Teams of local and state officers are searching for two inmates who overpowered a detention officer and escaped about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday from the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, said Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh. Dewayne Lee Halfacre, 43, of Lynchburg and Jonathan Cody Baxter, 28, of Geneses Lane in Murfreesboro, assaulted the detention officer, climbed over…
Six people, including a Rutherford County Schools teacher, were charged with felony conspiracy to introduce drugs into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center in September, Rutherford County officials said Thursday. Teacher Shelley Gurda, 50, of Murfreesboro was charged with conspiracy to introduce Suboxene into the jail Sept. 12 with five other co-defendants, said Detective Curtis…
Four Siegel High School students were cited for simple possession of marijuana after K-9s scanned lockers and vehicles parked outside the school Tuesday, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office reported. In a message to parents, Principal Larry Creasy requested the scans “because I wanted to be proactive and send a clear message that we are not…
A 15-year-old girl escaped injury when her ex-boyfriend allegedly sloshed gasoline on her, ignited a lighter and threatened to burn her Saturday at her home, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s sergeant reported. Her grandmother and a roommate also were not hurt when the 17-year-old boy and friend Coty Edwards, 27, threatened to burn their home, said…
An adult son was arrested after he allegedly killed his father late Friday night at their Brookrun Road home, Rutherford County Sheriff’s detectives said. Son Tanner Lancaster, 25, was charged with first-degree murder of his father, Parry Lancaster, by Detective Derrick McCullough, said Detective Sgt. Steve Craig. Major Bill Sharp said officers responded to a…
Four juveniles were charged after they allegedly wrote racially-insensitive comments in Bibles and doors of an African-American church and stole property Tuesday, sheriff’s officials said. Deputy Shawn Matthews responded to the Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church where he found “KKK” written in Bibles and “we are white and we are watching you, white power” written…
On Monday, September 17, 2018, at approximately 2:00 PM, Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to a call of an attempted abduction in the parking area of 2946 S. Church Street. The victim reported that three males attempted to get him into their truck, with one suspect actually grabbing his arm. The location where the incident allegedly…
On Monday, September 17, 2018, at approximately 3:25 PM, Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to a call of a robbery at 2504 Old Fort Parkway (US Bank). Upon arrival, officers confirmed a subject had demanded money from the teller by passing a note. He was described as a white male wearing a dark pinstriped suit, pink…
Murfreesboro Police Department Violent Crimes Unit BOLO: Wanted Subject MPD Event# 18-19737 Amin Abdulqani Kosar Male/Black, DOB: 07/09/1999 Height: 5’10”, Weight: 150 lbs., Eyes: Brown, Hair: Black Suspect is wanted in reference to an Especially Aggravated Robbery. Warrants are on file with Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department. The suspect fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle…
On Saturday, August 10, 2018, at approximately 7:25 PM, Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to a call of a fight at 1025 Old Fort Parkway (Old Fort Park). Upon arrival, officers found an adult male victim suffering from multiple stab wounds. He was treated on scene by Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department personnel and Rutherford County Emergency…