Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Special Victims Unit (SVU) detectives are encouraging any potential victims to come forward in the child rape case of a traveling minister. Benjamin Sean Garlick, 32, was reindicted by a Rutherford County Grand Jury in March and now faces additional charges. The charges include seven counts of aggravated rape…
Detectives are seeking the identity of a person of interest in the theft of multiple clothing recycle bins from various locations in Murfreesboro. Surveillance video captured someone pulling into a parking lot of one of the locations, in a white box truck and load one of the recycle bins into the truck and then driving…
Detectives are trying to locate a person of interest who is wanted for questioning in a shoplifting investigation. On March 9, children’s clothing worth hundreds of dollars were stolen from JCPenney on Old Fort Pkwy. The individual left the store in a black sedan with a male driver. If you know this person, contact Detective…
Detectives need help identifying two persons of interest suspected of breaking into a car at Barfield Park and stealing a wallet. The unknown individuals were captured on surveillance video in Walmart on Joe B. Jackson Pkwy using the victim’s debit/credit cards and purchasing more than $1,200 worth of gift cards. If you know these persons…
Five police officers have been promoted to the rank of Sergeant announced Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Chief Michael Bowen. Bowen also presented a Meritorious Service Medal to an officer who saved a baby’s life. Officer Robert Baer was presented with a Meritorious Service Medal for saving the life of a one-year-old baby who was not…
Murfreesboro Police Department Chief Michael Bowen announces the promotion of sworn personnel to the ranks of deputy chief, captain and three to lieutenant. Former Operations Division Commander, Captain Cary Gensemer has been named Deputy Chief overseeing the Administrative Services Division, Operations Division, and the Emergency Communications Division. Gensemer began his employment with MPD in 1999…
A convicted felon has been arrested by Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division homicide detectives accused of shooting to death a man over the weekend. The shooter, Corey Lillard Sr., 44, has been charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, felony possession of a schedule II drug (suspected fentanyl), drug…
Murfreesboro Police Department detectives are investigating what lead to the shooting death of a man Saturday morning March 9. Officers were dispatched to a home in the 1100 block of E. Vine Street just before 10 a.m. The 23-year-old male victim was found on the back porch of the home shot multiple times. He was…
Murfreesboro police are searching for man who robbed the CB&S Bank on S. Church Street Friday morning. The robber entered the bank around 9:56 a.m. with a revolver and demanded money. He left the bank walking. The robber was wearing a green hoodie, black ski mask, gloves, and a white surgical mask. A K9 unit…
CID detectives are attempting to identify two persons of interest in a shoplifting incident that occurred at Ulta on Medical Center Pkwy. on Feb. 29. The unknown females are accused of concealing merchandise, valued at more than $600, in their purses and jackets. They left the store without paying. If you know these persons of…