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 [...]
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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 [...]
Control4 Recognizes Locally Owned Tennessee Home Theater by HomeSecure LLC Awarding those that exemplify what it means to excel, Control4 names Top Dealers of 2011. Murfreesboro, TN – September 22, 2011 — Control4 announced the winners of its 2011 Dealer Awards. Now in its third year, the annual Control4® Dealer Awards recognizes dealers for superior [...]
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 [...]
Three rape charges were filed against a Clarksville man accused of having sexual relations with a 14-year-old autistic girl after he picked her up outside school Oct. 28, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s supervisor said Monday. Suspect William Gilbert Barnett Jr., 36, was charged also with three counts of aggravated sexual [...]
Two convicts accused of assaulting a couple during a home invasion were apprehended by a Murfreesboro Police K-9 team and sheriff’s deputies early Friday off Barfield Road, sheriff’s supervisors said. Victim Tina Binford was held down with one suspect putting his knee on her back and both suspects assaulted her [...]
Thanksgiving is a time for counting blessings and gearing up for Christmas presents. But for many Rutherford County children, the holiday season is just a dream. Because of the financial crunch, many families can’t afford to buy presents. That’s why Sheriff Robert F. Arnold started [...]
Serving criminal warrants is a risky business. Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy Judy Greene suffered injuries when trying to arrest a suspect on charges of domestic assault and two counts of violation of probation Tuesday morning on Hancock Street, said Warrants Capt. Derrell Cagle. Greene was [...]
A Cannon County woman accused of trying to gain $2,500 from a man in exchange for preventing her from posting pictures of him on the Internet was charged with extortion Monday, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said. Valerie Layne Smitty, 36, of 205 Hayes St. in Woodbury was charged [...]
Thirteen suspects wanted for 18 felony charges of violation of probation and failing to show up in court were nabbed early Monday by teams of U.S. Marshals and the Rutherford County Sheriff’s office, the warrants captain said. One of the suspects was cited for failing to pay child support, said [...]
