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Faith & Blue Weekend features Movie In the Park, Family Fun Fest and Touch A Truck

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 2, 2023) Engaging the community through partnerships with faith-based organizations is the goal of the 3rd Annual Faith & Blue Weekend celebration in Murfreesboro. This year’s event is co-spo...

Murfreesboro police promotes new lieutenant and sergeant

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (September 18, 2023) Murfreesboro Police Department Chief of Police Michael Bowen promotes Katrina Henderson to the rank of lieutenant and Josh Martin to the rank of sergeant.

Lieutenant Henderson started her career with MPD...

Standoff with armed gunman ends peacefully

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (August 31, 2023) A three-and-a-half-hour standoff with a barricaded man with a gun ends peacefully after Special Operations Unit (SOU) used several de-escalation tactics.

Michael Thibodeau, 33, was taken into cust...

NEW: Pedestrian hit and killed by driver on S. Church Street identified

MPD Captain graduates from F.B.I. National Academy

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (August 08, 2023) Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Captain Cary Gensemer is a graduate of the 285^th session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) National Academy. 

The graduation took place at the F.B...

MPD Deputy Chief, two Captains complete National Senior Management Institute for Police

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (August 7, 2023) Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Deputy Chief Steve Jarrell and Captains Don Fanning and Bryan Anderson recently graduated from the Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP) Program at Boston Univer...

Convicted felon arrested for robbing Murfreesboro bank

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (August 4, 2023) A convicted felon is arrested in East Tennessee two-weeks after being accused of robbing a Murfreesboro bank.

Benjamin Monroe Collins, 61, was taken into custody in Morristown by the Morristown Police Depart...

Man arrested for threatening to ‘shoot up a school’

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A Hendersonville man has been arrested and charged with threats of mass violence after making a threat to shoot up an unnamed school to his co-workers at a Murfreesboro business this week. 

Landon Brassfie...

Police investigates another near-fatal motorcycle versus vehicle crash

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (July 24, 2023) The Murfreesboro Police Department Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) is investigating a serious injury crash involving a motorcycle and pickup truck.  

The motorcycle rider, a 35-year-old mal...

Murfreesboro Police celebrates the promotion of new captains, lieutenant

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (July 24, 2023) Murfreesboro Police Chief Michael Bowen announces the promotion of two new captains and a lieutenant to fill existing vacancies.

Samuel Smith is being promoted to captain in the Administrati...

Longtime detective retires from Murfreesboro police

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (July 17, 2023) Detective Richard Presley is retiring from the Murfreesboro Police Department after dedicating 24 years of service to the department.

Presley began his employment with MPD in July 1999, as ...

Man accused of raping women while they were unconscious; police seeking to identify other victims

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (July 13, 2023) An investigation is underway by the Murfreesboro Police Department Special Victims Unit (SVU) hoping to identify several women who were allegedly raped by a Murfreesboro man while they were...

Shooter claims self-defense in overnight double fatal shooting

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (July 8, 2023) The 21-year-old shooter involved in a double fatal shooting outside a local fast-food restaurant claims he was protecting himself when he shot two men who were assaulting him as he sat in th...

Police investigating fatal wreck on SE Broad

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (July 7, 2023) Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) is investigating a fatal crash involving a small pickup and a propane truck.  

Officers respon...

MPD encourages drivers to ‘Look Twice’ after two recent crashes involving SUVs and motorcycles

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (July 3, 2023) The Murfreesboro Police Department Uniformed Traffic Division supervisors are encouraging drivers to look twice for motorcycles after two near-fatal wrecks only two-days apart.

“Looking twic...

MPD receives MADD Middle Tennessee Outstanding Department award

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (June 29, 2023) The Murfreesboro Police Department has been awarded the 2023 Middle Tennessee Outstanding Department by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Tennessee.  Several MPD officers also received a...

Driver accused of hitting officer with car arrested; passenger arrested for lying to police

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (June 22, 2023) The driver who sped off during a traffic stop, striking and injuring an officer has been arrested.  One passenger was also arrested for lying to police.  William Kress, 22, was tak...

Injured driver in Joe B. Jackson crash has died

UPDATE:   Injured driver dies

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (June 20, 2023) An 18-year-old who was critically injured in a two-car crash on Joe B. Jackson Pkwy. on June 8 has died.

Dallas Johnson,18, of Murfreesboro, passed away from his injuries...

MPD honors fallen officers at Peace Officers Memorial Service

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) employees honored and remembered the department’s fallen officers as part of a Peace Officers Memorial ceremony on Thursday, May 18.  A moment of silence was also held...

Police investigating Wednesday night homicide, suspect arrested in Kentucky

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (February 16, 2023) – Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Violent Crimes Unit detectives are investigating the shooting death of a woman allegedly by her boyfriend on Wednesday, Feb. 15.  The boyfriend was ...

Police arrest a man for allegedly stabbing roommate to death; victim identified

Fatal stabbing victim identified

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (February 15, 2023) – The victim in Monday night’s stabbing on Ransom Dr. has been identified as 31-year-old Phillip Maddox, Jr.

The motive behind the stabbing death remains u...

Murfreesboro police add two more mental health co-responders after first year success

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (February 3, 2023) – The Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) has added two additional mental health co-responders bringing the total number to three. 

Kevyn Wilson and Sydnee Kucenski-Land ...

Police announce takedown of man in multi-state theft of electronic handheld scanners

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (December 1, 2022) An electronic handheld scanner theft investigation by Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Property Crimes Division detectives is instrumental in arresting man who has ...

Exchange Club names MPD Homeless Outreach Service Team ‘Officer of the Year’

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (November 2, 2021) – The Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Homeless Outreach Service Team (HOST) has been named, ‘Officer of the Year,’ by the Exchange Club of Rutherford County.

Exchange Club President ...

Residents can report speeding, traffic concerns online to Murfreesboro Police

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 31, 2022) Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) launched a new webpage that assists residents in reporting reoccurring traffic issues such as speeding, failing to stop at stop signs or red lights, ...

Good police work by officers and troopers helps solve kidnapping, robbery, extortion case

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 25, 2022) Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) officers and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) troopers solved a kidnapping, robbery, and extortion case where a man was held hostage and tortured by tw...

First responders urge residents not to walk on railroad tracks after two people hit in two days

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 14, 2022) First responders are urging residents to avoid walking on train tracks after two people were hit and injured within two days in Murfreesboro. 

The latest incident happened on the CSX rail...

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