Smyrna Police Department (SPD) requests the public’s assistance in identifying subjects involved in two separate overnight armed robberies. SPD personnel were dispatched to Charlie’s Bait Shop, located at 6516 New Nashville Highway in Smyrna, at 10:40pm, in response to an armed robbery. The clerk was walking to the front door in preparation to exit the…
UPDATE: The community tips paid off. The man who assaulted an elderly Sam’s Club employee while attempting to steal computers has been identified. Property Crimes detectives are preparing to take out warrants for Theft 2500-10,000 x2, Robbery, and Simple Assault. Thanks everyone for sharing. ORIGINAL RELEASE: Murfreesboro Police Property Crimes detectives are searching for the…
UPDATE: Smyrna Police Department has located the vehicle and its occupant involved in this hit-and-run motor vehicle crash. Mr. Ruben Buenrostro Contreras of Smyrna, DOB 8/10/53, has been booked into Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. SPD wishes to thank Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance with this case. ORIGINAL RELEASE: Smyrna Police Department (SPD)…
A Rutherford County Fire Rescue arson case involving a house fire on February 14, 2020 led to the April 2020 arrest of Shanna Gilpin and ultimately her conviction in August 2021. Gilpin pled guilty to arson and aggravated burglary last month. Turns out, the arson and aggravated burglary came after Gilpin was evicted from the…
A Michigan man was charged after he allegedly possessed 176 illegal Fentanyl pills intended to be sold in Rutherford County, said Rutherford County Sheriff’s Capt. Britt Reed. Zave Garry, 34, of Detroit was arrested by Rutherford County deputies Aug. 27 after he allegedly possessed 176 clandestinely-produced Fentanyl pills, which were pressed and stamped to resemble…
More than $350,000 in vehicles were stolen or damaged after someone cut the wires to the alarm system and forced their way into Beamon Dodge Dealership stealing five cars from the showroom floor on Friday, Aug. 27. The thieves located keys to five cars, three Dodge Challengers and two Dodge Charges, driving right out of…
Rutherford County Pet Adoption & Welfare Services (PAWS) employees are heartbroken after finding a four-day-old kitten left alone, outside in a box this morning. “As employees were beginning to arrive to start their tasks, they located a young kitten, eyes unopened, in a box outside the door, with no person in site,” says PAWS Director,…
Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Special Victims Unit is attempting to locate 34-year-old Eric Branch. Branch is wanted on multiple felony warrants including aggravated assault, aggravated rape, rape of a child, aggravated kidnapping, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was recently indicted by a Rutherford County Grand Jury. The felon…
Murfreesboro Police Department detectives are looking for the man who robbed a bank at gunpoint on Thursday, Aug. 12. Police responded to the Fifth Third Bank, 2927 S. Rutherford Blvd. for a hold-up alarm around 10:46 a.m. A male entered the bank wearing a mask, sunglasses, neon work vest, fisherman-style hat, wig, and gloves. He…
A woman wanted for selling fentanyl-laced drugs is behind bars. On September 19, 2020, Smyrna Police Department responded to a call for service involving a drug overdose death. The medical examiner determined that fentanyl caused this death. Smyrna Police Department Narcotics Unit identified Smyrna resident Jessica Frey as the individual who sold the drugs to…