Do you have any pharmaceutical pills that you don’t need anymore? This weekend the La Vergne Police Department, with the help of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, is hosting a Drug Take Back Day to help citizens safely dispose of their old medications. La Vergne Officers will be outside City Hall (5093 Murfreesboro Road, La…
Dispose of your unused prescription medications safely by dropping the drugs off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Sheriff’s Office in Murfreesboro or TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna. The Sheriff’s Office will partner with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration during the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to get…
Almost $40,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and about $100 worth of heroin were seized from a Murfreesboro man after a one-month investigation, a Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau supervisor said last week. Suspect Dustin James Thompson, 32, of Old Lascassas Road was charged with manufacturing, delivering, selling or possessing Schedule I drugs for resale, four counts…
Dispose of your unused prescription medications safely by dropping the drugs off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sheriff’s Office in Murfreesboro or TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna. The Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration during DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 28 to get rid…
Thong Bacon delivered about 5 pounds of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications her family and friends needed to dispose of during the Tuesday (April 24) MTSU Drug Take-Back Day on campus near the Campus Pharmacy drive-thru. A professional hair stylist, Bacon said her contribution included “cleaning out two to three people’s houses.” She added it…
One man was arrested after La Vergne Narcotics and Detectives executed a search warrant along with the La Vergne Swat team at a home on Sunrise Avenue Friday night. Detectives located approximately 1.25 ounces of cocaine, approximately 1 pound of marijuana and approximately $9,500 in cash in the house. 39-year-old Michael Watts was taken into…
Retiring K-9 Balu located more than $1 million of cocaine during a traffic stop Wednesday on Interstate 24, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics supervisor said. Deputy Josh Gregory stopped the driver for multiple traffic violations between the South Church Street and New Salem Highway exits in Murfreesboro, said Sgt. Will Holton. “During the traffic stop,…
Two brothers who allegedly skipped court on felony drug charges seven years ago were tracked to England by a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective and returned to face charges, the detective said. Murfreesboro Police vice detectives charged brothers Charles Culver, 30, of Milton-Keynes, England, and Dane Culver, 27, of Bedford, England, with possession of illegal, hallucinogenic…
An East Tennessee woman is on a mission to try and prevent others from feeling the pain and heartache of losing a child to opioid abuse. Rhonda Coffey has started a support group and hopes to get the overdose reversal drug in the hands of police officers. Looking back on happier times, Coffey always knew…