Tuesday, September 22, 2026

The Rutherford Roundup

In Today’s Episode:

• Murfreesboro and Smyrna police arrest a 17-year-old accused of using counterfeit cash during a jewelry robbery and allegedly striking the seller with a vehicle.
• Murfreesboro’s Real-Time Crime Center uses license plate readers and public safety cameras to help track the robbery suspect to Smyrna and recover most of the stolen jewelry.
• MTSU Police arrest student Luca Sherritt following an encounter with a Students for Life of America activist outside the Keathley University Center.
• Former MTSU soccer player Savannah Stair, 28, dies following a single-vehicle rollover crash on Great Circle Road in Nashville.
• Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Keeney returns to duty after completing a 10-month Army National Guard deployment supporting the Memphis Safe Streets Task Force.
• Murfreesboro City Council approves two additional DroneSense licenses, allowing MPD’s Real-Time Crime Center to access live feeds from all eight drones in the department’s fleet.
• MPD emphasizes that the expanded software access does not establish a drone-as-first-responder program and says any automated response system would require additional City Council action.
• Tennessee lawmakers seek answers from the Department of Children’s Services following allegations involving oversight and incident reporting at facilities operated by Wayne Halfway House.
• Wayne Halfway House denies discouraging staff from reporting serious incidents, while lawmakers have requested a response from DCS by September 24.