Murfreesboro Police Department is urging residents not to confront car burglars after a homeowner exchanged gunfire with two people attempting to break into a neighbor’s vehicle on Sunday, April 17. The incident occurred at a home in the 4900 block of Neyland Way around 4:10 a.m. The preliminary investigation shows a homeowner received an activation…
Detectives need help identifying two persons of interest in a burglary case. On April 3, money orders/checks were stolen from the night deposit box at Farrar Brothers on West College Street. One person is captured on video checking the box and another person is seen retrieving the items. The individuals were driving a dark colored…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Crimes Against Property detectives are urging residents to lock their automobiles and remove valuables after multiple car break-ins where 13 firearms have been stolen over the past month. MPD officers responded to 81 burglaries to motor vehicles between March 1 and April 5. The recent rash occurred from Joe B. Jackson…
Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division homicide detectives arrest a man they believe stabbed his roommate to death and left his lifeless body inside their rented condo. The victim, 27-year-old Ryan Wolcott, was found by another roommate inside their University Commons condo on Old Lascassas Road around 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, April 6. Wolcott had been…
Murfreesboro Police Criminal Investigations Division detectives are investigating the death of a 27-year-old man at the University Commons Condos on Old Lascassas Pike. The man was found inside a first-floor unit around 3:25 p.m. April 6. The cause of death hasn’t been determined. The investigation continues.
On April 4, 2022, at 2:22PM, Smyrna Police Department (SPD) personnel were dispatched to 415 Sam Ridley Parkway regarding a bank robbery. Two individuals entered Regions Bank, brandished firearms, and forced employees and customers to one side of the bank. These individuals left with an undisclosed amount of money. The individuals are believed to be…
Charges are pending against a suspect accused of fatally shooting another man Sunday near the Rutherford-Wilson County line, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s supervisor said. Suspect Jorge Reyes, 43, who lives in the Couchville Pike area is wanted for the first-degree murder of Rigoberto Riso Hernandez, 35, said Detective Sgt. Steve Craig. Hernandez was shot multiple times,…
State and local law enforcement agencies are searching for a suspect wanted in the homicide of a man about 6 Sunday morning on Couchville Pike near the Wilson County line, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s supervisor said. The suspect is described as a Hispanic man wearing blue jeans and boots. He is about 6 feet tall….
One person is dead after apparently shooting a family member and himself late Thursday night in La Vergne. The gunman was found inside his house on Willowview Drive around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 31 after an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. The person who found the gunman called 911 and shortly after found a…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Criminal Investigations Division detectives arrest a man for stabbing and beating his father to death and injuring his mother on Wednesday, March 30. DeJahn Tyson, 21, has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. He was taken into custody without incident at the crime scene. The Murfreesboro Emergency Communications…