Emergency News in Southern Middle Tennessee
The Manchester Police Department is asking for your help. A small white pickup truck was involved in a hit & run accident at Murphy Oil on April 10. Also, the police department is asking for help identifying 3 individuals allegedly shoplifting at Walmart. If you can identify any of the individuals, in either incident please …
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For rural Tennesseans, the cash-bail system has accelerated an endless cycle of arrests, excessively high bonds and incarceration, in communities already grappling with a substance-abuse epidemic and shrinking local economies. According to a Vera Institute of Justice study, pre-trial incarcerations have jumped by 163% in the 53 rural Tennessee counties, compared with a 2% increase in …
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A leading nonprofit in the fight against human trafficking ranked Tennessee No. 1 for its response against the crime. Year over year, calls to the tip hotline increased to the point where a record number was received last year. Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have been encouraged by the results, as tips lead …
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Manchester Police is asking for your help them identify a male subject. This is regarding some recent storage unit burglaries in the city. If you can identify this vehicle or individual from pictures you can see at ontargetnews.com, please contact Manchester Police Investigator Bryan Eldridge at 931-728-2099.
54-year-old Ronnie Dwayne Walls of Estill Springs has been arrested for criminal attempt to commit second-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed a woman. He is also charged with domestic assault. A mail carrier reported the crime to Estill Springs Police. When police arrived at the home Walls had gone on the run. After locating Walls, …
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A McMinnville man was injured inside the McMinnville Walmart store Friday afternoon.According to Lieutenant Lisa Norris of the McMinnville Police Department around 4pm 28 year-old Robert Harris of McMinnville was inside Walmart and had entered the fitting room to try on pants when his 9mm pistol fell out of his pocket, hit the floor and …
Calls to the state’s child-abuse hotline declined by 15% over the past year, but experts say increased isolation and disrupted school schedules likely contributed to the dip in reporting. According to the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, from March 2020 through last February, hotline staff received more than 100,000 calls about suspected abuse or neglect. Kylie …
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The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public to be on the lookout for a 2014 Dodge Ram 3500 Commercial Truck. The vehicle was stolen from the Summitville area in the early morning hours of April 5th. If you have any information please contact Investigator Brandon Reed at 931-570-4191 and as always, all tips …
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The Winchester Police Department is investigating several storage unit burglaries. A vehicle of interest appears to be a 1996-2001 red Honda CR-V. The vehicle may possibly have a drive out tag in the rear window. If you have any information, please contact Detective Ryan Fuller at 931-967-3840 or Crimestoppers at 931-962-4636.
Ricky Guy Crews, 50 of Gallatin has pleaded guilty to a crime that occurred in Manchester nearly 2 years ago. Crews pled guilty recently to especially aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon. He had been charged with attempted murder, but that charge was dropped after a plea bargain was struck. According to a police report …
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