Smithville, TN Man Arrested - Charged with Rape of a Child

Apr 02, 2021 at 08:33 am by WGNS

DEKALB COUNTY – About thirty minutes from Murfreesboro in DeKalb County, an investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in th.... Read More

Two Arrested and 28-Pounds of Meth off the streets of Middle Tennessee

Mar 26, 2021 at 01:45 pm by WGNS

As the result of an ongoing drug investigation, Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested two people Thursday.... Read More

The TN Bureau of Investigation Releases Report on School Crime in Tennessee

Mar 18, 2021 at 11:26 am by WGNS

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released two new studies Thursday, detailing the volume and nature of crime on school campuses and crime identified as having a domestic.... Read More

TBI Charges Two Students With Stealing Over $110,000 from MTSU

Mar 10, 2021 at 10:36 am by WGNS

RUTHERFORD COUNTY – A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury has resulted in.... Read More

Another Human Trafficking Operation ends with Five Arrests in Tennessee

Mar 09, 2021 at 06:30 am by WGNS

Another Human Trafficking case has closed with several arrests in Tennessee. The undercover operation headed by the TBI Human Trafficking Unit, resulted in the arres.... Read More

U.S. MARSHALS, TBI, DCS: Collaborative Operation Identifies, Locates Dozens of Missing Tennessee Children

Mar 03, 2021 at 01:12 pm by WGNS

A coordinated effort to identify and locate missing children across Tennessee has led to the recovery of 150 missing children by the United States Marshals Service, Tennessee.... Read More

Large Amounts of Meth, Heroin and Marijuana Seized by TBI, Four Antioch Residents Arrested

Feb 26, 2021 at 01:55 pm by WGNS

Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, along with Agents with the Appalachia High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA.... Read More

Grundy County Man Arrested by TBI for First Degree Murder

Feb 04, 2021 at 10:09 am by WGNS

GRUNDY COUNTY – About 40-miles down I-24 East, the TBI is wrapping up a First Degree Murder investigation. Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and.... Read More

UPDATE on Local Murder Case in Rutherford County

Dec 28, 2020 at 11:23 am by WGNS

(MURFREESBORO)  Rutherford County Sheriff’s detectives investigated the death of Erick Bixler who was found deceased on July 26, 2020. Bixler was found dead at.... Read More

UPDATE: Murfreesboro Attorney who Took His Own Life was Scheduled to Appear in Court to Face Rape Charges Before the End of This Year

Dec 18, 2020 at 10:19 am by WGNS

WGNS has more details on the attorney from Murfreesboro who reportedly took his own life before appearing in court to face multiple rape charges. David Whelan would have appea.... Read More

Two Indicted and Charged with Homicide in Separate Drug Related Death Cases

Dec 15, 2020 at 10:37 am by WGNS

20 Minutes East of Murfreesboro, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has made two arrests in two different Coffee County death's. Working alongside investigators from the Tu.... Read More

TBI Drug Roundup Ends with 35 Arrests

Dec 09, 2020 at 10:30 am by WGNS

About two hours southwest of Murfreesboro in Savannah, TN, the TN Bureau of Investigation has wrapped up an investigation that ended with 35-arrests. WGNS was told that Specia.... Read More

Five People Indicted in Connection to a 2019 Wilson County Homicide

Dec 03, 2020 at 09:42 am by WGNS

An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment and arrest of multiple individuals stemming from a 2019 homicide i.... Read More

Officer Involved Shooting in LaVergne - Alleged Shooter Dead, Police K9 Dead

Nov 18, 2020 at 11:24 pm by WGNS

UPDATE: One suspect is dead and now a K-9 officer (Police Dog) has been reported as deceased, all due to a shooting that happened on Tuesday, November 17th.Reports indicate th.... Read More

Arrest in Overdose Death of Smithville Woman - Fentanyl Contributing Factor

Nov 18, 2020 at 12:23 pm by WGNS

DEKALB COUNTY – A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the DeKalb County Sheriff&.... Read More

Former Rutherford County Sheriff Deputy Arrested on Prostitution Charge

Nov 09, 2020 at 07:11 pm by WGNS

RUTHERFORD COUNTY – An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment and arrest of a former Rutherford County.... Read More

Suspect allegedly used Kik app in Tennessee child porn case

Nov 09, 2020 at 04:39 pm by WGNS

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Technical Services Unit have arrested and charged a Hohenwald man accused of possessing and transmitting chil.... Read More

Volunteer Arrested - Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Minor

Nov 05, 2020 at 08:00 am by WGNS

About an hours drive from Murfreesboro, TN, the TBI investigated a case involving a volunteer with an organization that works with children - that ended with the arrest of a m.... Read More

Man Allegedly Climbs over Fence to Get Into the TN Bureau of Investigations Campus

Oct 22, 2020 at 12:02 pm by WGNS

Typically, people do not trespass at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations campus in Nashville. It is not the kind of place where most would want to be, unless of course you.... Read More

AMBER ALERT Cancelled--They were found!

Oct 14, 2020 at 08:14 pm by WGNS

An AMBER Alert was activated in Tennessee, but there is good news Thursday morning: the TBI reports that the two children and father were both located and are in custody.... Read More