UPDATE with Chase Video: Man arrested in Murfreesboro after police chase wanted as "Person of Interest" in Homicide Case

Sep 04, 2014 at 09:32 pm by bryan


Scroll down for video taken by local WGNS listener Christopher Faulk...

We have more news on a man who was pursued by Wilson County Sheriff Deputies and arrested in Murfreesboro shortly after wrecking into several cars.

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38 year old Alan Mooney, Jr of Old Snow Hill Road in DeKalb County has been identified as a "person of interest" in a Wilson County arson and homicide investigation at Statesville.

Mooney was arrested early Saturday morning after crashing into three civilian vehicles at the intersection of Old Fort Parkway and Broad Street in Murfreesboro. After the crash he was charged with "Evading Arrest, Aggravated Assault and Resisting Arrest."

Mooney, who again lived in DeKalb County, is under investigation in Wilson County in connection with a fire which occurred at the home of his father Alan Mooney, Sr.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department has assisted Wilson County authorities. "We have assisted a little bit in the case as far as doing some searches and things at his residence. That's all that we've done with it," said Sheriff Ray.

Mooney's brother, 36 year old Richard J. Mooney of Watertown stood trial in DeKalb County two years ago for felony murder and theft of property over $1,000 in the October, 2009 death of 63 year old Robert "Bob" Senick, whose remains were found in the rubble of his mobile home near Liberty, which had been burned to the ground. Although Richard Mooney was found not guilty in that case, he is currently serving a ten year prison sentence in a previous Rutherford County car jacking case.

According to the Wilson Post, "Alan Mooney Sr.'s home and an outbuilding located on Armstrong Road in the Statesville area were reported on fire about 1:30 p.m., Friday, August 29th.

"Unidentifiable human remains" were discovered at the scene, said Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan late Saturday afternoon. The case is eerily similar to the fire that his brother was accused of being involved in 2009, but later found not guilty of.

"We're working this as an arson," Sheriff Bryan said, adding there were "suspicious circumstances."

The sheriff said his department's investigators are working along with the state Bomb and Arson, Middle Tennessee State University Anthropology Department and the State Medical Examiner to identify the human remains, according to the Wilson Post report.

Wilson County Sheriff's Department and Wilson County Emergency Management Agency, along with Watertown and Lascassas Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the fire.

Authorities on Friday afternoon began searching for "a person of interest" who they wanted to talk to but who they were unable to locate. That so called "person of interest" was identified as Alan Mooney Jr., son of the resident of the burned home in Statesville, was located in Murfreesboro as previously stated.

"We've been consulting with the District Attorney's Office, and we'll continue consulting. We'll probably go before the grand jury in the next few weeks and go from there", said Sheriff Bryan according to the Wilson Post report.

Video of police pursuit in Murfreesboro by WGNS listener Christopher Faulk:

Source:

MPD Arrest Report #14-17225
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office
Partner Station WJLE

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