Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and four others injured on Saturday, Feb. 12. Police are searching for the shooter. A sergeant patrolling the area heard gunshots and responded to the Habibi Hookah Cafe, 1644 Middle Tennessee Blvd., around 2:03 a.m. The sergeant started…
A routine traffic stop by Murfreesboro Police Department Directed Patrol Unit officers nets nearly three-quarters of a million dollars, drugs, and loaded guns on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Police arrested two people. Officers conducted a traffic stop on a U-Haul where the driver failed to stop at a stop sign. He has been identified as James…
The Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) has partnered with Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System in adding the department’s first mental health co-responder. Heather Noulis is a full-time employee with Volunteer Behavioral Health Murfreesboro but is assigned to work with Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) officers at MPD. Her office is at MPD headquarters. Noulis will assist officers…
Smyrna Police Department (SPD) is searching for a vehicle that struck a pedestrian and fled the scene. On Wednesday, February 02, 2022, at 5:55 p.m., SPD was notified that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle on Mitchell Avenue at Fairview Avenue in Smyrna, TN. The vehicle left the scene without stopping. The pedestrian…
Smyrna Police Department recently hosted a ceremony pinning three new officers. The pinning ceremony is the culmination of an intense officer training period, including 12 weeks of in-residence training at The Tennessee Law Enforcement Academy and 16 weeks of internal training with SPD. Officer Dylan Coleman, Officer Collin Kowalski, and Officer Mackenzi White were pinned…
Murfreesboro Police Department partnered with the Prevention Coalition for Success and the Tennessee National Guard Stashed Away Trailer educating parents about teenage substance misuse and the places their children could hide drugs and alcohol in their bedrooms. The latest episode of ‘Behind The Badge’ with Public Information Officer Larry Flowers also features a nationwide Amber…
An undercover operation by the Murfreesboro Police Department Special Investigation Division Narcotics Unit resulted in the arrest of a Hermitage man for possession of illegal drugs and mushrooms. Orville Alphonso McKinley, 46, is facing three charges for selling Schedule I narcotics. He was taken into custody Thursday, Feb. 3 in the Walmart Neighborhood Market parking…
Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Crimes Against Property detectives arrest a man for multiple vehicle thefts and break-ins over a two-day period. Brett Smith, 26, of Murfreesboro, was asleep in a stolen Ford F-250 pickup on West Main Street Thursday, Feb. 3. He was arrested and charged with theft over $60,000, theft over…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Chief Michael Bowen announces the promotion of three officers to the rank of sergeant at a ceremony on Friday, Jan. 28. Sergeant Megan Manus has been with MPD since January 2013. Manus has worked as a patrol officer and part of the Murfreesboro Police Alcohol Countermeasures Team (MPACT) before being promoted…
UPDATE: Murfreesboro Police Department Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian hit by a truck and run over by two more cars on Wednesday, Jan. 26. The pedestrian fatality happened on S. Church Street near Warrior Dr. at 6:10 p.m. yesterday. Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department paramedics and Rutherford County…