29-year-old Jelila Adekunie was arrested at a Regions Bank branch in Nashville on April 8th, charged with felony criminal simulation, and impersonation, after she tried to withdraw cash using a fake identity. Police located her Nigerian passport with her real name in the vehicle when her accomplice was also arrested.
Year: 2019
Arrested: Man says wife punched him when he refused to get off phone; then pulled his hair
35-year-old Susy Michiko Ishizu is free on a $1,500 cash bond, after she was booked on a domestic assault charge. Her husband says she punched him in the face with her fist, pulled his hair, and slapped him, when he didn’t get off the phone quick enough.
Brutal attack over ‘random girls’ leaves victim with brain hemorrhage & skull fracture at downtown McDonald’s
22-year Calvin Courter is held in a Nashville jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond, charged with aggravated assault. Police say he sucker punched a man at the downtown McDonald’s, kicked him while on the ground, rendering him unconscious, then continued to stomp on his head as people yelled ‘stop kicking him’ – as the victim laid on the ground, bleeding from his head, causing a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage.
8-year-old suffers broken clavicle after being ‘restrained’ by MNPS teacher – $8K Settlement
Metro Nashville has now settled the claim of an 8-year-old that suffered a broken clavicle (collarbone) after being restrained by an Una Elementary School teacher, for $8,000 with the parent of the child.
Arson Arrest: Catherine Parker sprayed mattress with bug spray, lit it. 2 cats rescued.
Nashville Fire Department Arson Investigators arrested Catherine Parker, 43 for starting a fire inside her Madison apartment on April 10, 2019. Just before 6:00 pm Catherine Parker called 911 to report a fire in her apartment in the Hickory Chase Apartment Complex, located at 600 Heritage Drive. There were two cats inside the apartment at the time of the fire. Fire personnel used animal oxygen mask kits to revive the two pet cats.
City set to pay MNPD Officer Monica Blake $150,000 after retaliating against her for social media posts
The Metro Nashville Police Department retaliated against Officer Monica Blake for her social media posts, which included her support of the Community Oversight Board – now Metro is set to pay her $150,000.00 to settle the claim.
Metro Police SRO Decommissioned for Selling ‘Alcohol Concoction’ to school staff while on-duty
Metro Nashville Police Officer Candace Steen, who was assigned to West End Middle School as a School Resource Officer was decommissioned on April 4th, after a complaint was received from a school administrator, who reported that Officer Candace Steen was selling a ‘concoction of alcohol mixed with other ingredients’ to school staff while in uniform and on-duty during the school day.
Details: Mayor Briley’s plan to outsource parking spaces & permits to a private company for $30 mil upfront
DETAILS: Mayor David Briley reveals plan to turn over management of Nashville’s parking spaces to a private company for $30 cash million up front, increase fines by 227%, extend enforcement times to 10 p.m., add Sunday enforcement, increase meter rates, and eliminate free parking for clean energy vehicles.
Man found with multiple bags of Heroin, Meth, & a digital scale, all tucked under his scrotum
Nicholas Lee Handy, 36, is jailed in lieu of a $37,500 bond after police found him with some extra packages under his ‘package’. Multiple items were retrieved from beneath Handy’s scrotum, including crystal methamphetamine, heroin, a digital scale, and multiple empty baggies.
Man arrested with TEC-9, fronted Heroin & Meth, Counterfeit Cash, & more
24-year-old Matthew Blake Rischbeck is jailed on a $102,500 bond covering 11 charges, after police found him in the parking lot of a Goodlettsville hotel with an array of guns, drugs, and counterfeit cash at 1:00 a.m. Monday morning.
MNPD to launch LGBTQ ‘Safe Place’ Initiative Thursday, in response to transgender shaming incident
Metro Nashville Police arr formally launching the ‘Safe Place’ program Thursday, placing signage on businesses considered a ‘safe place’ to wait while an officer responds to a reported hate crime.
KISS Arrest: Woman charged with slapping boyfriend in face at KISS Concert
45-year-old Erin A. Savage told police she did open-hand slap her boyfriend of 18 months during a verbal argument at last night’s KISS concert, at which time off-duty officers detained her. The victim told police he was slapped, but did not wish to prosecute, and had no visible injuries, however the police prosecuted on his behalf.
Kidnapping/Assault: boyfriend says “she likes to fall and scream”; camera shows him dragging her by the hair
18yo Christopher Jimenez is jailed on aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and prohibited weapon charges, after police say he held his g/f in their #Antioch home against her will, dragged her back by her hair twice when she escaped, and assaulted her multiple times.
Mom searches son, finds drugs, gets assaulted. Son arrested.
19-year-old Lucas Schweitzer had his first encounter with the criminal justice system Monday, when his mother searched him for drugs, found cocaine and Xanax, and was assaulted during the process.
Kendall Barron charged with aggravated stalking; Offers victim $580 to drop theft charges
Kendall Barron, a local 30-year-old Instagram influencer, found herself in jail again this morning, charged with aggravated stalking after she broke her bond conditions set in March, when she was charged with theft of her ex-girlfriend’s dog, which still hasn’t been returned.
Man wanted on 6 felony probation violations arrested at gas pump
30-year old Landon Pharris (whose parents were once arrested for hiring a full-on stripper named ‘Sassy’ at his 16th birthday party for he and his underage friends) was arrested on 6 felony probation violation warrants Monday afternoon while standing by a gas pump.
Man assaults 3 MNPD Officers, grabs one by her ‘genital area’, per report
30-year old Onreka Gray kicked MNPD Officer Sekou Samassi in the leg, and while MNPD Officer Laura Mullin was assisting Gray in walking into the Sally port at booking, Gray grabbed Officer Mullin on the upper part of her leg, and grabbed her ‘genital area’, causing ‘offensive contact, per an arrest report.
He then slipped and fell on the wet floor, got back up, and kneed Officer Jankiewicz in the left inner thigh.
He ate the heroin as police approached; Nicholas Essex, arrested.
34-year-old Nicholas Essex is free on a $7,000 bond after Metro Police say he ate heroin as they approached his vehicle Monday. No drugs were actually located.
Impostor ‘massage therapist / manscaper’ arrested at Bellevue’s ‘Lavish Lounge’
37-year-old Angelica Lashae Elliott was arrested by Metro Police Friday, after they replied to her ‘Manscaping and massage services’ ad on a website called ‘RubRatings’. She is charged with impersonation of a licensed professional, and operating without a massage license. Elliott is free on a $1500 bond.
After 100’s of calls, ex-girlfriend scratches ‘my heart cannot take this damage’ onto his front door
22-year-old Morgan Jenkins was booked into a Nashville jail at 2:04 a.m. Sunday morning on warrants charging her with vandalism and harassment from a 2018 incident during which police say she called her ex-boyfriend more than 151 times in a single day, then scratched “my heart cannot take this damage” into his front door.
Anthony Lowe arrested: Selling Xanax, Weed, & Meth on Bell Rd.
21-year-old Anthony Preston Lowe remains jailed on a $30,000 bond today, charged with attempting to sell Xanax, methamphetamine, and marijuana on Bell Road in Antioch.
Man who dragged 7-day hostage around house by nipples re-arrested: Baeho ‘Bobby’ Shin
JUST IN: We can’t make this up. Baeho ‘Bobby’ Shin, the man who held his ex-girlfriend hostage for 7 days and dragged her around by her nipples, has been re-arrested, and charged on 2 new counts of aggravated assault, and false imprisonment.
D.A.’s office will prosecute passenger, but not off-duty officer, on identical charge
Today marks the point of no return for the Nashville District Attorney’s Office. Today is the day they define two clear and distinct paths for prosecuting crimes in Nashville – one for police, and one for citizens.
Two people in the same car got charged with identical crimes. One was an off-duty cop, whose charges the D.A. refused to prosecute. The passenger, a citizen with no priors, will be prosecuted in a Nashville courtroom this morning at 9 a.m. by the same D.A.’s office, for the same charge.
MNPD arrests man for 0.5 gram ‘partial joint’ found in vehicle after observing ‘significant smoke’
#MNPD Officer Blake Lutz (who once claimed to smell factory sealed THC Gummy Bears from outside a vehicle) has done it again. On Thursday, he physically arrested a 24-year-old for possession of a 0.5 gram partially smoked joint, after seeing ‘significant smoke’ coming from the parked vehicle. Caleb Brown remains jailed, unable to post his $2,000 bond.
35+ year Metro Police veteran asks what black arrestee would look like with bullet hole in forehead
Former MNPD Detective Clinton Vogel, who was with the department for 35+ years, and still fills his social media profiles with photos to appear as