Drones located a distraught woman who ran into a wooded area in 32-degree weather Saturday near Hoovers Gap Frontage Road, a sheriff’s supervisor reported. Sheriff’s deputies were called about 1:30 pm. to a home off U.S. Highway 41 (Manchester Highway) for the woman lost in the woods, Sgt. Tyler Morten reported. Due to the freezing…
When Chris Hale’s best friend died of an overdose, the shock brought new life to Hale. Hale, 26, of Rockvale found his friend deceased Oct. 11 and called the Sheriff’s Office. Patrol Lt. Will Holton, who coordinated Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh’s new Sheriff’s new Strategies and Tactics for Opioid Prevention Unit, talked with Hale, who had…
An estranged husband was charged with murdering his wife after her body was found in a ditch Monday morning near her Midland community home, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s lieutenant said. Detective Joseph Duncan charged husband Juan Francisco Lugo, 41, of Floyd Avenue in Murfreesboro with killing his wife, Brecka Nicole Lugo, 29, of New Zion…
Church members and convenience store customers heard a box truck driver play audio Sunday similar to the audio heard before the Nashville explosion Christmas Day, Rutherford County Sheriff’s sergeant said. Because of those actions, driver James Turgeon, 33, of Holly Grove Road near Murfreesboro was charged with two counts of felony filing a false report…
Mrs. Santa wiped tears away when she learned the impact of $7,200 she and her Secret Santa husband donated to Rutherford County Sheriff’s patrol deputies to give away last week. Secret Santa and Mrs. Santa gave 72 deputies $100 bills to distribute to people they encountered for Christmas. This is the fourth year they sponsored…
Neighbors and Sheriff’s Office deputies worked to reunite a lost Wilson Elementary kindergarten student with her family Sunday. Kayla Fanguy’s daughter, Averly, was playing with her family and friends at a neighbor’s home Sunday when she became separated from them. The lost Averly remembered a boy from her school lived in the neighborhood and went…
A man wanted on multiple warrants almost struck several Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies with a Chevrolet Suburban when they tried to arrest him Sunday in La Vergne, a sheriff’s sergeant said. Steven Tyler Ralston, who was located at 129 Rocky Tock St., almost struck deputies when they approached him, said Sgt. Bryant Gregory. Cpl. George…
Imagine wondering what happened to a loved one who disappeared 42 years ago. One family still wondering may be related to an unidentified 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. An autopsy report described the unidentified…
Kindergarten students giggle and wave as they watch Pancake move his paws and “woof” with the help of School Resource Officer Chad Dodson. Pancake is a stuffed animal dog that Dodson brings to Lascassas Elementary School to entertain students. Dodson introduced the stuffed dog to communicate with the kindergarten through 5th grade students since COVID…
A senior citizen escaped injury when a woman she gave a ride to threatened to kill her and carjacked her vehicle Monday on Central Valley Road, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said. The 71-year-old senior citizen was not injured but flagged down another driver who contacted the sheriff’s office, said Detective Brian Gonzales. She was…