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…
Officials with Rutherford County Fire Rescue (RCFR) say a juvenile has been charged with aggravated arson and vandalism of LifePoint Church located at 5100 Almaville Road. RCFR and Almaville Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at the church just after 9:00 p.m. Wednesday. Crews were informed that church staff located two…
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…