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…
Teacher Tristan Brown feels safer after Rutherford County Sheriff’s school resource officers trained for an active aggressor scenario Tuesday at a county elementary school. “It makes me feel safer they’re prepared,” said Brown, a Siegel High School marketing teacher who played a victim during the all-day scenario. “This gives me an opportunity to be as…
A Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter pilot recovered the body of a Rutherford County woman who apparently drowned Sunday night at Jefferson Springs Recreation area, a sheriff’s sergeant reported. THP Aviation Pilot Lt. Brad Lund located Rania Malak Saleb Gaber, 23, of Smyrna at 10:30 p.m. about 150 yards south of the Jefferson Pike Bridge in…
Residents who want to learn about forensics and ride along with a patrol deputy are invited to participate in the 12-week Sheriff’s Citizens Academy at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Citizens learn about the inner workings of the Sheriff’s Office. The free classes begin Tuesday, Aug. 21 from 6-9 p.m. and run through Nov. 12….
Citizens may now feel safer exchanging children for child custody or buying and selling from Internet e-commerce after a Safe Exchange Zone was created at the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, said Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh. Parking spaces are reserved for the Safe Exchange Zone in the parking lot located at 940 New Salem Highway in Murfreesboro….
Moms April Wright and Alicia Modrall thought it would be fun to take their young children on an easy hike last Thursday. Wright and her sons, Mattheus, 3, and Dylan, 2, and Modrall and her daughter, Alyssa, 2, hiked about 3-1/2 hours and more than 5 miles at the Flat Rock Cedar Glade and Barrens…
Children of three Sheriff’s Office employees each earned $500 scholarships from the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh recommended the scholarship awards for Faith Edgell, daughter of Sgt. Glenn Edgell, Skyler Norrod, daughter of Detective Kyle Norrod and Jacob Hendrixson, son of Lt. Barry Hendrixson. Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association awards the scholarships to sheriffs’ employees or…