La Vergne Police

La Vergne Police Department to Participate in Drug Take Back Day

The La Vergne Police Department is once again participating in the October DEA Drug Take Back Day. This year’s take back event will be on Saturday, October 29 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the La Vergne Police Department behind City Hall at 5093 Murfreesboro Road. Anyone dropping off medication is not required to…

Kidnapping Extortion Arrest

Police Officers and Troopers Solve Kidnapping, Robbery, Extortion Case

Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) officers and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) troopers solved a kidnapping, robbery, and extortion case where a man was held hostage and tortured by two men after meeting a female for sex at a local hotel on Friday, Oct. 21. Harry Kiningham, 41, was arrested at the hotel on Silohill Lane where…

Cameron Jordan

Victim Identified in Wednesday Fatal Shooting in Fast-Food Restaurant Parking Lot

Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division detectives, with assistance from the La Vergne Police Department, arrest a man on Thursday, Oct. 20, for the murder of 24-year-old Kevin Washington. Washington was gunned down in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Murfreesboro in late September. Cameron Jordan, 20, was taken into custody while at…

La Vergne Police Looking to Identify Men Involved in Parking Lot Shooting

La Vergne Police Looking to Identify Men Involved in Parking Lot Shooting

Detectives are looking to identify several people involved in a shooting at a La Vergne parking lot earlier this week. Officers were called to the Walgreens on Murfreesboro Road at Waldron Road on October 16 when one man began shooting at three other men around 9:50 a.m. The other three men left the scene in…

La Vergne Police Asks for Help to Identify Retail Theft Suspects

La Vergne Police Asks for Help to Identify Retail Theft Suspects

Three people suspected of stealing from the La Vergne Walmart are being sought by detectives. On October 2, 2022, a man and two women entered the Walmart on Murfreesboro Road and stole some electronic items. They left with the unpaid items in a black sedan, possibly a Toyota. Anyone with information on this case, or…

Murfreesboro Rail Road Tracks

First Responders Urge Residents Not to Walk on Railroad Tracks After Two People Hit in Two Days

First responders are urging residents to avoid walking on train tracks after two people were hit and injured within two days in Murfreesboro. The latest incident happened on the CSX railroad bridge next to the Searcy Street Greenway on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 4:34 p.m. The initial investigation shows as the train approached two 18-year-old…