On Tuesday, October 8, at approximately 3:03 p.m., Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to a call of a robbery at the First Tennessee Bank, 123 W. Thompson Lane. Bank employees told officers a man handed a teller a note demanding money, stating he had a gun. He got away with an undisclosed amount of money. The…
The Murfreesboro Police Department is investigating a rash of vehicle break-ins where car windows were shattered, vehicles broken into and items stolen early Monday morning, Oct. 7. So far, officers have responded to more than 50 vehicle break-ins at several hotels and at apartment complexes off Medical Center Parkway near Interstate 24. Owners started calling…
A La Vergne police chase involving a stolen vehicle out of Nashville ended in Smyrna with a teenager under arrest. On October 8 at 12:30 a.m. the driver, identified as Alhagie Camara (18), blew through a stop sign at Old Nashville Highway, nearly hitting a police officer turning from Chaney Boulevard. Camara did not stop…
A Murfreesboro man was swindled out of nearly $18,000 by someone using a spoofed Murfreesboro Police Department phone number, claiming there were warrants out for the man’s arrest and that his social security number had been compromised. The 52-year old victim informed police he received a call from a man claiming to be with the…
Two people were taken into custody this morning following an August BOLO put out by the Smyrna Police Department. LPD arrested Jacob Macdonald, 29, and Sydney Sorrell, 23, on Interstate 24 near mile marker 58 at 8:00 a.m. on October 2, 2019. They will be taken to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office to be booked….
The Murfreesboro Police Department’s newest officers graduated Sept. 27 from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) in Nashville. The officers, who were part of Class 1869, spent 12-weeks studying and training at the Basic Police School. The new officers are: (alphabetical order) Officer Wesley Cantrell Officer Brianna Dunn Officer Ryan Ellis Officer Johnathan Gomez…
A convenience store was temporarily closed for business early Sunday morning after a possible improvised explosive device (IED) was found inside a vehicle where the driver is believed to have overdosed. Officers responded to the parking lot of a business in the 2000 block of S. Church St., around 12:53 a.m., Sept. 22, to assist…
On September 20, 2019 La Vergne police officers arrested two teenagers accused of robbing a woman during an online sale transaction. At 9:30 a.m. the suspects, Jadarian Marble (18) and Tyler Benjamin (18), went to the victim’s house in the Lake Forest subdivision to purchase a MacBook Pro. They had connected with the victim on…
Three people were rushed to the hospital and a gunman is on the run following a shooting at an apartment complex late Sunday night. Police were dispatched to The Pointe at Raiders Campus Apartments, 2315 N. Tennessee Blvd. around 11:30 p.m., Sept. 22, and discovered three male victims suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim was…
Murfreesboro Police Criminal Investigations Division (CID) detectives are investigating a suspicious shooting that left a man dead. Patrol units responded to the Campus Villa Apartments, 902 Greenland Ave., around 1:26 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 10, about a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim, Oscar Lee Eiland, Jr., 22, was transported to the St. Thomas…