UPDATE: The two MPD officers injured in an attack with a box cutter on Friday have been released from the hospital. One officer was treated for a cut to his face. The other, a cut to his arm. The investigation is ongoing. UPDATE: Justin Gordon, 21, was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder…
Sheriff’s school resource officers charged a La Vergne High School student Wednesday after he allegedly threatened a girl after a ballgame Tuesday, SRO supervisors said. The visibly shaken girl told SRO Matthew Arrington she was talking to a boy when her ex-boyfriend and three other people pulled up after a ballgame Tuesday at Smyrna High…
The Rutherford County Fire Marshal’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance to provide any information aiding in the investigation into use of improvised incendiary devices (commonly known as Molotov Cocktails) against the Hazen Brigade Monument located at the Stones River National Battlefield. This monument is located on the north side of Old Nashville Highway just…
Two men are arrested as part of a multi-state crime spree, accused of breaking into cars at fitness centers, stealing credit cards and checkbooks, and then using them to make fraudulent purchases. Kenneth Jackson, 41, of Atlanta, and Jeremy Ottinger, 42, of Nashville, were arrested at a Nashville motel with the help of Metro Nashville…
A North Carolina man wanted for killing his wife and leaving with their 3-year-old daughter Wednesday was arrested by Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies and Murfreesboro Police at a motel tonight in Murfreesboro, authorities said. Brent James Bockes, 50, of Sanford, N.C., faces charges of first-degree murder of his wife, Deanna Michelle Bockes, whose body was…
MPD Criminal Investigations Division Property Crime detectives have been investigating a theft of property case at Walmart since October 27, 2021, and now need help identifying two persons of interest. The investigation indicates two young males entered Walmart located at 140 Joe B. Jackson Pkwy., and took two Apple watches, a computer tower, modem, and…
A Murfreesboro man is in custody after his girlfriend fell off the trunk of his car, hitting her head on the pavement on Thursday, Dec. 23. Andre Tate, 22, is charged with aggravated domestic assault of his 19-year-old girlfriend. Murfreesboro Police Department officers responded to the 2300 block of Tedder Blvd. around 3:40 p.m. yesterday….
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating an early after a strong-armed robbery at the First Horizon Bank. The bank robber is still on the run. Police responded to the bank, located at 154 Cason Lane, at 1:27 p.m. Bank employees told police, an unknown man, wearing a black shirt with green or gray Under…
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 “Tommy” Bowen, 42, of Smyrna, Travis Stanley, 29, of Murfreesboro, and Madison Davis, 25, also of Murfreesboro, were served the indictments on Nov. 24. All three…
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, Dec. 6. Officers responded to the bank located at 2035 SE Broad Street for a strong-arm robbery around 9:21 a.m. A man handed a teller a note on a…