Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has removed its latest addition to the state’s Top Ten Most Wanted list after he was captured by authorities this morning at a local hotel in Pulaski.
Jerrell Martinez Sizemore, 24, was wanted by the Pulaski Police Department on one count of first degree murder for shooting and killing Brandon Stinnett at a home on Woodring Street in Pulaski Monday afternoon.

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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation adds Jerrell Sizemore from Pulaski to State’s Top Ten Most Wanted List
May 14, 2013 |
Fugitive states that he will not go back to Jail
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added a Pulaski man wanted for homicide to the state’s Top Ten Most Wanted list today after he removed an ankle monitoring device and fled authorities.
Jerrell Martinez Sizemore, 24, last known address 520 Mitchell Street, is wanted by the Pulaski Police Department on one count of first degree murder.
On May 13th, 2013, Sizemore went to 425 East Woodring Street where he knew the victim, Brandon Stinnett, was located. Sizemore shot Stinnett multiple times in the upper body killing him.

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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation indicts Hickman County Man for Food Stamp Fraud
May 10, 2013 |
Subject arrested in Ohio
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation indicted a Hickman County man for food stamp fraud last month which resulted in his arrest last night in Ohio.
James Cooper, 36, of Bon Aqua, Tennessee was indicted by the Dickson County grand jury on April 24th, 2013 on five counts of food stamp fraud. Cooper was located last night in Brunswick, Ohio and arrested for a 2004 probation violation out of Cuyahoga County. «Read the rest of this article»
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation releases “School Crimes Report” for 2012
May 10, 2013 |
Study shows crime decreasing for third year in a row
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today released its annual study dedicated to crime in Tennessee’s schools.
Produced by TBI’s Crime Statistics Unit, the study spans a three-year period between 2010 and 2012 and is based on crime data submitted by Tennessee law enforcement agencies to the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). «Read the rest of this article»
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation increases reward for remaining at large Fugitive David Jenkins wanted in Franklin County Murder
May 2, 2013 |
Top Ten Most Wanted reward now stands at $2500 for information leading to arrest
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today increased the reward for the remaining at large fugitive wanted for the murder of a Franklin County man in March 2013. Information leading to the arrest of David Gordon Jenkins now stands at $2,500.
Jenkins, 46, last known address 3554 Asbury Road, Manchester, is wanted by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and TBI for one count of first degree murder and one count of felony murder for the beating death of 26-year-old Corey Nathaniel Matthews.

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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation releases Statistical Reports “Tennessee Hate Crime” and “Law Enforcement Officers Killed of Assault” for 2012
April 26, 2013 |
Nashville, TN - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today released two annual reports that compile crime statistics reported by individual law enforcement agencies through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System analyzing the number of reported hate crimes and law enforcement officers killed or assaulted in 2012.
The “Tennessee Hate Crime 2012” report shows a significant increase in the number of bias motivated offenses reported by law enforcement.

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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s “Crime in Tennessee 2012″ report shows Crime Decreasing
April 23, 2013 |
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today released its annual “Crime in Tennessee 2012” report which showed a 2.8% decrease in overall crimes reported in Tennessee in 2012 compared with 2011.
This is third year in a row that reported offenses decreased when compared with the previous year. For the 2012 calendar year, 566,601 Group A offenses were reported compared with 583,022 in 2011.The largest majority of crimes reported were committed against property at more than 57% which is a decrease of 5.8% from the previous year.

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One of Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Coty Holmes, Captured in Florida
April 16, 2013 |
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation removed a wanted fugitive from the state’s Top Ten Most Wanted list today after the U.S. Marshals Service captured him in Fort Walton, Florida this afternoon.
Coty Keith Holmes (left in photo), of 197 Rhoads Lane, Hillsboro, TN, was wanted by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and TBI for one count of first degree murder and one count of felony murder for the beating death of 26-year-old Corey Nathanial Matthews.
 Coty Holmes (left) was captured in Florida. David Jenkins (right) is still at large and wanted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation releases “Crime on Campus 2012″
April 4, 2013 |
Report shows decrease in crime from previous year
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today released the “Crime on Campus 2012” report which shows a slight decrease of crimes committed statewide in 2012 on Tennessee’s campuses after 2011 data showed an increase from 2010.
The most commonly reported offense on university campuses remains larceny/theft, but overall that category also decreased from the previous year.
There were 7,326 offenses reported in 2012 compared with 7,639 in 2011, a 4.1% decrease overall. However, violent crime was up again for the third year in a row. «Read the rest of this article»
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrests Robertson County Bail Bondsman
April 3, 2013 |
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation last night arrested a Robertson County bail bondsman for conspiring to steal from a local Walmart store.
Terry Conn, 48, of Springfield, was indicted by the Robertson County grand jury last month on one count of conspiracy to commit theft of property. In October of 2012, the 19th Judicial District Attorney General requested TBI to open an investigation into allegations of conspiring to steal property from the Springfield Walmart.

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