About $80,000 worth of illegal heroin was seized from a La Vergne couple by Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics detectives last month in La Vergne, a supervisor said. Detectives located 1.5 pounds of heroin, 50 Oxycodone pills and marijuana at the home of Kalum Shamar Alexander, 31, and Alyncia Latoya Sales, 30, both of Ace Wintermeyer…
A man on bond for a Nashville murder has been taken into custody in La Vergne after leading officers on a pursuit, crashing his car and fleeing on foot before being caught by police. The officer attempted to pull over the driver, identified as Robert Richards (28), on January 28 at 11 p.m. The driver…
Rutherford County Fire Rescue (RCFR) and its Fire/Arson Unit has charged a female suspect with aggravated arson after responding to a house fire at 3709 Woodbury Pike Tuesday night around 9:06. Units from RCFR, and Kittrell and Lascassas Fire Departments, along with Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO), arrived at…
A man accused of selling heroin to a woman who later died was charged with allegedly leaving her body Friday at Nice Mill Dam, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective reported. Cory T. Sain, 27, of Howard Road near Murfreesboro was charged Saturday with abuse of the corpse of Tiffany Vickers, tampering with evidence and possession…
La Vergne officers arrested a man this morning who is wanted for murder in Nashville. Officers pulled over Sengphacha “Ricky” Saysongkham of Antioch at 6:30 a.m. on Murfreesboro Road for a traffic violation. They found Saysongkham was driving on a revoked driver’s license. After running a warrants check, officers found he was wanted in Nashville…
Murfreesboro Police and authorities in Alabama have dismantled a shoplifting ring where fraudulent UPC bar codes were used to purchase Star Wars theme toys and other action figures for pennies on the dollar, throughout the Southeast and reselling them online. Madison Alabama Police Department officers arrested James Adkins, 36, of Murfreesboro, and a co-conspirator, Daniel…
A Smyrna man is behind bars after being arrested for the 2014 homicide of Danny J. Wright. Enrique Dane Decourcey, age 30, is accused of criminal homicide. On the morning of August 7, 2014, Danny J. Wright was working on a vehicle in the driveway of 109 Kings Road in Smyrna when he was shot…
A convicted felon was taken to the hospital this afternoon after fighting police during a traffic stop in La Vergne. An officer initiated a traffic stop with the suspect around 3:30 p.m. at Floyd Mayfield Drive and Patty Cove. The suspect immediately exited the vehicle after pulling over and became combative with officers. After a…
A driver who led police on a pursuit on Thanksgiving night had to be tased before officers could take him into custody. When officers returned to the scene the next day they recovered a gun that was later determined to be stolen. The pursuit started around 6:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving when an officer attempted to…
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…