A Murfreesboro man accused of stabbing his uncle to death, then wrecking a vehicle and fleeing on foot, Monday morning, Aug. 17, is now behind bars. 28-year-old Carmen De la Cruz is facing second-degree murder charges. The preliminary investigation reveals De la Cruz stabbed his uncle, Gregorio Zetino, who is in his early forties. The…
The victim of the fatal hit and run crash last Friday is 73-year-old Elizabeth Jernigan, of Murfreesboro. Jernigan and hit while crossing Memorial Blvd. by a man driving a Nissan Maxima around 9:17 p.m. August 14. She was pronounced deceased at Stones Crest Medical Center a short time later. The investigation is active and on-going….
Murfreesboro Police Department detectives are investigating what led to the shooting death of a Murfreesboro man on E. Northfield Blvd. Sunday, May 17. Officers were dispatched to the 700 block of E. Northfield Blvd. for an unresponsive man at 5:03 this morning. Officers found a 46-year-old man, with a gunshot wound, behind a duplex. Personnel…
UPDATE: The victim in the fatal train vs pedestrian accident has been identified as 38-year-old Nadia Berkman. Her family has been notified. Murfreesboro Police Department detectives are attempting to identify a woman who was struck by a train and died, Sunday, Jan. 12. The preliminary investigation indicates the woman appeared to walk into the path…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating an unattended death of a woman found by firefighters, unresponsive in a vehicle in a grocery store parking lot, Monday afternoon, Jan. 6. Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Engine 5 crew members pulled into the parking lot of Kroger, 2243 Veterans Parkway, to buy groceries, and noticed a…
A Murfreesboro man is deceased and another one injured following a single vehicle crash on Warrior Driver Saturday morning, Dec. 7. The preliminary investigation revealed the driver of a 2012 Nissan Altima, Dustan Michael Volkman, 27, may have been speeding and failed to negotiate a curve on Warrior Drive near Riverdale High School. His vehicle…
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…
On Sunday, June 23 at approximately 11:55 p.m., Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to a report of a possible suicide at an apartment complex in the 200 block of John R. Rice Blvd. The preliminary investigation revealed a male subject suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced deceased on the scene by Rutherford County Emergency Medical…
On Friday, June 21 at approximately 10:00 a.m., Murfreesboro Police Officers were dispatched to a car wash on South Church Street about a report of a serious injury crash. The preliminary investigation revealed a female driving a 2016 Toyota Rav4 was attempting to pay using the automated machine, while holding one foot on the brake…