Police in Hendersonville remind residents about the importance of securing their valuables, even when working out inside a fitness center. This warning comes after a series of auto thefts, one directly related to keys stolen from the Planet Fitness club in the city. On Sunday, someone pretending to be a club member who lost his keys managed to get into an unsecured locker at the facility. Inside the locker, he […]
Tennessee has changed driver's licenses and photo identification card designs. The cards have a “fresh design” and improved security features. They now prominently feature an image of the Tennessee Capitol building on top of the state’s Tri-Star flag. Commissioner Jeff Long says the Licenses incorporate the latest technology, making them more difficult to counterfeit, alter, or duplicate to help prevent theft and fraud and help keep identities safe. A man […]
An attempted traffic stop in Mt. Juliet led to a brief police pursuit Sunday afternoon, which resulted in the arrest of a convicted felon and the recovery of multiple guns in Lebanon. Officers said they had noticed a car being driven with one wheel on the rim and stopped it for suspicion of impaired driving. The driver — described by Mt, Juliet police only as a 39-year-old man from Nashville […]
A Liberty Elementary student was left behind on a Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) bus after all other students were dropped off on Tuesday morning. The student fell asleep on the drive to school and did not get out with the rest of his classmates. CMCSS has reportedly employed the bus driver for three years with no prior safety incidents. A representative for CMCSS said that the driver had been […]
A Robertson County woman was found guilty of multiple charges, including first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. The charges stem from a 2023 homicide involving a 5-year-old Cheatham County boy. On July 23, 2023, Turner Simpkins was found dead in his Chapmansboro home. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office, and the Tennessee Highway Patrol investigated the incident. The TBI called a homicide a Cheatham County grand […]
A Fort Campbell soldier accused of selling U.S. military secrets to China pled guilty Tuesday. U.S. Army Sgt. Korbein Schultz says he is guilty of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and bribery of a public official. Schultz’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 23. He faces a maximum penalty of […]
A Gallatin woman has been charged in connection with an explosion at her home earlier this summer. The explosion happened at a duplex off Chaffin Court near Airport Road on Friday, June 14th. The TBI says 48-year-old Jessica Stadelbauer was found responsible for the explosion that rocked the Gallatin neighborhood. Stadelbauer was charged with aggravated arson, vandalism over $250,000, and child abuse/neglect. Her bond was set at $100,000. After nearly […]
A man is dead following a two-vehicle collision on EB Interstate 40 in Cheatham County early Sunday morning. A 2023 Kia SPT was reported traveling east on I-40 at a high rate of speed and swerved to avoid a collision. However, the vehicle struck the left side of a 2022 Ford F250. The Kia then reportedly overcorrected, ran off the right side of the road, and hit a rock wall. […]
Three men believed to be gang members from Texas were taken into custody Wednesday after a robbery in Nashville and a robbery attempt in Kingston Springs. Metro Police say a repairman was servicing a Bank of America ATM on Charlotte Pike Wednesday when three men approached with what he thought was a gun and demanded he step away from the machine, and quickly stole cash containers from it. They fled […]