Teams of officers will check drivers for sobriety during a checkpoint from 11 p.m. New Year’s Eve to 1 a.m. New Year’s Day on Rutherford Boulevard in Murfreesboro. Tennessee Highway Patrol will sponsor the checkpoint with the Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force officers, said THP Sgt. Shawn Boyd. “We want to remind drivers to…
Rutherford County Schools and the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office are asking parents to assist with preventing a potential social media challenge. State law enforcement officials are reporting that social media influencers may have issued a challenge encouraging students to make fake social media threats toward schools for Friday, Dec. 17, with the intent of creating…
Attorney Kyle Evans was appointed to serve as the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office’s staff attorney by Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh. Capt. Evans’ primary duties will be handling legal matters and supervising the Office of Professional Responsibility and off-duty employment. “He was chosen because of his experience, not only as a law enforcement officer but as an…
Two juveniles were charged Monday after they allegedly threatened students on social media posts, said SRO Capt. Brad Harrison of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s School Resource Officers’ Division. “The SROS are investigating these threats,” Harrison said. “People who do these threats against schools and students will be charged.” SRO Joey Vann charged a Blackman Middle…
Making sure families arrive safely for Christmas gatherings are the goals of the “Safe on 70” enforcement events this month by the Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force members. Murfreesboro Police Capt. Cary Gensemer said officers will enforce hazardous moving violations such as speeding, running red lights and distracted driving. “They will also focus on…
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office achieved the Outstanding Department Award from MADD Tennessee for increasing awareness to prevent drunk driving and arresting impaired drunk drivers. The award was presented Thursday during MADD’s annual Tennessee Night of Remembrance honoring law enforcement officers statewide who enforce DUI laws and potentially saved 6,663 lives last year by DUI arrests….
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Patty Oeser earned the Crisis Intervention Training First Responder of the Year award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Middle Tennessee. Oeser serves as the CIT training coordinator for Middle Tennessee. CIT is a 40-hour, specialized training for law enforcement officers with the goal of improving outcomes of people…
Shontisha Marie Rutland’s family will spend another holiday season without knowing the circumstances of her death in the summer of 2020. Rutland, 22, of Nashville, frequently talked with her grandmother, Annie Maples. Their last conversation was in June 2020. When Maples didn’t hear from her granddaughter, she sensed something was wrong. Rutland’s skeletal remains were…
Two Rutherford County Sheriff’s patrol deputies earned top awards from the Tennessee Highway Safety Office Wednesday. Deputy Austin Watson was named “Deputy of the Year” and was chosen as “Drug Recognition Expert of the Year for Middle Tennessee.” A drug recognition expert or drug recognition evaluator (DRE) is a law enforcement officer specifically trained to…
One elementary school student participating in the Shop with the Sheriff event in 2019 wanted to buy food for his family instead of buying toys for himself, remembers School Resource Officer Sam Trubee. “He had two siblings,” Trubee said. “He wanted to get those presents and his Mom something. The kid was completely selfless. He…