If you’re going to be a criminal, being this recognizable will not likely help your career when it comes to running from police. That’s a lesson Joshua Parsons learned the hard way Wednesday night, when he was spotted across a parking lot, and immediately identified as a wanted person.
Month: February 2019
Officer told her to take a seat, she spat on his eyeball
Cysilvia Jordan, 36, remains in jail this morning, after she spat on an officer’s eyeball when they were taking her into custody for a previous assault.
Man tells officer “I’m just getting high” when caught chopping up cocaine in parking lot
Corey Taron McGee, 38, is currently held in lieu of a $29,000 bond after police found him chopping up cocaine in an East Nashville parking lot, and he told the officer “I’m just getting high”
Marquez Crawford arrested on multiple drug & firearm charges
Early Thursday morning, Marquez Crawford got off work, ate breakfast at Waffle House, and went live on Facebook talking about what great weekend he was about to have. Little did he know, less than 12 hours later, East CSU detectives would execute a narcotics search warrant at his home, leaving him in jail with a $147,500 bond.
“You ain’t f**king handcuffing me”…. they did.
James Scales, 26, was ordered to stand up and place his hands behind his back, but he had other plans. Scales placed his arms on the inside of his shirt, and then his hands into his pants, and told officers “You ain’t fucking handcuffing me!”, and sat back down on his hospital bed.
Sex worker recognizes MNPD ‘Undercover John’. Cocaine, Xanax, Ecstasy, & Ambien seized
Victoria Scott, 23, placed an ad for sex online for $150/hr, and when an MNPD ‘Undercover John’ responded and came to her hotel room, she immediately recognized him from a previous arrest.
Man killed during dice game identified as Dashawn Ellison, 23. Shooter not identified.
Police have identified Dashawn Ellis, 23, as the man shot Thursday night in North Nashville during a dice game.
Edgehill drug bust nets 6 pounds marijuana, gun, & wanted felon
LaJuan Primm, 23, arrested after #Edgehill drug bust that seized 6 pounds of marijuana, and a handgun.
Talbot’s Corner robber made victim do push-ups
Eric Ballard, 36, is charged with a felony robbery, during which he made the victim get on the ground and do push-ups before threatening to shoot him in the head.
She said “it’s over”, he licked a steak knife and said “I’ll cut your throat”, then ripped a gauge out of her ear
Phillip Boyd, 32, didn’t take a breakup well Tuesday night. He licked a steak knife before threatening his girlfriend, with it, then ripped a gauge out of her ear, causing a tear injury.
Nashville caregiver steals $28,000 in jewelry, checks, & more from dementia patient #Arrested
Nicollette Boyd, 25, is charged with multiple counts of theft, forgery, identify theft, and financial exploitation, after police say she stole over $28,000 in jewelry, checks, and a handgun, from the elderly dementia patient, who relied on her as a caretaker.
GameStop employee arrested for fraudulent returns, pocketing $1,759 in cash
Metro Police arrested Rivergate GameStop employee Colin Beason Monday for felony theft, after he admitted to making fraudulent returns in the amount of $1,759.00.
Jordan Ponce, 19, attempted to rob woman of her purse; was shot by her husband after a struggle
Jordan Ponce, 19, identified as man who attempted to rob woman of her purse, and was then shot by her husband.
$7.5 mil lawsuit alleges man brutally beaten in back room of Crazy Town bar
A $7,500,000.00 lawsuit has been filed against Crazy Town in downtown Nashville, alleging that a man celebrating a bachelor party at the venue was brutally beaten without provocation, and then taken to a back room where the brutal assault continued and escalated, resulting in serious bodily injury.
Metro Council set to pass NES bill ’round-up’ program tonight, NES ‘welcomes’ the resolution.
It’s back – the vote is TONIGHT to round up your NES bill without asking:
“The Metropolitan Council hereby goes on record as formally requesting NES to implement a customer-remove Round-Up donation program, such that all ratepayers will be enrolled in the program automatically, creating a reasonable and sustainable source of revenue for its low-income weatherization program.”
2nd woman charged in assault of Party City employees during theft
Metro Police arrested Elette Hinton late Saturday for her role in the assault of Party City employees in October, when her and crime partner Jalessa Jennings were caught shoplifting and employees tried to prevent them from leaving.
DNA match from airbag catches man who stuck & killed man on Scooter in 2017
Derrick Huey, 21, previously convicted of selling Fentanyl-laced heroin to a man who died, is now charged with vehicular homicide after his DNA was matched to the airbag of the car that killed a man riding a scooter in Antioch, in 2017.
Former Vanderbilt nurse charged with reckless homicide, patient abuse
Former Vanderbilt Nurse Radonda Leanne Vaught, 35, indicted on 1 count of Impaired Adult Abuse and 1 count of Reckless Homicide, after an investigation showed she caused a patient’s death. She is booked into the Davidson County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
Immigrant charged with raping 11-year-old sister multiple times in Nashville
This is the face of an immigrant currently held in lieu of a $600,000 bond, charged with 4 counts of rape of a child: his 11-year-old sister. Police say he has admitted to the charges.
She took him home from the club, then stabbed him when his ‘other girlfriend’ called, police say
Shaquise Leggs, 25, approached the victim with a large knife, exclaimed “I’ll kill you, Motherfucker!” and began stabbing him in the back, after his ‘other girlfriend’ called his phone as Leggs was taking him back to her residence, after a night at the club.
2 killed now identified in early morning head-on collision on Nolensville Pike; Driver facing Vehicular Homicide charges
Joaquin Bastidas, 25, and Sandy Burns, 49, were killed in a head-on collision overnight. Ibrahim Viera, 18, was injured. Driver Howard McLemore now faces two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault.
2nd charged under Organized Retail Crime Act; Hit Target Stores 8 times in 10 days
Brooke Kelley, 27, who was wanted as the other half of a Target theft duo, has now been taken into custody and charged in Nashville under the Organized Retail Crime Act. The pair sold the stolen DVDs to McKay’s in Nashville.
VIDEO: Shots fired outside Urban Air after teen night got “out of control”, owner says
Shots were fired outside Urban Air Adventure & Trampoline Park last Saturday night as the venue tried a ‘teen night’.
#LifeLesson: Never go through your grandmother’s purse. #Arrested
19-year-old Benjamin Barnett is charged with domestic assault, after he knocked the glass out of the front door of his residence, and threatened someone with a knife – all because he was caught going through his grandmother’s purse.
Woman attacks baby’s daddy with metal chair when he doesn’t pay up #Arrested
Tiffany Michon, 32, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, after she is said to have attacked the father of her child with a metal chair, injuring him, while demanding money he didn’t have.
