UPDATE: Update on woman wanted for questioning Detectives need assistance tracking down 39-year-old Kanika Zakiya Coleman (aka: Princess Putman, Kanika Putman, Bettie Putman). She is wanted for questioning in an aggravated burglary, theft, and fraudulent use of a credit card case. On Feb. 24, a room at the Residence Inn was broken into and the…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD), U.S. Marshals Service agents in Memphis, and Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies arrest five people for the homicide of 20-year-old Montavis Jones at a Murfreesboro apartment complex in December 2020. Maceo Boyd, Paul Turner, and Tevin Campbell, all age 21, are charged with first-degree murder, felon in possession of a firearm, attempted…
Detectives need help identifying two women as persons of interest in a shoplifting case from TJ Maxx on March 6. The women left the store with a cart full of clothing and other items without paying. Call Detective David Miller at 629-201-5662 or email tips to crimetips@murfreesborotn.gov.
Detectives need assistance identifying a person of interest in car burglary/fraudulent use of a credit card case. On Feb. 27, 2022, a woman working out at Gold’s Gym had the keys to her car stolen. She went to her car and noticed it had been broken into. The victim’s Mac Book Air and cell phone…
MTSU associate criminal justice administration professor Ben Stickle took six-years’ worth of policing experience from patrol to the classroom when he changed careers to become a professor. “While completing research for my Ph.D., I realized I could marry my policing skills and academic skills to research crime and develop methods to actually prevent the crimes,”…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Special Investigation Division narcotics detectives arrest a man and woman at a Murfreesboro hotel on drugs and gun charges on Tuesday, March 8. The two are also persons of interest in an East Tennessee homicide case. Derek Peterson, 34, and Emily Owenby, 19, were arrested at the Super 8 hotel on…
Detectives need assistance identifying two individuals who are persons of interest in an auto burglary/fraudulent use of a credit card case. On Feb 6, someone broke the window of a vehicle parked at the Manson Pike Trailhead on Searcy Street and stole a purse and clothing. The victim’s credit card was used at Kroger on…
Detectives need assistance in identifying two males who are persons of interest in an auto burglary at a home on Alexander Blvd. on January 28 at 1 a.m. The garage opener was taken from a car in the driveway and used to gain access to the garage of the home. A hunting backpack with binoculars,…
More than 15.5 pounds of methamphetamine worth $46,000 was seized during a traffic stop Thursday outside a La Vergne convenience store, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s lieutenant said. After Deputy Cody O’Donnell approached the driver, a clerk told him a woman from the same vehicle left drugs in the restroom, said Lt. Derek Oeser. O’Donnell asked…
Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigation Division Property Crimes Unit is investigating several car break-ins in a NW Murfreesboro neighborhood. Detectives are asking residents to lock their cars. Two individuals were recorded on video checking for unlocked cars on Butterfly Bend off Florence Road on Feb. 28 around 3:30 a.m. A third person is also seen…