Murfreesboro Police

Behind The Badge February 2022 Episode

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…

SID Seized Drugs

Magic mushrooms, LSD, and Molly recovered during undercover sting; suspect arrested

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…

Brett Smith

Man arrested for multiple vehicle thefts and break-ins

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…

Fatal Vehicle vs Pedestrian Accident on South Church Street

Fatal Vehicle vs Pedestrian Accident on South Church Street

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…

Justin Gordon

Two MPD Officers injured after being attacked by man with box cutter

UPDATE: The two MPD officers injured in an attack with a box cutter on Friday have been released from the hospital. One officer was treated for a cut to his face. The other, a cut to his arm. The investigation is ongoing. UPDATE: Justin Gordon, 21, was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder…

Smyrna Police Dept

Smyrna Police Department responds to report of unresponsive male at Stewarts Creek High School

On January 16, 2022, 2:38pm, Smyrna Police Department personnel were dispatched to Stewarts Creek High School in response to a call regarding an unresponsive male, identified as weight-lifting coach and physical education teacher Maurice Grooms. Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services pronounced Mr. Grooms deceased at the scene where he was found near his car in…

Jeremy Ottinger

Murfreesboro police help bust a multi-state car burglary and fraud ring

Two men are arrested as part of a multi-state crime spree, accused of breaking into cars at fitness centers, stealing credit cards and checkbooks, and then using them to make fraudulent purchases. Kenneth Jackson, 41, of Atlanta, and Jeremy Ottinger, 42, of Nashville, were arrested at a Nashville motel with the help of Metro Nashville…

Man robs Murfreesboro bank

Man robs Murfreesboro bank; fits description of man who robbed a different bank weeks earlier

Murfreesboro Police and the FBI are searching for a man who robbed a bank on the city’s westside on Friday, Jan. 7. The bank robber may be the same man who robbed a different bank in the same area 25 days earlier, according to a police sergeant. The man robbed the Fifth Third Bank, 2437…