A Murfreesboro man and woman have been arrested and charged with a string of commercial business burglaries that occurred over three months. 25-year-old Jalen Ellison was taken into custody by uniformed officers after a traffic stop at Maymont Drive and East Clark Blvd. around 1:58 a.m., Friday, Nov. 22. The car Ellison was driving matched…
A Murfreesboro man is behind bars after being arrested for vandalizing a Murfreesboro Police Department patrol vehicle. Larod Everett, 47, is accused of slashing all four tires on an officer’s patrol unit and ripping off the trunk emblem at an apartment complex on Hillwood Blvd. on Nov. 16. Everett was arrested on two prior occasions…
A Rutherford County Grand Jury has returned three indictments against Universal International Insurance employee Kelsey Ketron who faces more than 70 separate charges. At approximately 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 4, Murfreesboro Police Detective Chris Pitts served the indictments on Ketron at her Murfreesboro home. She was taken into custody and booked into the Rutherford…
Seven suspects wanted for domestic assault and related crimes in Rutherford County were arrested Wednesday during a nationwide sweep, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s captain said. Sheriff’s deputies and Murfreesboro Police officers served nine warrants on the suspects charged with violation of family violence crimes, said Capt. Britt Reed of the Criminal Investigations Division. Family Crimes…
A man who has been robbing stores along Memorial Blvd. over the past week and a half has been arrested. Mark Longmire, Jr., 29, is accused of robbing the following businesses using what appeared to be a shotgun and getting away with hundreds of dollars and cigarettes: Mapco Mart BP 1320 Memorial Blvd On 10/11/19…
Murfreesboro Police Detectives are trying to track down the men who allegedly pulled off high-dollar jewelry heists at Sam’s Clubs from Tennessee to Illinois, including one in Murfreesboro on Thursday, Oct. 17. Officers responded to an alarm call from Sam’s Club, 125 John R. Rice Blvd., around 1:11 a.m. on Oct. 17. Upon arrival they…
A man called 9-1-1 Sunday, Oct. 6, claiming he was being followed. He fired shots while driving along the Interstate, striking a vehicle and damaging his own. Mohamadu Bah, 21, told officers a vehicle started following him on S. Rutherford Blvd. and continued onto Interstate 24 around 5:46 a.m. He also claimed he was being…
Three Murfreesboro apartment communities have been credentialed under the Murfreesboro Police Department Crime Free Multi-Housing safety program, but the City strongly encourages other communities to become certified and join the partnership to build a safer community. “Maintaining a safe, family-friendly community is one of the trademarks of our growing community and we want to keep…
Two people were taken into custody this morning following an August BOLO put out by the Smyrna Police Department. LPD arrested Jacob Macdonald, 29, and Sydney Sorrell, 23, on Interstate 24 near mile marker 58 at 8:00 a.m. on October 2, 2019. They will be taken to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office to be booked….
A convenience store was temporarily closed for business early Sunday morning after a possible improvised explosive device (IED) was found inside a vehicle where the driver is believed to have overdosed. Officers responded to the parking lot of a business in the 2000 block of S. Church St., around 12:53 a.m., Sept. 22, to assist…