by Michelle Willard

One of the most heart-wrenching trials I covered while at the Daily News Journal was the felony murder and child abuse trial of a Murfreesboro daycare operator, who was convic.... Read More

Rutherford IDB member, dentist Nate Schott indicted for federal health care fraud

Nov 19, 2018 at 12:03 pm by Michelle Willard

Murfreesboro dentist Dr. Richard "Nate" Schott, 51, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Kendra L. Glenn, 43, of Hartwell, Georgia, and formerly of Murfreesboro, are fac.... Read More

Fitzhugh fires another deputy

Nov 14, 2018 at 10:59 am by Lisa Marchesoni

A Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputy was terminated Tuesday, said Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh. Deputy Billy Spray was terminated “based on multiple violations of the st.... Read More

Murfreesboro woman charged with arson of Sulphur Springs Road home

Nov 13, 2018 at 03:45 pm by Voice Wire

An investigation by both RCFD and RCSO Investigators into the cause of a March 27th house fire has resulted in the arrest of Judith Johnson of Murfreesboro, according to a pre.... Read More

Murfreesboro man arrested after confessing to causing hazardous oil spill

Nov 13, 2018 at 01:49 pm by Voice Wire

At approximately 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, Murfreesboro Fire Rescue responded to a hazardous oil spill from Volunteer Oil Services located at 129 Cannon Avenue between West.... Read More

Police: Murfreesboro man killed in car wreck; father arrested for DUI, vehicular homicide

Nov 05, 2018 at 04:12 pm by Voice Wire

A 33-year-old Murfreesboro man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday evening, Nov. 3 in a van driven by his father. Bryan Frederich Downing Jr., 33, of Murfrees.... Read More

Did Terry Sullivan's wife have him killed for life insurance?

Nov 05, 2018 at 11:00 am by Michelle Willard

After the shooting death of Terry Sullivan in 2009, the mystery surrounding it became one of White County's most high-profile investigations and notorious cold cases.... Read More

Second Friday shooting sends man to hospital

Nov 02, 2018 at 11:15 pm by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Police Officers have responded to the emergency department of St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital to investigate an adult victim with a gunshot wound. The victim.... Read More