54-year-old Robyn Gist is charged with domestic assault after she grabbed her husband’s shirt, ripping it, and punched him in the face during an argument at a gas station, where they had stopped to get drinks to cool down after a prior argument. She posted a $1,000 cash bond. The couple, from Cedar Hill, TN, enjoy a shared Facebook account.
Month: August 2021
Domestic Assault: woman charged after throwing green tea on mother — Wallisha Hickman
26-year-old Wallisha K. Hickman is charged with domestic assault after throwing a plastic bottle of Green Tea at her mothing, causing the tea to get on her face and shirt. Night Court Commissioner Timothy Lee set her bond at $100. Wallisha has not yet posted bond, despite her domestic violence hold expiring around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Man parks at random house, has 3AM concert in driveway, says he’s “just trying to get home” — Jason Blandford
40-year-old Jason Blandford woke up some residents in Madison early Tuesday morning. They say he was either very “drunk or high” and singing songs in their driveway, where he had parked his car. By the time officers arrived, he was “laying out” in the driveway, where he told them he was “just trying to get home.”
DUI: Woman blows nearly 3x BAC limit after crash — DNeshia Mitchell arrested
Police say 22-year-old Dneshia Mitchell blew a 0.231 BAC after crashing her car in Antioch. She sustained minor injuries, and completed field sobriety tests in her bare feet, after locking her keys in her car after the crash, with her shoes and socks inside. Mitchell says she had “two shots of Jack Daniel’s” ten minutes before driving. She is free on pre-trial release.
Woman charged with violating an order of protection — Morgan Mejia Heath
25-year-old Morgan Mejia (Heath) is charged with violating an active order of protection when she showed up at the home of the person with an order of protection against her. She is jailed on a $1,500 bond.
Man to police: “The only way I’m leaving is if you take me to jail” — Cody Leonard, arrested.
21-year-old Cody Leonard got into an argument downtown when someone called his brother a derogatory term. Police got everyone to calm down and agree to go their separate ways, except Cody. Cody stated: “The only way I’m leaving is if you take me to jail”. Officers obliged, and booked him on a charge of public intoxication.
Drunken tourist charged after urinating in a mop bucket at Nashville Airport: Rishan Chamdal
24-year-old Rishan Chamdal, of Houston, TX, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Sunday night after airport police say he went into the backroom of the District News shop inside concourse D and urinated into a mop bucket. An employee caught him mid-stream, demanding he stop, and when he didn’t (or couldn’t) she called airport police. He resisted arrest and had to be taken to the ground, and caused a disturbance while being escorted out of the building.
Nashville teens use stun gun & hammer to rob & kidnap man after Snapchat Catfish setup
A trio of 18-year-olds from Nashville are charged after a female lured a man to a 40th Ave N. home, at which point Deyton Farless, Michael Barlow, and Hugo Tabora, were among the teens that held him using a stun gun and hammer, robbed him of his belonging, forced him to drain his CashApp account, then kidnapped him using his own vehicle, drove 7 miles before dumping him out, and then fled toward Cookeville and engaged in a chase with THP and local police.
Tourist charged after dragging his girlfriend by her hair across downtown Nashville parking lot
54-year-old Aaron Dudley is charged with pulling his girlfriend around a downtown Nashville parking lot by her hair while on vacation from Pennsylvania, admitting he did it because she became upset when his ex-girlfriend called his phone.
Woman charged with harassing the very man she filed a restraining order against: Katelyn Gallagher
An arrest warrant alleges 22-year-old Katelyn Gallagher has been harassing the same man she took out an order of protection against by calling him, sending Instagram messages, and coming to Vibes Bar & Lounge looking for him.
MNPD Officer arrested for DUI was attempting suicide with duty weapon after breakup, court documents reveal
Metro Nashville Police issued a simple statement that one of their officers had been dismissed after he was charged with DUI when his “pickup truck hit another vehicle’s side mirror, and he left the scene”. Court records show Officer Jerram Plastow had actually driven to an East Nashville Public Housing Community to commit suicide with his Glock 22 duty weapon after his girlfriend broke up with him. MNPD only disclosed the DUI narrative and did not release any of the other details on the mental stability of the 32-year-old officer they had recently given a gun and badge to protect the city.
Man charged with assault & strangulation of fiancé — Austin Collom arrested
35-year-old Austin Collom is charged with the felony aggravated assault & strangulation of his fiancé after grabbing her by the hair, shoving her against a wall, and strangling her, according to an arrest report, and the injuries sustained by the victim.
Drunken Millennial found passed out inside porta-potty in downtown Nashville: Charles Burnett arrested
25-year-old Charles Burnett was found passed out inside a porta-potty downtown in the early hours of Thursday morning. He is charged with public intoxication, as officers determined his decision-making skills to not be sufficient to care for himself in his current state of intoxication.
“Daddy needs to get help”, man says to baby after bizarre drug arrest in Nashville
Witnesses say 36-year-old Charles Waynick was “holding his baby in front of him as if he were going to drop the child, while looking up to the sky with this eyes closed, and making weird noises” earlier this month and called police. During his arrest, he asked if he could kiss his child. He was allowed to do so, and stated: “Daddy needs to get help”.
Teacher blows .220 BAC & crashes car after “4-5 drinks” at Tin Roof Bar: Samira Hardcastle
26-year-old Samira Hardcastle, a 6th-grade math & science teacher, was charged with DUI early Saturday after admitting to police she had 4-5 drinks at Tin Roof Bar before crashing her car on her way home. She blew a .220 BAC on a breathalyzer.
Whites Creek Man assaults woman who served him breakfast, lunch, & dinner in bed, per report: Chad Walkup
42-year-old Chad Alan Walkup was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Wednesday on two open assault warrants against his girlfriend, Kathryn Kniery. One alleges he was served breakfast, lunch, and dinner in bed, then assaulted her around 8 p.m. when he overslept for work. Another, which was captured on video, shows him picking up a patio chair she’s sitting in and tossed threw her across the patio, after he was upset he couldn’t find the charger to his computer.
Whiskey Row: Man threatens bouncer, knees & headbutts MNPD officer in head, threatens to beat them more
26-year-old Matthew Waddell is free on an $11,000 bond after Metro Police say they picked him up after he caused a scene at Whiskey Row in downtown Nashville and he then threatened multiple officers, and assaulting officer Kristopher Sutton two different times, once kneeing him in the head, then later headbutting him.
DUI Ridin’ Dirty: Man tosses beer bottle out window, lies about it, admits it; asks for lawyer, talks anyway — Jamie Levitt
Metro Police say 33-year-old Jamie Levitt was driving 83 in a 55 mph zone at 6:52 p.m. on Friday when he suddenly crossed four lanes of traffic while merging from I-440E onto I-40. As an officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, Levitt reportedly tossed a beer bottle out the window, then denied it, then eventually admitted it. He asked for a lawyer but then continued telling the officer about how his intoxication. He blew a 0.103 BAC.
Nashville Rapper Mannie B. confronts ex-girlfriend with gun, upset she’s with a new man
Nashville Police say 31-year-old Nashville recording artist and producer ‘Mannie B.’ (Emanuel Blackwell) used a stolen handgun to bang on the patio door of his ex-girlfriend’s apartment while she was inside watching a movie with her current boyfriend. An arrest warrants details he confronted her, saying “you got another dude in here, don’t act like I won’t do to you what I have done to you in the past!”
DUI: Man found asleep behind wheel at intersection, admits to drinking — Jared Beard
24-year-old Jared Beard was found asleep behind the wheel of his car at an intersection just south of downtown Nashville and admitted to drinking prior to driving. Police say he agreed to a breathalyzer, a demonstrated he could blow hard enough, however, when his lips met the actual machine, he wouldn’t blow hard enough for it to register. He also urinated on himself multiple times while speaking to police, and in the back of a patrol car.
Drunk & covered in blood, a man lunges & screams at officers in downtown Nashville: Christopher Calvert
Metro Nashville Police say they don’t know why 35-year-old Christopher Calvert, from Murfreesboro, lunged at officers directing traffic at 2nd & Broadway on a recent Saturday night. They report he was bloody, screaming, and reeked of alcohol.
Too drunk for BNA: St. Louis tourist stumbles and falls on another passenger after drinking at 400 degrees: James Berry
32-year-old James Berry, of St. Louis, drank so much alcohol at the 400 Degrees restaurant inside the Nashville International Airport last week that he walked out on his tab and stumbled and fell onto a female passenger causing her to be injured enough to require transportation to a local hospital.
Tourist punches face of bouncer escorting him out of Lucky Bastard Saloon #VisitMusicCity
22-year-old Cole Foster Caylor is charged with assault and public intoxication after police say he punched a security guard in the face at a downtown Nashville bar he was being tossed out of, then continued to cause a scene on the sidewalk.
Man charged with assaulting ex-boyfriend with big hard rock, biting his bicep & punching his face: Malcolm Watson
24-year-old Malcolm Watson is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police say he struck his ex-boyfriend in the head with a rock, leaving a laceration, and then chased him into a vehicle, where he was trying to retreat, and punched him in the face and bit his bicep. Watson claims he was only punching back from an earlier assault, and that he was the actual victim.
Police say woman flipped them off with a ‘F-ck You’, acknowledging them as she fled during a 90 mph pursuit: Savannah Leigh Shrum
Metro Police say 23-year-old Savannah Leigh Shrum held up her right hand and extended her middle finger to the officer who was attempting to pull her over as she traveled over 90 mph in her Mustang Thursday at lunch, making it “clear she wasn’t going to stop”. The aspiring model, who has a modest Instagram following, sped away while the officer fell back and ran her license plate to secure a warrant for her arrest.
