UPDATE: School Resource Officer Daniel Thomas resigned in lieu of being terminated. A Rutherford County school resource officer was charged with public intoxication Wednesday by Murfreesboro Police. SRO Daniel Thomas is assigned to Holloway High School. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said Thomas was placed on administrative leave after the arrest. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating. Thomas…
Dispatcher Ashley Arrington watched in her rear-view mirror as an alleged speeding driver crashed into her car, then “very clearly” saw his car strike three people standing in the median. The impact forced her car into a semi-truck, but wearing a seat belt prevented her from being hurt. “It was chaos for sure,” Arrington said,…
A Rutherford County Adult Detention Center deputy was terminated after he was charged with domestic assault late Saturday night. Michael Dandre Brooks, 23, of Readyville was charged with domestic assault of his former girlfriend, said Sheriff’s Detective Derrick McCullough. Brooks allegedly made threats against the woman, which led to his arrest, the detective said. He…
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office earned two top awards recently at the Tennessee Highway Safety Office’s annual Lifesavers Conference in Murfreesboro. THS0 presented the top Championship Award to the Sheriff’s Office for overall traffic safety efforts. Also, the Sheriff’s Office placed first in the Challenge Awards in the category of 201 to 500 law enforcement officers….
Six people, including a Rutherford County Schools teacher, were charged with felony conspiracy to introduce drugs into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center in September, Rutherford County officials said Thursday. Teacher Shelley Gurda, 50, of Murfreesboro was charged with conspiracy to introduce Suboxene into the jail Sept. 12 with five other co-defendants, said Detective Curtis…
“Good food and fun” is on the menu for the Wings & Rings benefit for Special Olympians participating in the annual fall bowling tournament in October. School Resource Officers will collect donations from diners from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Toot’s in Smyrna, said Special Olympics chair Lou Paschall. The funds…
Four juveniles were charged after they allegedly wrote racially-insensitive comments in Bibles and doors of an African-American church and stole property Tuesday, sheriff’s officials said. Deputy Shawn Matthews responded to the Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church where he found “KKK” written in Bibles and “we are white and we are watching you, white power” written…
A Maury County man wanted for murder of a 2-year-old child was captured by Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies about 3 p.m. Thursday at Lowe’s in Murfreesboro, said Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh. Timothy Lee Brooks Jr., 22, of Columbia was taken into custody by Deputy Joey Vann and Lt. Kenneth Barrett. Maury County officials are on the…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue and Police Departments are slated to release their Lip Sync Challenge video this week. The two departments collaborated with country rap musician “Big Smo” to fulfill multiple requests from social media followers to join in the lip sync challenge fun spreading across the nation. “We might have been a little late to…
School buses will join the traffic Monday when more than 45,000 Rutherford County Schools’ students return to classes. Drivers are asked to leave early to get to work or other destinations because of the extra traffic, said School Resource Officer Daniel Thomas, who coordinates the school crossing officers. School crossing guards are stationed in school…