The 66-year old Murfreesboro man involved in a multi-vehicle crash on Lebanon Pike (Hwy 231) Tuesday, June 1, has been identified as Tibor Koritsanszky. Koritsanszky suffered severe injuries after the driver of another vehicle crossed the yellow double line colliding with his Toyota Prius. Koritsanszky was trapped inside his vehicle and had to be extricated…
MTSU Police Chief Buddy Peaster did not always have a burning desire to be a law enforcement officer. His career in the field began while he was going to college for education to become a teacher and needed a job. “I put in an application to work part-time as a student at the college police…
Detectives with the Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division are searching for the suspect(s) who shot a woman, causing her vehicle to wreck and burst into flames on Monday, May 31. Despite efforts from responding officers trying to save the woman from the burning vehicle, she died. Officers responded to reports of a vehicle engulfed…
One person was arrested in La Vergne Wednesday night following a drive-by shooting. Police were called to the 200 block of Fergus Road around 10:00 p.m. after reports someone shot at the home. Officers in the area were able to locate and stop the suspect’s car and took one person into custody. He was later…
Smyrna Police Department (SPD) Officer Aaron Parris completed the 55th session of the National Forensic Academy (NFA) at the University of Tennessee’s Law Enforcement Innovation Center (UT LEIC) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Officer Parris was one of twenty-six participants from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies across the United States to complete the rigorous…
Detectives need help identifying the male who was involved in the theft of a motor vehicle from the Outreach Thrift Store, 1715 S. Rutherford Blvd. on May 16, 2021. The man attempted to take the wooden railings off the back of the beige 2000 Chevrolet GMC C/K 1500 pickup truck, but was unsuccessful. He then…
Murfreesboro Police Department detectives are investigating three unrelated violent road rage incidents over the past several days, one with gunshots being fired at another vehicle. Officers responded to a road rage incident that resulted in shots fired at the intersection of NW Broad Street and Thompson Lane around 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 14. According to…
Drivers who do not obey traffic signals will be the focus of a traffic enforcement by agencies with the Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force during “Operation Red Light” on Friday, May 14. ‘Operation Red Light’ will run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Teams of law enforcement personnel will patrol high-crash areas of the…
Detectives are in search of the suspects who stole a vehicle from Springfield Apartments on Manson Pike on April 27, 2021. The vehicle owner reported her 2014 Ford Fusion was taken with her wallet containing her driver’s license, debit, and social security cards. If you recognize the individuals in the video, please contact Murfreesboro Police…
The annual Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Peace Officer Memorial Day ceremony in honor of fallen officers will be virtual due to COVID. It will air on various broadcast and social media platforms, at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 13. National Police Week began in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy recognized May 15 as Police Officers…