An estranged husband was charged with murdering his wife after her body was found in a ditch Monday morning near her Midland community home, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s lieutenant said. Detective Joseph Duncan charged husband Juan Francisco Lugo, 41, of Floyd Avenue in Murfreesboro with killing his wife, Brecka Nicole Lugo, 29, of New Zion…
A 32-year-old man shot and killed on Gunnerson Avenue Sunday night, Sept. 27, has been identified as Javarius Malone. Police are attempting to identify a possible suspect. Murfreesboro Police Department officers responded to the scene to find Malone shot once in the chest Sunday night, just before 11:30 p.m. He was pronounced deceased at Ascension…
A second man accused of killing a Rutherford County man was booked into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center today. Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Ty Downing charged Christopher Lee White, 30, of Hopkinsville, Ky., for first-degree murder of Erick Bixler, 45, of Asbury Lane. Bixler’s body was found July 26 at his home. White was…
Another suspect was charged with killing a man July 26 at his home, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said Tuesday. Suspect Christopher Lee White, 30, of Hopkinsville, Ky., was arrested for first-degree murder of Erick Bixler, 45, of Asbury Lane, said Detective Ty Downing. Deputies were called to Bixler’s home where they found he was…
UPDATE: Suspect Christoper Hawk Robinson, 37, of Cerulean, Ky., was booked in for first-degree murder of Erick Bixler, 45, of Asbury Lane, said Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Ty Downing. Robinson is also charged with especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated kidnapping, murder in the perpetration of a crime and possession of a firearm. He is being…
Warrants were obtained for a suspect accused of killing a Rutherford County man July 26 at his home, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said. Suspect Christopher Hawk Robinson, 37, of Cerulean, Ky., is wanted for the murder of Erick Bixler, 45, of Asbury Lane, said Detective Ty Downing. Robinson is facing charges of first-degree murder,…
A fugitive from justice wanted in the 2019 Eagle Street murder of a Murfreesboro man has been arrested in Mississippi. Thirty-year-old Delarrious Crawford, of Murfreesboro, was taken into custody in Moss Point, Mississippi Thursday morning, June 11, 2020. The U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with Moss Point Police Department, arrested…
Three men were charged with killing a Smyrna resident Monday off Corner Drive, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said. Victim Thein Win, 23, died about 10 a.m. Monday in his car near the intersection of Corner Drive and Summertime Drive just outside the Smyrna city limits, said Detective Ty Downing. Two other men inside the…
Two men were arrested in Rutherford County and two other suspects were arrested in Canoga Park, California Wednesday and Thursday in connection with a triple murder April 18 in Glendale, California, authorities said. Suspects John Poh, 23, and Jordon Byrd, 22, of Murfreesboro were arrested Wednesday in Rutherford County. Detectives from the Glendale Police Department…