Metro Police located an 8-year-old child wandering the streets of North Nashville late Tuesday night. When they returned the child to its home, they discovered a 12-year-old & a 2-year-old home alone, and realized another 11-year-old autistic child had also wandered off, too. That child was located near a local hotel, and Megan Moreno was arrested and charged with 4 counts of child neglect.
Month: January 2019
Man charged with holding woman against her will & assaulting her on boat at Old Hickory marina
For nearly six hours, a woman says she was held against her will on a boat docked at the Blue Turtle Bay Marina, in Old Hickory, while she was assaulted, head butted, and forced onto a bed against her will.
Suspect offered MNPD Officer $500, then $3000, to release him from DUI arrest
MNPD Officer Bradley Nave says the man he was arresting, 40-year-old Kleber Soriano, offered him $500 to let him walk away from a DUI arrest. When Nave told him it wasn’t a good idea to try to bribe an officer, Soriano upped the offer to $3,000.
Ashley Yarbrough, 24, identified as Madison stabbing victim from overnight
The woman fatally stabbed late Monday night at Neelys Bend Condominiums in Madison, is identified as Ashley Yarbrough, 24. Detectives do not believe that she was stabbed by a stranger.
Arrest: Man throws girlfriend’s black dildo from balcony, assaults her with pink one, police say
Police arrested Christopher Chapman, 26, after he allegedly pulled a blanket off his girlfriend, and tossed her black dildo from the 3rd floor balcony, then retrieved her pink dildo and struck her in the face.
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Councilman Russ Pulley asked inappropriate question during Oversight interview, nominee says [VIDEO]
Arnold Hayes says Metro Council member Russ Pulley ask inappropriate question(s) during his Oversight Interview. Metro Council members were caught in a hot-mic moment with the Vice Mayor discussing damage control of the incident. Here’s the letter that Hayes wrote to Metro Council, in response to the incident, where Pulley discounted that racism exists in the criminal justice system, and suggested Hayes never experienced any racial profiling in his past.
Thomas Miller revealed as ‘John Doe’ in the ‘Jennifer Wackerlin the Lying Cheater’ website lawsuit
Someone created a website claiming a woman was a ‘lying cheater’, so she sued to uncover the identity of the creator. We now know her former friend and co-worker, Thomas Miller, is named as the John Doe in the lawsuit. Here’s the details (and the website is still up!)…
Hot Mic: Council & Vice Mayor discuss ‘damage control’: “what Sharon is asking, is the damage control in preparation of Tuesday?”
CM Hurt: I get that, but I’m saying in terms of us trying to.. damage control, knowing that this has come out, what kind of damage control are we going to exercise in this, and how do we move forward as we move on to the next phase.
James Shaw, Jr. says black men’s upbringing is reason for issues with police authority & force, not police
“Some African American men have had problems with police force, and police authority, but that’s because of how their upbringing was, and the environment they’re in.”
17-year-old robs 69-year-old Woman: “Give me the money, bitch!”
Markavious Battle, 17, was arrested Friday night after he struck a 69-year-old woman in the face with his gun and took her wallet, just after 9:20 p.m. in the parking lot of Brentwood Oaks Apartments.
TDOT’s viral hunk ‘#TDOTHottie’ revealed: Meet Greg Woerdeman
TDOT’s District Operations Supervisor Greg Woerdeman thought it was just another day at work Friday, when he was set to give an update to the press, but by the time he talked about plows and belly scrapers, and made promises to ‘get it cleaned up for you by morning’ viewers found a new viral sensation. #TDOTHottie
Cocaine found in DCSO inmate’s cell
Another day, another drug found in a Nashville jail. Emmitt Shaw, charged with possession of cocaine in a penal institution.
Xavier Lavender says he stabbed his grandmother to death. She was a MNPD crossing guard.
Xavier Lavender, 24, admitted to stabbing his grandmother, Gwendolyn Lavender, to death over what he said were lingering issues between the two.
BREAKING: Andrew Delke indicted by Grand Jury – case will proceed to criminal court
BREAKING: the Grand Jury just returned an indictment charging Andrew Delke with First Degree Murder for the fatal shooting of Daniel Hambrick. The case will now proceed in the Criminal Court of Davidson County.
DCSO: Inmate received greeting card with Suboxone inside so he could ‘repay his jail dept’
Staff in the mail room located a Suboxone strip inside a greeting card that was sent to inmate Crag Briley, and investigators were able to review an inmate phone call where a female told him she “sent the package he would need to repay his debt inside the jail”.
DCSO Inmate found with needle and 15.2 grams of heroin in his cell
Officers found 15.2 grams of heroin and a needle inside the cell of inmate Brett Jacob Nichols, at the Hill Detention Center, a Davidson County jail.
Brick through window leads to discovery of prison purse full of methamphetamine
Late Wednesday evening, officers responded to a possible home invasion w/firearm call in Antioch on Apache Trail. Upon arrival, officers found a brick through a window, and two suspects sitting in a vehicle, one with a gun, and both of them with a lot of meth – with one hiding it much better than the other.
Officers arrest 2 with MDMA filled syringe in Golden Corral parking lot; 85 grams of MDMA
Who knew you could inject MDMA (ecstasy)? Officers found Burt Daxton & Callie Combs in possession of a syringe that tested positive for MDMA, along with clear rock form of it, too. In total, 85 grams.
DUI driver wrecked car, moved to passenger seat, attempted to continue driving, police say
Police say the DUI driver was in the passenger seat, attempting to continue driving when they approached the disabled vehicle, which had all airbags deployed. She blew a .148 on a breath test.
Late night beer delivery now allowed in Nashville (it’s official!)
Thanks to Metro Council Member Freddie O’Connell, it’s no longer illegal to deliver beer in Nashville after 11 p.m.
Emails reveal Metro Council member conspired with Codes to issue illegal permit for home business
All Metro Council member Russ Pulley had to do was tell his constituent ‘NO’, he wouldn’t help her break the law. Instead, he conspired with codes to issue her an illegal permit to have a business with customers coming to her home – a privilege denied to every other Nashvillian. It turns out ‘NEW’ Nashville is just as corrupt as ‘old’ Nashville.
DCSO inmate charged as Suboxone smuggling recipient
Inmate Michael Lee Adams, 28, was formally charged on Monday with receiving contraband into a penal institution, while in custody of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. We previously reported on the woman that smuggled the Suboxone in, Amy Lynn Cheeves, 35, who is also charged with a felony for introducing the drugs into the facility.
Donelson drug bust: Edibles, THC Wax, LSD, MDMA, 3/4 pound marijuana – 2 arrested
#Donelson: Christopher Fun, 26, and Alan Servin, 29, are free on pre-trial release after Metro detectives executed a search warrant in Donelson Monday, resulting in the discovery of a THC wax manufacturing operation, and the seizure of over three-quarters of a pound of marijuana, edibles, LSD, MDMA, & money.
Man indicted on multiple counts of rape & sexual battery of intellectually disabled person
Kevin Lee Bridges, 57, has been indicted on two counts of rape, and two counts of sexual battery, against an intellectually disabled person.
Suspect jumps from moving vehicle; 48 syringes, 7.2 grams meth; “I sell meth to have a place to live”
#AFFIDAVIT: “.25 grams is 1 hit of meth, 7.2 grams would equal 28.8 hits of meth. The average hit lasts 12 hours. If Ethan Conner took .25 grams every 12 hours, he would be high for 14.4 days straight”
-Goodlettsville Officer Jeffrey Hunter
