Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office will promote the fourth annual “Thumbs Down to Texting and Driving” campaign with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office in April during Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Law enforcement agencies participate by promoting safe driving habits and increasing awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. Throughout April, the THSO will use #ThumbsDownTN to…
A suspect who claimed to carry a gun to kill a judge in the Judicial Building Monday was arrested by Court Security deputies. Suspect Troy Clinton Chaffin, 48, of Dedham Drive in Rockvale was charged with retaliation for past action by Deputy Debbie Creech. Creech was operating the Judicial Building metal detector when the alarm…
Drivers are prohibited from talking or texting on cell phones in active school zones under Tennessee state law. As of Jan. 1, it is a misdemeanor for drivers to use the cell phones in any marked school zones. If convicted, the driver faces a fine up to $50. Sheriff’s Cpl. Michael Rodgers said School Resource…
At 4:59 p.m. on Saturday March 3, 2018, police were called to 616 Hollandale Road after receiving reports a woman had threatened her husband at gunpoint. The woman, identified as Amity Lovelace, was at the residence when police arrived and barricaded herself inside. Her husband was able to get out of the home with minor…
A teenager scared away a man who threatened to cut his mother during a burglary Tuesday night on Rucker Christiana Road, a sheriff’s deputy reported. The unknown man forced himself inside the home and demanded the keys to her car, Deputy Carol Stafford reported. When she refused, he grabbed her purse. “She fought with him…
Retiring K-9 Balu located more than $1 million of cocaine during a traffic stop Wednesday on Interstate 24, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics supervisor said. Deputy Josh Gregory stopped the driver for multiple traffic violations between the South Church Street and New Salem Highway exits in Nashville, said Sgt. Will Holton. “During the traffic stop,…
At approximately 9:20 A.M. today, Thursday, February 01, 2018 there was a domestic altercation that occurred next to InTown Suites located at 1345 Old Fort Parkway. A third party attempted to intervene and was stabbed multiple times. The stabbing is actively being investigated by members of the Violent Crimes Unit. All names are being withheld…
On January 24, 2018 at approximately 6:00 PM Nashville Police responded to calls of shots fired in the 900 block of Greenland Drive. Officers found one shooting victim with life threatening injuries at 907 Greenland Drive. The victim at 907 Greenland Drive had been shot multiple times in the parking area of 902 Greenland Drive…
A Sunday night auto and business burglary spree in Walter Hill and Lascassas areas of Northeast Rutherford County again points up the need for citizens to review their security efforts, a detective supervisor said. “We had a total of 11 reports for auto and business burglary reported Monday morning,” said Detective Sgt. Dan Goodwin. “Almost…
People who know the location or who see two suspects wanted for robbing clerks at Almaville Market Friday are asked to call their local law enforcement agency immediately, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said. Arrest warrants were obtained against suspects Dewayne Halfacre, 42, and Timothy “Timbo” Howell, 52, who have been seen in Nashville, Clarksville,…