Crime & Safety

Rutherford County settles kids-in-jail class action for $6M

Dec 21, 2021 at 09:46 am by Michelle Willard 3

More than 2,000 children have avoided jail since an injunction was filed preventing Rutherford County Juvenile Judge Donna Scott Davenport from locking up children, an at.... Read More

A man, wearing a black shirt with green or gray Under Armor shirt underneath, black hat, black face mask and jeans, handed a teller a note demanding money Monday afternoon, Dec. 13 at the Fir

Bank robber on the run after holding up First Horizon Bank on Cason Lane

Dec 13, 2021 at 04:15 pm by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a strong-armed robbery Monday afternoon, Dec. 13 at the First Horizon Bank. The bank robber is still on.... Read More

3 people indicted for the fentanyl overdose death of a Murfreesboro man and other related charges

Dec 09, 2021 at 09:41 am by Voice Wire

A Rutherford County Grand Jury has indicted two men and a woman for murder and other fentanyl related charges surrounding the April 2021 death of a Murfreesboro man. Walter &.... Read More

Allen Clark was taken into custody by Murfreesboro Police after a short foot pursuit. (Submitted)

Murfreesboro PD nab reported bank robber minutes after the robbery

Dec 06, 2021 at 04:30 pm by Voice Wire

A detailed description from bank tellers and witnesses, helped Murfreesboro Police Department officers arrest a bank robber minutes after he robbed the Pinnacle Bank on Monday.... Read More

4 residents escape injury after drive-by in Murfreesboro

Dec 06, 2021 at 02:15 pm by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) detectives are searching for the person or persons who riddled a house with bullets, endangering four people, including a three and a 12-y.... Read More

Family seeks answers to loved one's death

Dec 06, 2021 at 10:59 am by Lisa Marchesoni

Shontisha Marie Rutland’s family will spend another holiday season without knowing the circumstances of her death in the summer of 2020. &nb.... Read More

Pastor accused of sex crimes completes suicide during break from trial

Dec 02, 2021 at 04:36 pm by Voice Wire

The man found dead in a parking garage Thursday morning in Murfreesboro has been identified as David Rowan. Rowan appears to have died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.... Read More

Murfreesboro man arrested in shooting death of ex-girlfriend

Dec 02, 2021 at 09:46 am by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division detectives have arrested a Murfreesboro man for the shooting death of his former girlfriend on Wednesday, Dec..... Read More

Three men in custody after carjacking two vehicles in Smyrna

Dec 01, 2021 at 12:30 pm by Voice Wire

Three men are in custody after two separate carjackings in Smyrna, according to a press release from Smyrna Police Department. Around 11:20 a.m. Nov. 30, Smyrna Police D.... Read More

Detectives Need Your assistance Identifying Thief

Nov 18, 2021 at 11:54 am by Cynthialynn Jones

Detectives need assistance identifying the individual wanted for questioning in a theft/shoplifting case. On October 22, more than $1,000 in power tools and other merchandis.... Read More

BOLO canceled: Detectives need assistance identifying a theft of property case

Nov 16, 2021 at 10:52 am by Cynthialynn Jones

The tips started coming in immediately, and the person of interest in the photos have been identified. Detective Gorham will soon be taking out felony theft warrants for his a.... Read More

18-year-old woman injured in weekend shooting

Nov 08, 2021 at 11:08 am by Voice Wire

Murfreesboro Police Department detectives are searching for the person who fired shots into a vehicle injuring a woman as she and her friends were trying to leave a party afte.... Read More

Smyrna man on Most Wanted list killed in crash on 840

Nov 04, 2021 at 04:37 pm by Voice Wire 1

A man wanted for attempted criminal homicide was killed in an incident on I-840 at approximately 8:27am this morning, November 4, 2021. A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper obs.... Read More

Smyrna man added to TBI's Most Wanted for allegedly shooting wife

Nov 04, 2021 at 10:44 am by Voice Wire

Smyrna Police Department (SPD) are looking for Rodney Garrett and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigatoin is helping by adding him to the state's Most Wanted list. On Nov..... Read More

Conviction in 2016 Murfreesboro murder upheld by state Appeals Court

Oct 29, 2021 at 09:19 am by Michelle Willard

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Cassius Dominique Ivory for the 2016 shooting death of Donte Johnson. According to the police report, Johnson.... Read More