Criminal Investigations Division detectives have solved a 2020 homicide with the arrest of a 19-year-old man. Rickey Leedarius Flowers, of Murfreesboro, was arrested June 15 on a sealed indictment from a Rutherford County Grand Jury. Flowers is charged with the first-degree murder of Jaylen Spears, 19, of Nashville. Spears was shot multiple times inside a…
Detectives are seeking the identity of the man who broke into a car parked at the Adams Tennis Complex, 925 Golf Lane, on June 15, 2021. The man stole a wallet containing credit cards. He then went to the Old Fort Parkway Walmart and charged more than $800. He attempted to use a Walmart card…
Drivers leaving keys and key fobs in their vehicles, and not locking the doors has led to an increase of auto thefts in Murfreesboro, according to detectives. In several cases, weapons were stolen. So far, about 57 vehicles have been stolen within the city limits of Murfreesboro from April 1 to June 18. Nineteen vehicles…
Smyrna Police Department (SPD) can confirm that Nichelle Omega is safe and Nyx Omega is in custody. SPD personnel were dispatched to the 400 block of Enon Springs Road West at 5:35pm, June 16, 2021. The infant’s biological mother, Nyx Omega, was engaged in a supervised visit with the infant at the Smyrna Public Library….
About 15.7 pounds of the deadly drug fentanyl were seized Wednesday after four search warrants were drafted by a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective assigned to the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Task Force in Nashville. The search warrants were drafted after a three-month investigation into alleged heroin distributor Carlos Batey, 44, of Hendersonville. The investigation showed Batey…
An off-duty Decherd Police officer was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly pointed his department-issued handgun at a driver Sunday in Murfreesboro, a Rutherford County supervisor said. Mathew Ward, 31, of Cason Lane in Murfreesboro was charged after an investigation of the road rage case starting on Interstate 24, said Patrol Cpl. William Travis,…
Quick thinking by a Murfreesboro Police Department officer may have helped save the life of a shooting victim on Sunday, June 13. The officer applied a tourniquet around the arm of the 35-year-old shooting victim to stop the bleeding until personnel with Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department and Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services arrived. The victim…
UPDATE: BOLO CANCELED!! Frank Maurice Washington who was reported missing by his family has been safely located. Thanks everyone for sharing! Frank Maurice Washington, 37, was reported missing by a family member on June 8, 2021. The family has not heard from him in several weeks. On May 30, Washington checked out of the Knights…
MPD RAD Women Rape Aggression Defense Training Basic Physical Defense Class. The class will take place on Thursday in September, beginning the 9th and ending on the 30th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. It is open to girls/women ages 14 and up, and is free of charge. Participants should attend all four dates. Training…
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is still investigating the police-involved shooting of a man in Murfreesboro near W. Rutherford Blvd. on Sunday. The man is recovering in the hospital and is in stable condition. Officer Joshua Hinkle has been reassigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of the investigation. Hinkle joined MPD in December 2018. ORIGINAL…