It’s time for our weekly story of a citizen who gives Metro Police consent to search his home, person, and vehicles, without a warrant or any probable cause.
Meet 22-year-old Keonta Kewon Hamilton, who told police he had ‘no idea’ how cocaine, meth, heroin, ecstasy, oxycodone, hydrocodone marijuana, and $5K in cash got into his home, most found in his laundry hamper.
Month: March 2019
Man with meth, heroin, fake ID, and warrants in 3 counties arrested at Bellevue Cleaners
With authorities in three counties looking for him, 32-year-old Andrew Brandon Christian didn’t have many places to go. On Wednesday, he decided to park his Silver GMC truck with a purple topper in the parking lot of the Bellevue Cleaners on Old Hickory Boulevard, and that’s where he spent the day.
‘Cultural Incompetence’ – says Mayoral Candidate about Mayor Briley’s decision to remove cherry blossom trees for NFL Draft
State Representative John Ray Clemmons, who is Running to be the next Mayor of Nashville, said Saturday the decision by Mayor Briley’s administration to allow the removal and destruction of over 21 cherry blossom trees to accommodate the NFL Draft event in downtown Nashville displayed ‘cultural incompetence.’
NFL to pay Metro $10K to cut down 21 cherry blossom trees for NFL Draft, says tree group
According to the Nashville Tree Taskforce, the donors of the beautiful cherry blossom trees on 1st Avenue at Riverfront Park downtown were notified Friday 21 of the trees would be removed in exchange for $10,000, due to a deal between Metro Nashville & the NFL, which is hosting the draft at the location in late April.
Man urinates on MNPD Officer’s truck, smashes back window, after interaction with police
Jonathan Harrington, 33, is now charged with vandalism, after police say he urinated on a Metro Nashville Police Officer’s private vehicle, and smashed the back window with a stone. Harrington had an interaction with another Metro Officer earlier in the day.
Arrest: Man strangled wife when she would not give him money, police say
Zachary Charles Rouser, 27, was arrested Wednesday afternoon for 2 open warrants, charging him with one felony count of aggravated assault on his wife, when she refused to give him money, and one misdemeanor count of domestic assault on his mother, when she tried to intervene.
“If you weren’t my mother I’d have killed you years go” says son before returning with gun
Daniel Hamilton, 24, remains in jail this afternoon on 2 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, after he reportedly told his mother “If you weren’t my mother I’d have killed you years ago”, briefly went outside, and returned to the home with a gun.
Local rapper ’25K Italy’ “just got booked” into a Nashville jail for his antics
Local Nashville rapper ’25K Italy’ who uses the tagline ‘#ijustgotbook’ when he takes over Nashville restaurants and businesses, was booked into a Nashville jail on multiple outstanding warrants Thursday. Some of the charges allege assault, but we’ve obtained video of the incidents that appear to show a fuller version of events, where he was the one first assaulted.
In retaliation for calling police, burglar points gun at victim: “We’re going to clean you out”
Two Nashville men got into an altercation on a Friday, one of them reported it to the police. The next day, that man says the other man showed up to his house with 2 accomplices, forced his way inside, held a gun to him, and said “You never get the police involved..” & “We are going to clean you out..”, and they did just that.
Woman arrested for hiding fugitive Dylan ‘Boogie’ Wilson under bathroom sink
Earlier this week, Cheatham County Sheriff Mike Breedlove published posts on social media about 21-year-old Dylan ‘Boogie’ Wilson, who he says is a ‘known heroin user and suspected dealer’, advising citizens and other agencies to be on the lookout for him, as he has outstanding felony warrants for his arrest. Late Wednesday, Dylan Wilson was taken into custody, but not before Misty Lepley tried to hide him underneath a bathroom sink.
Man arrested after losing gun on dance floor of Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse
Thomas James Cain, III, 47, was booked into the Davidson County jail just before 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, charged with possession of a firearm while drinking in bar, after his handgun slipped from his waistband onto the dance floor of Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse in downtown Nashville, and another patron found it.
Brentwood ‘Mortgage Brother’ to Scoop Media: “I’m kinda bored, I’ve got money, I’m gonna get attorneys… I’m gonna take y’all down”
AUDIO: “I’m kinda bored, I’ve got money, I’m gonna get attorneys… I’m gonna take y’all down. I don’t give a fuck if it costs me a couple hundred thousand…”
That’s what Brentwood ‘Mortgage Brother’ Justin Allender told Scoop Media early Tuesday morning, in response to two articles that he was upset with. The first, being his friend, Luxury Realtor Blake Glaskox, who was arrested on a DUI charge a few days ago. The second story turned out to be about his father, a local bank robber.
Woman charged with Class B Cocaine felony (8+ years) gets 6 months probation in plea
53-year-old Vicki Melvin now has 36 charges spread among 21 arrests. Her most recent was on Monday, when Metro Police charged her with a Class B Felony for crack cocaine, which would have carried an 8+ year sentence. The DA’s let her plea to a simple possession charge with a 6 month probated sentence, less than 24 hours after her arrest.
Ex-girlfriend assaults man at his work, jumps on his back, punches him, smashes phone
Metro Police arrested 27-year-old Jasmine Steele early Tuesday morning on several outstanding warrants, including domestic assault and vandalism, after she showed up to her ex-boyfriend’s place of employment, beat him, and smashed his iPhone XS Max.
Pilgrimage Festival Co-Founder Kevin Griffin’s Divorce: Affairs, Drugs, Money & the Festival
Of the many interesting findings, in a 61-page final divorce decree, was the information revealed about the finances of the company that presents The Pilgrimage Festival, Pilgrimage Presents, LLC. The judge found Pilgrimage Presents, LLC has ‘no value’, citing “Pilgrimage Presents, LLC, had a shareholder equity of negative $1,885,855, as of December 31, 2017, and a substantially greater amount as of December 31st, 2018, due to the loss experienced in 2018.
Local rapper ‘Trainko’ re-arrested on new sex-tape charge & probation violations $60K Bond
19-year-old Dyquan Anthony Collins, better known as ‘Trainko’, finds himself waking up in a Nashville jail once again this morning. The local music artist, who once faked his own shooting with the help of his mother, is no stranger to the criminal justice system. He was arrested Monday afternoon, charged with two violations of his probation, in addition to being served with a warrant for unlawful dissemination of photography – after he broadcast a sex-video of him and his former girlfriend without her knowledge.
18-year-old knocks down & beats stepfather when denied use of car
18-year-old Caleb Alexander Morris was arrested just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning, charged with domestic assault, after police say he pushed his stepfather to the ground, and beat him in the face with his fists – because he couldn’t use his stepfather’s vehicle.
Man leaves 3 children in car while inside Antioch Las Nenas Bar for several hours
Garcia Ferman, 41, is waking up in a Nashville jail this morning, charged with 3 counts of child neglect (under 8), after he left his children in his vehicle while reportedly spending several hours inside Las Nenas Bar & Billiards Sunday night.
Nashville firefighters peddling rainbow ‘Nashville Fire’ t-shirts at gay bar while on-duty this weekend
What appeared to be on-duty Nashville Fire Department Firefighters, in uniform and carrying radios, showed up to at least one Nashville gay bar this weekend, selling rainbow themed ‘Nashville Fire’ t-shirts to the gay men in the bar, or as one patron called it on his social media “selling water in a desert.”
Teen car burglar identified via fingerprints: Chaz Payne #Arrested
Less than 2 months after a get-out-of-jail-free deal on two felony aggravated robberies could no longer be revoked, 18-year-old Chaz Payne was found to be back in trouble. He now faces 4 new felony charges of auto burglary, and his prior charges can still be expunged.
Teen uses fake ID to drink in downtown bars, smashes though 2nd Ave window after Travis Scott concert
18-year old Nicholas Vaughn Parmer is charged with using a false ID to obtain alcohol, underage consumption, and felony vandalism after he told police he used the fake to drink at Lonnie’s Western Room – Karaoke Bar & Piranhas Nashville, and had been at the Travis Scott concert, while they were arresting him for breaking the glass out of a 2nd ave storefront.
Wife jumps from moving vehicle to escape horrific kidnapping by husband – Charles Bond Arrested
Charles Henry Bond, 35, is held in lieu of a $100,000.00 bond in a Nashville jail, arrested Friday morning, and charged with kidnapping his wife at gunpoint, and taking her on a treacherous escapade before she was able to jump from his moving vehicle to escape.
Defendants in Cobra Bar Double Murder Charged Moments Ago in a New Murder Indictment
Months of diligent investigative work into the senseless murder last August of Nashvillian Kendall Rice led to today’s indictment of Demontrey Logsdon and Horace Williamson III on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery. Additionally, Logsdon and Williamson are each indicted on a charge of especially aggravated robbery for shooting Angel Gonzales-Bernis, 40, at Falcon View Apartments on E. Palestine Avenue just minutes after Rice was killed. Gonzales-Bernis survived.
ATV driver charged for hit-and-run on Dickerson Pike: Lemarcus Walker
Lemarcus Walker, 32, is the latest ATV driver charged from last weekend’s takeover of Nashville’s streets. Walker is charged with reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident with an injury. He is free on pre-trial release.
Half-pound+ of heroin, quarter-pound+ of methamphetamine, 24 grams crack cocaine, 29 grams cocaine, & more found in Matthews Ave home
#Inglewood: overnight raid finds over half-pound of heroin, over quarter-pound of methamphetamine, 24 grams crack cocaine, 29 grams cocaine, & more in a Matthews Ave home. Nathaniel Key, 37, is held in lieu of a $375,000.00 bond.
