A Murfreesboro man accused of raping three unconscious women has entered into a plea agreement and will spend the next 16 years in prison. Immanuel Webb, 39, plead guilty to two counts of rape and one count of attempted rape during a hearing on February 14 in Rutherford County Circuit Court. Chancellor Howard Wilson sentenced…
The Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division (CID) detectives are currently investigating a rash of vehicle break-ins at several hotels off Medical Center Boulevard on Sunday, Feb. 9. Two vehicles were also reported stolen. A total of 39 vehicles were broken into at three hotels and an apartment building in the Conference Center Blvd. area…
Fatal Accident Crash Team investigators have charged and arrested a Murfreesboro man in the fatal crash on Middle Tennessee Blvd. on Jan. 27. Ewarth Chesney, 50, of Murfreesboro, is facing two-counts of vehicular homicide, and aggravated assault (recklessness). 35-year-old Sylvio Victor from Antioch died at the scene. A 5-year-old child died from injuries five days…
Three Florida men have been arrested in connection with a multi-state organized retail theft ring, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Murfreesboro Police Department’s Crime Data Analysis Unit (CAD), license plate reader (LPR) cameras, Smyrna (TN) Police Department (SPD), Henderson Police Department (HVPD) and Goodlettsville Police Department. The suspects are accused of stealing more…
Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Violent Crime Unit detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a one-year-old baby and the injury of the mother. The shooter took his own life in Williamson County, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Officers responded to reports of shots fired at the Chelsea Place Apartments on Bradyville…
Drivers will be stopped to check for driving impaired during a sobriety checkpoint from 10 p.m. to midnight Friday on Rutherford Boulevard between Broad Street and Church Street. Tennessee Highway Patrol Lt. Shawn Boyd said THP troopers and members of the Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force will look to see if drivers appear to…
U.S. District Courts DO NOT ask people to pay bond payments at a BitCoin kiosk. A scammer sent this document and called a resident’s cell phone sounding very convincing in trying to trick the resident into paying a bond. But the resident had the good sense to hang up instead of losing his money to…
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…
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…
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…