Police Lieutenant Tom Sissom has retired from the Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) after 34 years of dedicated service. Sissom began his career with MPD in October 1987. He served as a police officer from 1987 to 1996. Sissom was promoted to Sergeant in July 1996. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 2007, a position he…
Smyrna Police Department requests the public’s assistance in identifying subjects involved in two separate overnight armed robberies. SPD personnel were dispatched to Charlie’s Bait Shop, located at 6516 New Nashville Highway in Smyrna, at 10:40pm, in response to an armed robbery. The clerk was walking to the front door in preparation to exit the building…
Plans are underway for Smyrna Police Department’s (SPD) 2021 National Night Out. Join the department Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 5pm – 8pm, 400 Enon Springs Road East. SPD officers and dispatch personnel will be on-hand to provide demonstrations, tours of the facility, and hands-on activities. Representatives from the Community Services, Criminal Investigation, Dispatch, Evidence, SWAT,…
Smyrna Police Department (SPD) requests the public’s assistance in identifying subjects involved in two separate overnight armed robberies. SPD personnel were dispatched to Charlie’s Bait Shop, located at 6516 New Nashville Highway in Smyrna, at 10:40pm, in response to an armed robbery. The clerk was walking to the front door in preparation to exit the…
UPDATE: The community tips paid off. The man who assaulted an elderly Sam’s Club employee while attempting to steal computers has been identified. Property Crimes detectives are preparing to take out warrants for Theft 2500-10,000 x2, Robbery, and Simple Assault. Thanks everyone for sharing. ORIGINAL RELEASE: Murfreesboro Police Property Crimes detectives are searching for the…
UPDATE: Smyrna Police Department has located the vehicle and its occupant involved in this hit-and-run motor vehicle crash. Mr. Ruben Buenrostro Contreras of Smyrna, DOB 8/10/53, has been booked into Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. SPD wishes to thank Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance with this case. ORIGINAL RELEASE: Smyrna Police Department (SPD)…
A Texas man wanted on a fugitive from justice warrant, for removing an ankle monitor and jumping bail, is arrested in Murfreesboro after briefly refusing to come out of a home on Sept. 14. The Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service Middle Tennessee Joint Fugitive Task Force and Rutherford County…
Murfreesboro Police Department officers are searching for the driver of a black Mercedes that was involved in a hit-and-run crash. The crash caused a power outage to thousands of residents and businesses on Friday, Sept. 3. The Mercedes struck a white GMC 2500 work truck and then hit a guy wire and damage a TVA…
Jason Hurley, MTSU police training sergeant, is one of three campus officers and one campus dispatcher certified to instruct this month’s Rape Aggression Defense Systems, or RAD, course. A Murfreesboro native, Hurley chose to become a certified RAD instructor after serving those who have been victims of sexual assault and abuse during his almost decade-long…
More than $350,000 in vehicles were stolen or damaged after someone cut the wires to the alarm system and forced their way into Beamon Dodge Dealership stealing five cars from the showroom floor on Friday, Aug. 27. The thieves located keys to five cars, three Dodge Challengers and two Dodge Charges, driving right out of…