Murfreesboro Clarion Inn Shooting

Murfreesboro police searching for the shooter and accomplices in connection to weekend shooting

Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Violent Crimes Unit detectives are actively searching for the gunman and other individuals connected to a weekend shooting that critically injured two victims. Detectives urge the community to assist with locating those responsible. Officers responded to a shots fired call at the Clarion Inn on Old Fort Pkwy on…

Zykaria Velazquez

Deputies convince barricaded man to surrender after he threatens to kill two women

Two women whose lives were threatened escaped unharmed and the suspect barricaded himself inside their home during a standoff Wednesday on Barfield Crescent Road, Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies reported. Deputies responded to the home after a woman screamed for help, Cpl. Daniel McGee reported. Suspect Zykaria Velazquez, 24, of Barfield Crescent Road allegedly threatened to…

deadly wrong-way DUI crash

Driver in deadly wrong-way DUI crash on S. Church Street that killed a man faces vehicular homicide

The driver in the fatal wrong-way DUI collision that killed a Murfreesboro man on S. Church Street last night has been charged with vehicular homicide. 23-year-old Lora Allison Tenpenny was also charged with felony reckless endangerment and DUI charges. The crash happened on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7:24 p.m. when Tenpenny was driving a 2004…

Masked men arrested after stealing thousands of dollars collectible game

Masked men arrested after stealing thousands of dollars collectible game

Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) detectives arrest two masked men for stealing thousands of dollars in Magic: The Gathering cards from a comic store on Sept. 24. Phillip Clodfelter, 42, of Huntsville, Ala., and Kelly Garner, 64, who is homeless, broke into the Grand Adventures Comics and Games on Memorial Blvd. by shattering the glass front…

Murfreesboro Police

License Plate Readers Assisted in Locating the Hit and Run Vehicle

License Plate Reader (LPR) technology played a crucial role in identifying the vehicle believed to have hit and killed 49-year-old Caterina Hill on N. Thompson Lane on Sunday, Aug. 18. Murfreesboro Police Department Crime Data Analysts, Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) investigators and Criminal Investigation Division detectives reviewed LPR camera footage all day on Monday…

Ongoing Investigation

Pedestrian Identified in Fatal Weekend Hit and Run Crash

The pedestrian killed by a hit and run driver over the weekend has been identified as 49-year-old Caterina R. Hill, of Murfreesboro. Hill’s body was discovered around 6 a.m. on Sunday in the street next to the curb in front of 845 N. Thompson Lane. According to the preliminary investigation by the Murfreesboro Police Department…

Cybertip Leads to Arrest of Two Men in Murfreesboro and Texas on Child Porn Charges

Cybertip Leads to Arrest of Two Men in Murfreesboro and Texas on Child Porn Charges

Murfreesboro Police Department newly created Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit detectives have arrested a Murfreesboro man on child pornography charges. Detectives also assisted Homeland Security Investigations with arresting a Texas man and dismantling a possible child porn ring in the Lone Star state. Detectives arrested registered sex offender, 44-year-old Edward Van Epps of Murfreesboro…