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…
Andrea Campbell, 11, wanted to know about law enforcement and safety during the annual School Resource Officer’s Junior Deputy Camp. “I thought it was cool for me to know and learn about safety so if I am in a situation, I will know what to do,” Andrea said. “If they know self-defense, they can take…
A couple died after an apparent domestic violence shooting with their 2-year-old son inside their Annadel Court home Wednesday night, a sheriff’s detective said. Patrol deputies found the bodies of Anthony Gaunichaux, 47, and his wife, Amanda, 36, inside their home, said lead Detective Angela Hall. “She appeared to be the victim of a fatal…
A Rutherford County constable who died in the line of duty in 1878 was memorialized this year on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. Constable Abner Dement, who was shot by a suspected horse thief Aug. 19, 1878, was formally remembered during the 30th Annual Candlelight Vigil Sunday night during National Police…
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and Adult Detention Center are recognizing the Detention deputies during National Corrections Officers and Employees’ Week May 7-13, 2018. President Ronald Reagan designated the week to honor the correctional officers who put their lives on the line daily to safeguard and protect inmates. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said he honored the 163…
Almost $40,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and about $100 worth of heroin were seized from a Murfreesboro man after a one-month investigation, a Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau supervisor said last week. Suspect Dustin James Thompson, 32, of Old Lascassas Road was charged with manufacturing, delivering, selling or possessing Schedule I drugs for resale, four counts…
An escapee from the Rutherford County Correctional Work Center is back in custody Friday. Fugitive Justin Baucom, 30, of Smyrna, escaped from the work center April 1. Sheriff’s Warrants Capt. David Hailey said Criminal Warrants Detectives Jack Keisling and Gene Thorpe apprehended Baucom in Goodlettsville Friday. “Both deputies put in countless surveillance and tracking hours…
Chaplain John Spurgeon of the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center and Correctional Work Center earned the Volunteer of the Year award this week from the American Jail Association. Spurgeon received the award during the annual conference this week. He also serves as prison ministry pastor at New Vision Baptist Church. Deputy Chief Bernard Salandy, who…