Woman charged after trying to take ex-boyfriend’s phone from him by force after a breakup

24-year-old Belinda Pelicci is scheduled to appear in court next month after police say she assaulted her ex-boyfriend, a Mt. Juliet Firefighter, at a Percy Priest Home in May after showing up intoxicated and attempting to take his phone out of his hands by force to search through it the day after they broke up.

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BUI: Man says he last smoked weed back when the ‘sun was still up’… it was currently 6PM & sunny

At 6 p.m. Saturday on Percy Priest Lake, TWRA Officer Joshua Landrum asked 24-year-old Jet Skier Orrie Reed Whitton when he last smoked marijuana. Landrum replied: “when the sun was still up”. The agent reminded him the sun had been up for the last 12 hours, and wouldn’t set for another 2. Landrum was jailed on 5 charges this weekend, and he reportedly told the officer he “doesn’t care what happens to him”.

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‘Honcho Savage’ charged in domestic assault case after refusing to bathe baby

Nashville’s 21-year-old Honcho Savage, better known as Howard Gordon, is charged with domestic assault after his girlfriend says she repeatedly asked him to bathe their baby, and when she did it herself, he allegedly punched a hole through the door, kicked it open, and punched her.

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Descendant of Nashville’s Co-Founder found alone and drunk downtown, stumbling through traffic: Lucius E. Burch V

21-year-old Lucius Burch was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail early Saturday morning after police found him stumbling and falling over while wandering into traffic downtown. Burch comes from a long line of movers, shakers, and lawmakers in Nashville & Tennessee. His family includes the four well-known Lucius E. Burch’s before him, Nashville co-founder John Donelson, and President Andrew Jackson.

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Man charged after punching girlfriend in face, telling 911 her call was a ‘butt dial’ then fleeing scene

A California woman says she was visiting her 39-year-old boyfriend Rickey Bates at his SkyHouse Nashville residence on Saturday when he punched her in the face, causing her to quickly become covered in blood. She called 911 and a call taker heard her pleading for help, but the call suddenly disconnected. When dispatch called back, he told them it was ‘just a butt dial’. When officers arrived, they found her face and hands still covered in blood from the assault.

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THP posts, then removes, photo of young black child against cruiser with hands behind back

Early Monday, the Tennessee Highway Patrol posted a photo to their social media of children at the Junior Ranger Camp in Nashville. The photo depicts a line of children with a trooper demonstrating the importance of booster seats and seat belts, while a lone black child faces against a patrol unit in the foreground with his hands behind his back. After backlash on social media, the department quietly removed the photo.

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DUI: Man crashes car, hops in the passenger seat before police arrive – but a TDOT camera caught him

21-year-old Joseph McCombs drunkenly crashed his car on I-65 South Saturday morning. After the impact, a TDOT camera caught him moving from the driver’s seat and into the passenger side of the vehicle. He initially denied being the driver, however, that didn’t last long when confronted with the evidence.

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Nashville man charged with repeatedly slamming wife against kitchen counter over dinner argument

A Nashville wife and mother came to the Family Safety Center Thursday to report her husband, 42-year-old Shivan Yasin, repeatedly slammed her body against a kitchen counter when she came home from shopping and he confronted her about cooking dinner.

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Confidential Informant Jailed after she fails to deliver

25-year-old Kristina Brown was taken into custody Thursday after her 18th Drug Task Force handler, Marcus Zugelder, says she failed to maintain proper communication with him. She is now charged with multiple felony drug offenses that were being held after she signed a confidential informant agreement in April.

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Former Titan sent hundreds of texts & calls to ex-girlfriend, bit her nose, smashed windshield with rock, broke iPhone

EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Former Tennessee Titan Antonio Tramaine Andrews is alleged to have bitten the nose of his ex-girlfriend, smashed her windshield, sent hundreds of unwanted calls and texts, and then called Scoop: Nashville to talk about it, exclusively. We have the recording of his explanation of events, as well as a detailed timeline of events.

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Father pulls daughter’s wig back, rips her eyelashes off, calls her a b***h during assault

40-year-old Derrick Lamont Carter faces child abuse and vandalism charges after felt his daughter was taking too long to get ready for work and being ‘smart’ with him. He is alleged to have pulled back her wig, ripped off her faux eyelashes during a physical assault on her. The child’s mother was on the phone and overheard much of the incident.

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Man locks himself in bathroom to call 911 after girlfriend ‘grapples’ him in bedroom, scratching his face

39-year-old Jennifer Johnson was waiting outside when police arrived to take her into custody for domestic assault Tuesday Night. She and her boyfriend were grappling beside the bed when she scratched his face, and he locked himself in the bathroom where he called police to get assistance to prevent further assault.

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