Grand Jury indicts Canvas bartender Joey Newkirk on new felony charges

One year after the initial incident, the Davidson County Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging Joseph Newkirk with two counts of felony aggravated assault. He is accused of continuing to beat a local realtor, even after rendering him unconscious, and knocking a female friend unconscious, leaving her in the water at the lake.

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North Nashville heroin dealer arrested

34-year-old Dontae White was arrested Thursday, charged with felony possession of Heroin. When police stopped him, his phone was continuously receiving texts asking if he was “still good for it” from someone who had “driven all the way from Hendersonville” to meet him.

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Nurse fired from 3 hospitals in 7 months, admits to diverting drugs from them all

The Tennessee Board of Nursing has suspended the license of Registered Nurse Ashley Hodges for unprofessional conduct after she admitted to diverting Fentanyl, Morphine, Hydromorphone, Propofol, Diprivan, and more from 3 hospitals, each of which fired her within a 7 month period.

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Nurse admits to diverting narcotics from between ’10 – 30′ patients at TriStar Centennial Hospital

Registered Nurse Nicole Harper told the Board of Nursing she withdrew from her monitoring agreement because she “wanted to drink alcohol with friends”, after admitting to diverting injectable narcotics from up to 30 patients at one hospital, and pain pills from another.

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Young trio charged with robbing & assaulting man in North Nashville

Police say Samuel Calvert, 18, Joshua Hockett, 20, and Judah Davis, 18, ambushed a man from behind, hit him with a handgun and robbed him of his cash and jewelry at 5 a.m. Thursday morning in North Nashville.

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Ashland City Nurse diverted pain meds from assisted living patients, says nursing board

The Tennessee Board of Nursing has disciplined Misty Hoke (LPN) for diverting pain medications from patients at Vantage Point Assisted Living in Ashland City, TN, and being high on the diverted drugs while being the Assistant Executive Directory of the facility.

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Two arrested in Antioch Burger King parking lot brawl

Accusations of cheating, an assault with a stick, bite marks, and a broken iPhone XR led to the arrest of Brittiney Turner and Kendall Smith in the parking lot of an Antioch Burger King.

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18-year-old secretly lived in attic space above 14-year-old’s closet, only coming down at night

ARREST: Police physically removed 18-year-old Matthew Casto from an attic space he had been living in, which connected to a 14-year-old’s bedroom via a door in her closet. Police say he would only come down at night when she secured her door.

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Robert Crandall, 74, agrees to 20-year-sentence in child rape case

74-year-old Robert Crandall has agreed to a 20-year-plea deal in a Nashville child rape case. He was taken into custody Friday to service his sentence.
Crandall was previously indicted by the Davidson County Grand Jury on 1 count child rape, and 9 counts of aggravated sexual battery of a child under 13-years-old.

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T.D.O.C. home search of probationer nets meth & handgun

A home search of probationer Phaitoon ‘Sean’ Viryasiri by T.D.O.C. officers resulted in the discovery of crystal methamphetamine, marijuana, and a .38 special in the felon’s home.

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Man leaves sausage on woman’s porch; texts “shove it up your ass to see if it fits” & more.

Jeffrey Packowski is charged with harassment after police say he left a sausage on a woman’s porch then texted her “shove it up your a** see if it fits”, and also sent her self-made videos of him and another woman. The victim? His brother’s wife.

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Metro Council candidate Matthew DelRossi charged with destroying neighbor’s camera with a pickaxe

Matthew Delrossi remains jailed, unable to post a $2,500 bond after he was arrested Saturday, charged with throwing shovels, fishing poles, and a pickaxe to break a neighbor’s security camera. The entire event was recorded, along with a Facebook live rant prior to the event.

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MNPD makes pettiest of petty drug arrest for ‘facilitation’ of a drug sale

Mark Stevens didn’t have any cocaine, but Metro Nashville Police charged him with a felony when an undercover detective approached him downtown and asked if he had “any powder?”, and Stevens said “no” but told the undercover where he could find some on another street.

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Over 475 pounds of cocaine delivered to Mt. Juliet business

Detectives were notified by a business in Mt Juliet that suspicious packages had arrived with no labels. When the detectives arrived, indications of cocaine were present in the packages. A search warrant was obtained to search the boxes and detectives located 216 kilograms of powder cocaine.

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Man charged with selling fake drugs downtown; tried to eat the buy money

Richard Smith, 53, is jailed in lieu of a $15,000 bond after police say he sold them fake drugs and then attempted to eat the money they used to buy the fake drugs with, in an attempt to destroy any evidence of the transaction.

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