Police Sergeant David “Dino” Johnson has retired from the Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) after 33 years of dedicated service. Johnson began his career with MPD in September 1987. He served as a police officer from 1987 – 1996. Johnson was promoted to detective and served in that role from 1996 – 1998. Johnson was a…
What began as a plan for a woman to sell a vehicle through Facebook Marketplace ended in a dangerous carjacking Thursday, July 31. Two suspects have been arrested. 18-year-old Jeremiah Cohill and 19-year-old Ja’Veon Brown were charged with carjacking, conspiracy to commit carjacking and theft. Brown is also charged with possession of a firearm in…
Many families still wonder what happened to missing relatives, even if they haven’t heard any news for 42 years. One missing relative could be the man whose body was found shot and partially burned Aug. 1, 1978 at Poole Knob Campground near La Vergne, said Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Richard Brinkley. “There’s a mother, father,…
One person barricaded in a house in La Vergne was taken into custody Tuesday morning. Police were called to the home on Constitution Avenue around 5:00 a.m. after reports that a felony subject was hiding out in the attic. The suspect has been identified as 31-year-old Terrence Starks. Starks was wanted by Tennessee Highway Patrol…
Investigators are recovering human skeletal remains found Monday evening in a field off Mount Herman Road in the Kittrell community, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s captain said. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene after people found the remains, said Capt. Britt Reed of the Criminal Investigations Division. Dr. Hugh Berryman and Dr. Tiffany Saul and…
Teams of Rutherford County rescuers and a Murfreesboro Police officer and her K-9 partner located a missing 83-year-old woman just in the nick of time Monday afternoon. Gracie Sullivan of Burnt Knob Road was found by the rescuers in the heat with temperatures nearing the 100-heat index, said Rutherford County Sheriff’s Cpl. George Barrett. “She…
Rutherford County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of a man found late Sunday at his residence, supervisors said Monday. Erick Bixler, 45, of Asbury Lane was the apparent victim of a murder, said Lt. Todd Sparks of the Criminal Investigations Division. Sparks said the preliminary investigation indicated Bixler was targeted. “We don’t feel like…
An 18-year-old Murfreesboro resident was shot and found in the middle of Interstate 24 following a carjacking and kidnapping in Murfreesboro overnight. The suspect led a neighboring agency on a chase before crashing. The Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) was notified by Tennessee Highway Patrol after troopers found the male victim near mile marker 75 around…
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) detectives are searching for the person who stole three urns containing ashes and an assortment of jewelry from two mausoleum display cases at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. A funeral director called police Friday, July 17, after discovering someone had entered the mausoleum, broke into the display cases, and took the items. It…
Rewards increased to $26,000 for information about the person who shot a Murfreesboro business woman driving her Tesla April 23 on Veterans Parkway, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said. She remains bedridden while recovering from her critical injuries, said Detective Jamin Humphress. “The victim and the family desperately want justice and prosecution of the person…