The Murfreesboro Police Department will be partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to promote motorcycle safety during the month of May, which is nationally recognized as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Agencies participate by providing information and increasing awareness in their communities about the importance of sharing the road and looking twice for motorcyclists. “Motorcyclists…
Murfreesboro Police Officer Matthew Rice has been recognized as the STARS award recipient for March 2019. Rice was honored by Mayor Shane McFarland prior to Thursday’s (April 18) meeting of the Murfreesboro City Council. On two separate days, Officer Rice apprehended or assisted in the apprehension of felony suspects involved in numerous home and auto…
Members of the LaVergne Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on Saturday May 4th, 2019. Officers will be working moving Alcohol Saturation Patrols (ASP) from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, and then conducting the Sobriety Checkpoints on Murfreesboro road. DATE: May 4th, 2019 TIME: The Sobriety Checkpoint will be conducted from 10:30 PM…
Do you have any pharmaceutical pills that you don’t need anymore? This weekend the La Vergne Police Department, with the help of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, is hosting a Drug Take Back Day to help citizens safely dispose of their old medications. La Vergne Officers will be outside City Hall (5093 Murfreesboro Road, La…
Twenty-two citizens graduated from the 36th session of the Murfreesboro Police Department Citizens Police Academy (CPA). This was the culmination of 12-weeks of learning about the workings of the department. The participants attended presentations from several officers and detectives on topics such as search and seizure, officer safety, K9, Special Operations, emergency communications, domestic violence…
UPDATE – Law enforcement agencies are still searching for Tai Harrell, 16 of Clarksville after he escaped Thursday from the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center. Harrell was being held for 10 counts of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment from Clarksville Police Department. People who see Harrell are asked to immediately call their local law enforcement…
At approximately 4:11 a.m. Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to reports of a possible explosion that may have been caused by some type of improvised explosive device at the Vie Apartments, 1345 Wenlon Dr. As a result, there is minor damage to an apartment unit. There are no reports of injuries at this time. The area…
The Law Offices of John Day, P.C. and The Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department are hosting a “Car Seat Check” event the whole family can enjoy on April 13th! Why are car seat checks important? Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for all children. Properly fastened child restraints, or car seats,…
Around 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 4th the La Vergne Police Department was notified by Metro Nashville Police that a vehicle that was stolen during a carjacking in Metro Nashville was possibly in La Vergne near the interstate. LPD Officer Darby located the stolen vehicle within minutes and attempted to pull the vehicle over. The…
On March 31, 2019, at approximately 4:12 a.m., Murfreesboro Police Officers responded to the 2000 block of Olympia Place in reference to a subject entering a home through a window, firing shots and then fleeing the scene. The preliminary investigation reveals that a resident inside the home was awakened by a noise. After getting out…