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Two men arrested for ATM robbery; warrants issued for third man

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (November 15, 2023) Two men have been arrested and warrants issued for a third for the robbery of an ATM outside a Murfreesboro bank on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

Ryan Smith, 25, and Demond Johnson, Jr., 18, both of Houston, Texas, ar...

Exchange Club names Colby Reed ‘Officer of the Year’

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (November 3, 2023) – Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Special Operations Division Detective Colby Reed has been named, ‘Officer of the Year,’ by the Exchange Club of Rutherford County.

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UPDATE: Driver arrested in fiery crash; speeding contributed to crash

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (November 16, 2023) A driver who caused a five-car chain reaction crash on Saturday, Oct. 28, where one car caught fire trapping a driver has been arrested.  Charles Smith, 45, was arrested by Rutherford County She...

Reported bomb attached to car turns out to be a dent protector

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 24, 2023) A man who attached a make-shift rubber bumper to his car doors with wires and duct tape to prevent dents led to a massive federal, state, and local response for a bomb threat that turned out to b...

Driver pleads guilty in 2022 crash that killed 11-year-old child

Driver pleads guilty in crash that killed 11-year-old child

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 17, 2023) A driver has pleaded guilty in the May 2022 crash on Lascassas Pike that killed an 11-year-old Providence Christian Academy student, inj...

Police seek other possible victims after man was arrested for exposing himself to a teen

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 16, 2023) Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Patrol Division officers arrest a man for exposing himself to a teenager at Target over the weekend.  Police believe there may be other possible vict...

Murfreesboro PD searching for shooters who shot and kill one man, and injuring another

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 13, 2023) Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Criminal Investigations Division detectives are trying to determine if robbery was the motive behind a shooting that left one man dead and another one serious...

Murfreesboro PD issues theft warning for Hyundai and Kia owners

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – (October 5, 2023) Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Criminal Investigations Division detectives have issued a warning to Kia and Hyundai owners to be on high alert after a viral TikTok trend has resulted in a si...

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...

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...

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 ...

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, ...

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