Nashville Man robs Family Dollar with t-shirt mask and BB Pistol

Metro Police say an alert employee ran to the back of the Family Dollar store and called 911 as armed robber William McGilmer was holding up the North Nashville Store on Whites Creek Pike Monday morning. He is in custody, jailed in lieu of an $82,500 bond.

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Ashley Purdy urinated “all over” back seat of police car after being found unresponsive, police say

One week after announcing his departure from the Black Veil Brides, 40-year-old Ashley Purdy was found by Metro Nashville Police unresponsive behind the wheel of his vehicle, with the engine running. He was eventually awakened by the officers, who placed him in the rear of their patrol vehicle where he urinated “all over the back seat of the patrol vehicle” on the way to the hospital, and threatened officers when they discovered it, per an arrest report.

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Man who strangled girlfriend twice in Whiskey Row is beaten by stranger until police arrive.

24-year-old Jalen Matthews is charged with the aggravated assault and strangulation of his girlfriend while in Whiskey Row in downtown Nashville. Police say an “anonymous male” who stated he was ‘intervening on the female’s behalf’ and Matthews were in a fight when they arrived. The other male was neither named nor prosecuted.

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Affidavit: Man says punching his ex-girlfriend and getting punched back ‘turns him on’

According to an arrest warrant, 23-year-old Eric Blivens was chasing his girlfriend in a vehicle and texted her he was ‘Finna Start Shooting’. He then spoke to his girlfriend’s grandmother on the phone, allegedly telling her that it turned him on when he assaults her granddaughter and she punches him back.

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Two youth arrested in carjacked vehicle with Airsoft gun

Metro Nashville’s Juvenile Crime Task Force Monday night arrested 20-year-old convicted felon Tyquan Scribner, & 18-year-old Aaliyah Washington, after recovering a vehicle taken during a carjacking earlier in the week. A full-size replica Glock 19 Airsoft handgun and 21 grams of marijuana were also recovered.

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Man charged with pawning TV from furnished apartment.

In the ‘that doesn’t belong to you’ department, Dustin Gordan was arrested this week on an outstanding warrant charging him with pawning a $1200 television from a furnished apartment he rented.

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Nashville Musician charged with stealing guitars from store using multiple schemes

Nashville Musician Leighton Moylan is charged with theft of merchandise after police say he admitted to ordering a custom guitar into Guitar Center and shipping it to his friend’s house, where he picked it up. He offered to return the guitar once charges were filed.

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Nashville teen arrested after blowing smoke in officer’s face & being belligerent

19-year-old John’a S. Foxx was charged with disorderly conduct after brawling another female in a parking lot near Dickerson Pike Sunday Morning. Officers say she blew smoke in their face and tried to run away when approached.

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Montarius Bean indicted in Death of Alijah Williams on Christmas Day

Hermitage Precinct officers Friday evening arrested Montarius Bean, 20, on a grand jury indictment charging him with voluntary manslaughter for the Christmas Day 2018 fatal shooting of Alijah C. Williams, 18, on Creekview Drive.

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Female, afraid to go home, takes down Joelton Marijuana Distribution Operation

A woman called Metro Police to report a marijuana distribution operation on Monday. Police discovered 31 large marijuana plants in a barn and 52 stuff in the back of a van. Brince Woods, Cyndi Green, Wendell Vaught, and Cory Wair, all arrested.

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Woman reports fake rape to 911 when man refuses her demand for money

Metro Police say 41-year-old Chrissy Simpson called 911 to report she had been raped. At the same time, a man called 911 from the Motel 6 on Brick Church Pike to say Chrissy Simpson jumped into his vehicle, demanded money, refused to get out, and then called 911 to report he raped her when he wouldn’t comply.

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Man smashes car window; “The demon is chasing me!” #Arrested

26-year-old Joel N. Arlotta is charged with vandalism, disorderly conduct, and public intoxication, after he approached a woman’s car on West End, told her “The demon is chasing me”, smashed out her car window, and said, “y’all didn’t think I was that strong, did you!”. Police then found him entangled in a chain-link fence.

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