Church vandalism

Info needed on church burglary, extensive vandalism

Burglars caused more than $5,000 damage to a country church by smashing plates, shattering glass and punching holes in doors, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s detective said Thursday. The extensive damage was found at Dunaway’s Chapel United Methodist Church on Holly Grove Road in Lascassas, said Detective Tony Grissom. All the doors, plates and display cabinets…

Mission group's trailer stolen

16-foot trailer stolen from Nashville church’s parking lot

A group that does mission work in Rutherford County and in three states had a setback this week. Someone stole their trailer filled with construction equipment right out of the parking lot of First Methodist Church of Nashville, but mission leaders said this will not prevent them from continuing to help the less fortunate. “A…

Nashville neighborhood burglaries

Latest rash of car break-ins reported in quiet Nashville neighborhood

Residents in a quiet neighborhood in Nashville, where not much ever happens, are on edge after more than a half dozen vehicles were broken into. Thefts from vehicles are increasing all over the city. More than two dozen people became victims, this past week alone. Each day like clockwork, Janie Blackburn pulls into her garage…