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(MURFREESBORO) Two deputies earn Medal of Valor for risking their lives when arresting a suspect accused of killing a Robertson County deputy.SWAT Sgt. Jonathan McGee and Deputy Kyle Grisham exposed themselves to great risk when they arrested the suspect wanted for murdering Robertson County Sheriff’s Deputy Savannah Puckett.The suspect was believed armed with Puckett’s service weapon and hiding in the attic. McGee and Grisham safely took him into custody.Sh...

Photo: Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Crisis Negotiations Team members are from left, front row, Sgt. David Alford, Deputy Christiana Overton, Detective Monica Fonseca and SRO Teresa Reed; back row, SRO Matt King, Cpl. Brad Lynn, K9 Deputy Michael Romans, SRO Jeff VerBruggen, Detective Joseph Duncan, Cpl. Brian Stanley and Lt. Derek Oeser. (Rutherford County, TN) Crisis negotiators trained for school safety situations during recent exercises at Rockvale High School, said L...

Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department Engineer Benjamin Honeycutt says he owes his life to Matt Blansett, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective who died last week in a helicopter crash.

Follow-Up – Rutherford County, Tenn. - Patrol deputies recovered $46,000 worth of methamphetamine in a recent arrest that started with a traffic stop.More than 15.5 pounds of methamphetamine worth $46,000 was seized during the traffic stop this past Thursday. The stop was made outside of a La Vergne convenience store, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s lieutenant said.After Deputy Cody O’Donnell approached the driver, a clerk told him a woman from the same vehicle left d...

More than 15.5 pounds of methamphetamine worth $46,000 was seized during a traffic stop Thursday outside a La Vergne convenience store, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s lieutenant said. After Deputy Cody O’Donnell approached the driver, a clerk told him a woman from the same vehicle left drugs in the restroom, said Lt. Derek Oeser. O’Donnell asked Deputy Matt Kunce and K9 Izar to check the car. “After a positive K-9 alert was detected, a search of the vehicle...

Sheriff’s deputies charged a Florida woman with burglary after she allegedly threatened a deputy and locked herself inside the Wat Amphawan of America Buddhist Temple Wednesday (02/09/22) night on Barfield-Crescent Road.Deputy Joseph Brady charged 46-year-old Kayla Marie Meyers-Graves of Clewiston, Fla., with burglary, aggravated assault, evading arrest and simple possession of marijuana.Brady responded to the temple for a suspicious vehicle parked there. Brady located Meyers-Graves wh...