A frightened Rutherford County woman crouched in a closet and dialed 911 after she heard two men breaking into her home before noon Wednesday on Asbury Lane. But a burglar alarm scared the men out of Rashonda Johnson’s house. When they backed out of the driveway, Sheriff’s Deputy James Davis arrived and turned on his [...]
A fugitive wanted for child sexual abuse charges in Franklin County was nabbed Tuesday while hiding in a Murfreesboro motel, Rutherford County Sheriff’s officers said. Defendant Michael Clifford Smith, 33, of Winchester was wanted for rape of a child under age 13 and aggravated sexual battery in Franklin County, reported Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller. [...]
Action by a neighbor allowed Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies to charge a suspect with burglary Friday, a detective said. A neighbor who saw a man carrying items from Laura O’Kon’s home on Gateway Drive immediately called the sheriff’s office to report the suspicious incident, Cpl. Michael Moody said. The neighbor gave a description of the [...]
One mother spent Christmas night in jail after she allegedly slipped illegal drugs to a trustee Christmas afternoon at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, a deputy reported. Suspect Frances Robinson, 31, of 1325 Wenlon Drive, was charged with the felony charge of bringing contraband into a penal institution by Deputy Aaron Scicolone. Scicolone escorted [...]
Thanks to a neighbor’s watchful eye, Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies nabbed a burglary suspect when he walked out of the victim’s house with his pockets stuffed with stolen jewelry, deputies said. A neighbor called the sheriff’s office about 11 a.m. to report she saw a man breaking out a window at a home nearby, Cpl. [...]
When a killer tornado devastated Rutherford County in 2009, volunteers outside the county pitched in to help. Now, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office’s Explorer Post 106 wants to return the favor. Explorers are collecting non perishable food, canned food and toiletries for the citizens of Center Point, Ala., north of Birmingham, Ala., who were devastated [...]
Three out-of-state fugitives were captured Jan. 6 in Smyrna and La Vergne by the U.S. Marshal’s Middle Tennessee Fugitive Task Force, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said Thursday. Two of the three suspects were wanted on federal drug charges in the Western District of Kentucky while the third suspect was wanted for an armed robbery [...]
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office’s Explorer Post 106 will collect non perishable food and canned goods, batteries, diapers, water and toiletries for residents of Center Point, Ala., and Jefferson County, Ala. People may drop off donations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Rutherford County Courthouse in downtown Murfreesboro and Sam’s Club on John [...]
A garbage pickup worker noticed plastic bottles with tubing believed used in methamphetamine production and called Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. This is the second meth-related call in two days to Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy James Davis determined the trash contained materials possibly used to manufacture the illegal methamphetamine. Narcotics Lt. Egon Grissom said Special [...]
Rutherford County’s School Resource Officers’ program crossed an international border when the only original county SROs trained Guam officers and educators to initiate a new SRO program. The National Association of School Resource Officers contracted with Guam’s Department of Education to train about 35 school administrators, probation officers, educators, law enforcement officers and community aides [...]
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Fortunate Rutherford County residents may share their blessings by eating at Toot’s restaurant Tuesday and making a donation to the Shop with a Cop drive. Sheriff Robert F. Arnold and the School Resource Officers hope to raise enough funds through the Shop with the Cop drive at Toot’s and other donations to take 20 to 25 children Christmas [...]
Safety Officer Scott Diehl of the Governor’s Highway Safety Office and Tom Kimball, traffic safety prosecutor for the Tennessee Office of Attorney General, met with Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy A.J. Ross and Training Sgt. Jon Frazier about a campaign for DUI enforcement. Reducing deaths and injuries from drunk driving are the goals for the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office joining with [...]
False threats about a bomb left in a La Vergne elementary school principal’s office forced the lockdown of the school and resulted in a grandfather’s arrest Thursday, school resource officers said Friday. A student’s grandfather met with Lake Elementary School Principal Jeff McCann Thursday morning, SRO James McGoney reported. When the grandfather left, he told a [...]
Saving a child contemplating suicide earned Sheriff’s School Resource Officer Carl “Bucky” Watts recognition as “Officer of the Month” for September by Ford of Murfreesboro. Watts, the SRO at Smyrna Middle School, received information the student planned to take his life and no one would get there in time in [...]
