MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — On Good Friday (04/15/22), the Rutherford Co. Traffic Safety Task Force spent a good part of their day on South Church Street, which turns into the Shelbyville Highway as motorist pass the Joe B. Jackson Parkway interchange.Drivers were asked to use caution, concentrate on safe driving skills during the Easter holiday weekend by the Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force, said Murfreesboro Police Lt. Greg Walker.Task force officers encouraged safer driving .
In nearby Shelbyville, a police officer was injured during an attempted traffic stop.Just before midnight this past Thursday, Officer Letisia Diaz was patrolling Madison Street when she began following a red pickup truck whose driver was suspected of driving while impaired. As Diaz followed the vehicle down Highway 41A, the truck came to an abrupt stop.After stopping, authorities report the driver of the pickup placed the truck in reverse and intentionally rammed the patrol car being driven by O .
MURFREESBORO, Tenn.- Murfreesboro Police “Crimes Against Property” detectives are urging residents to lock their vehicles and remove valuables after multiple car break-ins were reported. MPD officers responded to 81 burglaries to motor vehicles between March 1st and April 5th. The recent rash occurred throughout south Murfreessboro, from Brinkley Road to Joe B. Jackson Parkway. More alarming is the fact that 13-guns were stolen out of the vehicles.Detectives are curre .
County Commissioner Pettus Read is once again seeking the County Commission seat for District 8, which makes up the southwestern area of Rutherford County including all of Eagleville, Rockvale and a part of western Murfreesboro. The long-time agriculturalist, writer and newspaper columnist is announcing his plans to seek re-election as a County Commissioner to the Rutherford County Commission with his name on the ballot in the Republican Primary May 3 and in the August 4 General Election.Read is .
A short drive down Highway 231 South in Bedford County, the Shelbyville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a subject who was captured on a surveillance camera. Authorities report that the individual is a “Person of interest” in a theft case. Apparently, the theft in question took place at a store called USA Cellular in Shelbyville.Scroll down to learn how you can help police if you recognize the subject in the photo above this news story on WGNSr .