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Police in Mt. Juliet apprehended a Nashville man Monday. Officers were called about a suspicious person and were alerted to a man allegedly stealing a donut. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the 44-year-old Nashville man was also in possession of a large amount of suspected fentanyl intended for resale, as well as methamphetamine.”

Authorities have charged two people in connection to a Clarksville man’s murder after he was lured and shot dead on Aug. 19 at a short-term rental on Maplecrest Drive in Donelson. Police initially reported that 20-year-old Xavier Johnson, of Clarksville, was lured to the home and arrived just before 1 a.m. with an unidentified woman —believed to be Markaisha Keal—who led him to the back of the property. A ll gunman—believed to be Jeremiah Henderson— was reportedly hiding nearby, approached Johnson, and shot him multiple times. He and Keal allegedly went through Johnson’s pockets and took his belongings.

First responders said they used about 1,000 gallons of water to extinguish a fire that seriously damaged a semi-trailer in Sumner County Saturday. The Gallatin Volunteer Fire Department said crews were called to Highway 109 North and South Tunnel Road on Saturday, Nov. 9 for a fire involving a semi-trailer. When firefighters arrived, they said the trailer was 25% involved with flames.

Two men who co-founded a militia group have been convicted of attempting to murder federal agents ahead of a planned trip to the Texas-Mexico border to shoot at immigrants illegally crossing there and any federal agents who might try to stop them. A jury at the U.S. District Court in the Missouri state capital of Jefferson City found Jonathan S. O’Dell, 34, of Warshaw, Missouri, and Bryan C. Perry, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee, guilty of more than 30 felony counts each, the chief federal prosecutor for western Missouri, Teresa Moore, announced Friday. The convictions Thursday came after jurors deliberated for more than two hours.