Driver Charged and Arrested in Fatal Pedestrian Crash; Pedestrian Identified

Driver Charged and Arrested in Fatal Pedestrian Crash; Pedestrian Identified

Murfreesboro Police Department Fatal Accident Crash Team (F.A.C.T.) investigators have charged a Georgia woman with vehicular homicide after she hit and killed a Murfreesboro man while crossing the street on Friday, June 3. Teandrea Bigsby, 28, of Georgia, was taken to the hospital after suffering a panic attack following the fatal crash. After being evaluated…

Police Detectives Need Help Identifying a Person of Interest

Police Detectives Need Help Identifying a Person of Interest

Detectives need help identifying a person of interest in a fraud investigation where a buyer used a $17,500 fraudulent certified check to purchase a gray 2018 Chrysler 300 on May 13.   The seller took the certified check to the bank, and it was determined if was fraudulent due to the routing number.   The…

Teen Citizens Police Academy Summer Session

Teen Citizens Police Academy Summer Session

The Teen Citizens Police Academy (TCPA) is an educational and informative program modeled after the Murfreesboro Citizens Police Academy. TCPA is designed to give young people the opportunity to learn about the Murfreesboro Police Department and its operations. The teen academy also gives the department an opportunity to interact with teens within the community and…

BOLO: Stolen Motorcycle

BOLO: Stolen Motorcycle

Detectives are attempting to identify two men as persons of interest in a motorcycle theft case. On May 19, a Kawasaki Ninja 300 motorcycle was stolen from the Lofts at Gateway Commons Apartments on Medical Center Blvd. Surveillance video shows two males exiting an early 2000’s model hunter green Chevrolet Tahoe XLT or Suburban with…

La Vergne Police

Woman Arrested Following Alert from License Plate Reader System

One woman is behind bars today thanks to the La Vergne license plate reader system. The Blue Sentinel LPR alerted officers to a vehicle entering the city that had been reported as stolen. The driver was later spotted backing the vehicle into a spot at the Kroger parking lot on Murfreesboro Road. Officers were able…

Police Investigating a SUV Versus Pedestrian Crash Involving Small Child

Police Investigating a SUV Versus Pedestrian Crash Involving Small Child

A three-year-old is accidentally hit and injured by a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) after the child ran into traffic on busy Old Fort Pkwy. on Thursday, May 26. The little girl was rushed to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital to be treated for injuries. She is in stable condition. The child was able to cross the eastbound…

Sex Trafficking Investigation in Murfreesboro Leads to Arrest of Florida Man

Sex Trafficking Investigation in Murfreesboro Leads to Arrest of Florida Man

Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Special Investigations Division Vice Unit detectives, with assistance from special agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), arrest a Florida man on sex trafficking charges. Vytal Dominique Cote, 27, was arrested in Broward County, Florida on May 11. Cote was indicted May 4 by a Rutherford County Grand Jury…

911 Center Employees Are Now Train-the-Trainer CIT Certified

911 Center Employees Are Now Train-the-Trainer CIT Certified

Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center Emergency Operations Coordinator Becki Green and Communications Specialist II Brady Lutton are now 911 CIT certified through the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board and NAMI, in collaboration with Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson Area Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program. Green and Lutton took part in the CIT Train-the-Trainer Course at the Williams County Public…