Police in Franklin investigating overnight auto burglaries

Posted by Lieutenant Charles Warner on January 19, 2019
Posted in: Crime Prevention, Media Release.

Franklin Police are investigating several overnight auto burglaries in the Fieldstone Farms neighborhood. Ten unlocked cars were entered, overnight, in areas along Citation Drive. Valuables stolen include a laptop computer, wallets, and cash. Area residents are asked to check their home surveillance systems for anything that might help identify the suspects.

Auto burglars often target areas like parks, gyms, daycares, and neighborhoods. Criminals know that cars parked in these areas are likely to contain valuables like purses and laptop computers. Suspects slip into unlocked vehicles, quietly in search of valuables inside. Suspects typically break out windows of locked vehicles to steal a purse or other item that they can clearly see from outside the car.

Franklin Police have increased patrols in unmarked cars in an effort to catch criminals in the act.

You can partner with us in preventing overnight crime
by doing the #9pmRoutine.

Franklin Police Investigating after gunman fired into family’s car on I-65

Posted by Lieutenant Charles Warner on January 17, 2019
Posted in: Crime Stoppers, Media Release, Reward. Tagged: .

At 2:45 this morning, and for reasons unknown, a suspect driving down I-65 in Franklin fired a gun at another vehicle carrying six Illinois residents. Three adults and three children (11 months, 12-years-old, and 17-years-old) were on their way to Alabama. They were traveling on I-65 S near Cool Springs Boulevard when the shooting occurred. The suspect vehicle is a light-colored Dodge Charger or Challenger, with blue stripes across the hood and trunk areas of the car, in similar style to the graphics on these sample cars.

The suspect shot into the rear passenger window of the victim’s vehicle. The bullet passed through the car and struck the driver’s side rear window. Amazingly, no one inside was hit. The 11-month-old baby was treated after being cut by flying glass. The injuries were, thankfully, not serious.

Franklin Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to come forward. A cash reward is being offered for anonymous information provided to Williamson County Crime Stoppers: (615) 794-4000.

Click to submit an anonymous eTip
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Arrested: Franklin Police track down Cool Springs jewelry thief in Dallas, TX

Posted by Lieutenant Charles Warner on January 16, 2019
Posted in: Arrests, Media Release, Update. Tagged: .

Jario Godinez
Age: 19
Smithville, TN

On October 26, Franklin Police began investigating an $80k snatch & grab theft from Grogan Jewelers, located inside the CoolSprings Galleria. Investigators quickly identified the suspect as Jario Godinez, who snatched about a dozen tennis bracelets out of the hands of a sales associate.

Captured in Texas, Godinez was booked into the Williamson County Jail on January 12. FPD Flex Team Officers conducting a fugitive investigation tracked Godinez to an address in Dallas. Officers in Franklin coordinated with Dallas Police who arrested Godinez when he tried to flee out the back door of a Dallas home on December 28. Several tennis bracelets were found on Godinez at the time of his arrest.

Godinez was extradited to Franklin and charged with Felony Theft. He remains behind bars at the Williamson County Jail on a $100,000 bond.

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Crime Stoppers cash offered for ID of four thieves; Recognize them? Call (615) 794-4000

Posted by Lieutenant Charles Warner on January 14, 2019
Posted in: Crime Stoppers, Media Release, Put A Name with This Face, Reward, WANTED. Tagged: .

Franklin Police are asking for your help to identify these suspects. They racked up more than $3,000 in credit card ‘purchases’ using cards stolen from a January 10 auto burglary in Franklin. There is a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to their arrest.

Recognize them?
Call Crime Stoppers: (615) 794-4000
or click to submit an anonymous eTip

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Police investigating early morning, armed carjacking in Franklin

Posted by Lieutenant Charles Warner on January 12, 2019
Posted in: Crime Stoppers, Media Release, Reward, WANTED. Tagged: .

 

Police in Franklin are investigating an early morning carjacking. Shortly before 3:00 am, the victim was parked close to the front of the Mallory Lane Walmart, waiting for his wife who was inside the store. Two black male suspects approached, both suspects produced handguns and ordered the victim to get out. The suspects then fled in the victim’s vehicle.

The stolen vehicle is a 2017 maroon Honda Accord with a Tennessee license plate: 1H87A6. The suspects are black males in their late teens to early twenties. They were wearing all black, with hoodies pulled tightly around their heads in an attempt to conceal their faces.

A cash reward is being offered for information in this case.

Call Crime Stoppers: (615) 794-4000
or click to submit an anonymous eTip

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Cool Springs DVD thief wanted by Franklin Police

Posted by Lieutenant Charles Warner on January 9, 2019
Posted in: Crime Stoppers, Media Release, Put A Name with This Face, Reward, WANTED. Tagged: .

Franklin Police want to identify this shoplifter. On January 7 he got away with more than 20 DVD movies, from the Cool Springs Target, with a total value of about $750.

Recognize him?
Call Crime Stoppers: (615) 794-4000 or
click to submit an anonymous eTip
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