Residents packed the West Precinct after local break‑ins climbed from 15 to 24 year‑to‑date, pressing police for more patrols even as citywide crime falls.

A worker at the Bakerville/Duck River bridge project stabbed two coworkers and was later arrested after being located in nearby woods.

State documents and local reporting show more than a dozen Millington officers lacked 2025 training records and the department’s lead instructor is under state review.

A 23-year-old Dyersburg inmate died after being found unresponsive at the county jail; officials say early findings show a head injury and an autopsy has been ordered.

A federal complaint says a Hawkins County deputy arrested a sober driver on a bogus DUI, deleted footage and $860 vanished from the car; the suit seeks at least $600,000.

Detectives found stolen cars being stripped for parts at a Bubbling Well Road home; two suspects were arrested and one is being held on a $47,000 bond. The probe into parts trafficking is ongoing.

A deadly crash on I-65 southbound at Old Hickory Boulevard has closed all southbound lanes as troopers investigate. Expect major delays in the area.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says a former Scott County detective set a December vehicle fire and then filed a false insurance claim; a grand jury indicted him and he was booked on bond.

An armed robbery at the Charlotte Pike Cracker Barrel closed the restaurant Thursday while MNPD investigated and searched a vehicle believed linked to the case.

Federal prosecutors said the agent’s conduct didn’t meet the bar for a civil‑rights prosecution in the DEA shooting that killed Deshaune Jones; his family vows to sue.

A traffic stop in Lincoln County ended with a fatal ingestion; deputies traced the source to a Huntland home and arrested three after seizing drugs and firearms.

Police say a 28-year-old man put a nurse in a headlock and struck them 13 times with a cellphone at TriStar Centennial’s Parthenon Pavilion, leaving the nurse concussed.

Nineteen people were indicted after a two‑year West Tennessee probe that federal and local grand juries say targeted meth distribution across multiple counties.