Smyrna Police Department (SPD) recently hosted a ceremony pinning six new officers. The pinning ceremony is the culmination of an intense officer training period, including 12 weeks of in-residence training at The Tennessee Law Enforcement Academy and 16 weeks of internal training with SPD. Officer Ernest Carr, Officer William Charbonneau, Officer Cole Lewis, Officer Khang…
A man on bond for a Nashville murder has been taken into custody in La Vergne after leading officers on a pursuit, crashing his car and fleeing on foot before being caught by police. The officer attempted to pull over the driver, identified as Robert Richards (28), on January 28 at 11 p.m. The driver…
Smyrna Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying an individual responsible for a theft at Target. On January 9, 2020, the individual pictured below entered the Target store located at 803 Industrial Drive in Smyrna. The individual removed household goods, camping equipment, and fishing equipment from the shelves and walked out of the store,…
Smyrna Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying an individual responsible for an attempted break-in. On January 26, 2020, between 5:30 and 6:00 AM, the individual pictured below cut a hole through the back fence and attempted to break into a storage unit at Simply Self Storage, located at 300 Wolverine Trail in Smyrna….
The newest police officer in the City of La Vergne is itching to “sniff” out crime! K-9 officer Bora will be sworn in on January 30 with the help of her handler, Officer Larry Holladay. Her first official day on the job was January 15. Bora is a year and a half old Dutch Shepard,…
A Mississippi man who contemplated suicide, is alive thanks to the determination and quick thinking of a Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Specialist II (Dispatcher) who was nearly 500 miles away in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. On the evening of December 26, 2019, Murfreesboro Dispatcher Brady Lutton browsing a Firefighter Facebook Group and saw posts from the distraught man…
A Murfreesboro firefighter and an Emergency Communications specialist were among those honored with the Jerry Anderson Hero Award from the Murfreesboro Branch of the NAACP Saturday (Jan. 25). The awards were presented at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast held at Middle Tennessee State University James Union Building. Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Engineer…
Thirty-four drivers texting and driving were cited into court as part of the Operation U.S. Highway 231 enforcement event Tuesday through Rutherford County. Those drivers were charged with violating the Tennessee’s Hands-Free driving law. Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers, Murfreesboro Police officers and Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies issued the citations during a five-hour enforcement on U.S….
Smyrna Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying an individual cashing fraudulent checks. On January 3, 2020, the individual pictured below entered Regions Bank and cashed a fraudulent check in the amount of $3,500 using a counterfeit/fraudulent driver’s license. On January 4, 2020, the individual entered Regions Bank again and cashed a fraudulent check…
Teams of law enforcement officers will concentrate on traffic laws Tuesday in an effort to reduce traffic crashes on U.S. Highway 231 through Rutherford County. The Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force will conduct Operation U.S. Highway 231 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. with the goal of making the highway safer. Officers from Murfreesboro…