The Board of Directors of Nashville Crime Stoppers, Inc., and the Nashville Police Department today announced that $500,000 in reward money has now been paid to citizen tipsters since the Crime Stoppers program began in March 1983.
Information provided to Crime Stoppers by citizens over the past 26 years has led to the solution of more than 8,000 cases, including 189 homicides, 71 rapes, 691 robberies and 295 burglaries.
“Without a doubt, the Crime Stoppers program has played a major role in the safety of Nashville for nearly three decades,” Chief Ronal Serpas said. “The police department is deeply grateful to the citizens who give of their time to serve on the Crime Stoppers Board of Directors, and to those citizens and businesses who contribute to Crime Stoppers to ensure that reward funds can continue to be paid into the future.”
Reward money of up to $1,000 is paid to tipsters if the information they provide leads to the arrest and prosecution of a criminal suspect. The Crime Stoppers Board, which is independent of the police department, decides the amount of the monetary reward in each case. Anonymity of tipsters, who are known only by code numbers, is guaranteed.
One of the most recent cases to be solved as the result of a Crime Stoppers tip is last Tuesday’s stabbing and robbery of a woman in the parking lot of the Target store at 26 White Bridge Road. An arrest warrant charging convicted robber Timothy Kelly, Jr., 23, with aggravated robbery has been issued. Kelly is presently jailed on unrelated robbery charges and will be booked soon on the warrant from the Target case.
To make it convenient for even more citizens and businesses to contribute to Crime Stoppers, the Board of Directors today announced that contributions can be made through PayPal on the Crime Stoppers website, http://www.nashvillecrimestoppers.com.
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