27-year-old Brandon Duncan faces a multitude of charges after police say that during an interview from the trauma unit at Vanderbilt Hospital, he admitted to smoking “one blunt” several hours before crashing his vehicle near Bellevue, which injured his 2-year-old child on July 2nd, and caused another passenger to be impaled by a stick.
Year: 2021
Clerk’s office ‘expunged’ recordings of MNPD Officer who allegedly recanted testimony on the stand
In late June, a well-known attorney was in court for a hearing after MNPD charged him with assault of an officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and public intoxication. People present during that hearing report the officer recanted his sworn affidavit on the stand. Scoop Nashville immediately requested those court recordings, which are traditionally provided within 1-2 days. Nine days later, the office replied they had expunged those public records.
A family armed themselves with a machete and waited 18 minutes for MNPD to arrive as a man threatened to kill them.
Nashville police arrested 27-year-old Syrus Jenkins Monday morning, who they say was clearly under the influence of unknown substances, and 90 minutes later he was free on pre-trial release, skipping the standard hold for public intoxication arrests. 5 hours after his release, he entered a family’s attached garage and attempted to gain entry to their home via the inner door. They grabbed a machete and waited 18 minutes for MNPD to arrive.
Nashville DUI Lawyer charged with DUI: Richard Dumas
Nashville attorney Richard Dumas was found asleep in his car on Nolensville road this weekend, sitting crossways with traffic. When even woke up, he drove the car down a steep ditch, despite a citizen attempting to help him. He reportedly reeked of alcohol and had vomited on himself. Also, he was carrying a loaded Polish P-64 Makarov handgun in the vehicle.
Memphis man charged with horrible abuse of dog in Nashville hotel – Commissioner frees him, ROR.
Police found a bloody and severely injured dog in the elevator of a Nashville Hotel. The hotel staff was familiar with the dog and directed officers to the owner, 22-year-old Brian Shields, and his hotel room. He claims he had just given the dog to someone else and was no longer responsible. However, bloody pillows, towels, and the dog’s collar in his hotel room told a different story.
Drummer charged with rape of another drummer’s wife after crawling into bed with them: Kyle Mayer
40-year-old Kyle William Mayer is charged with rape after he was visiting an old friend in Nashville, a fellow drummer, and after a long evening of drinking, decided to crawl into the bed with the couple. The other man went to get some water, and Mayer admits to getting handsy…
AUDIO: Fireworks began while police & helicopter were in blast/fallout zone -“someone should be fired” heard on radio traffic
As the nation watched nervous TV hosts try to fill space as the Nashville fireworks were delayed over a half-hour Sunday night, behind-the-scene a lot was happening. Several suspected trespassers in the blast/fallout zone caused MNPD officers to search for them in a building with personnel and a helicopter – and then suddenly someone started the show, catching 8 MNPD officers and a helicopter pilot in the immediate airspace by surprise. We have the audio from their radio traffic #LISTEN
Nashville Man charged in rape of woman & sexual battery & kidnapping of 11-year-old: Demande Claude
31-year-old Demande Claude is jailed in lieu of a $175,000 bond after the Grand Jury indicted him on the 2018 kidnapping and sexual battery of an 11-year-old child, and the 2019 rape of an adult woman. He lived in the same neighborhood as his most recent victim for the two years since the rape until his arrest this week.
MNPD Street Racing Initiative results in arrests, citations, and fireworks shot at a police helicopter.
Overnight, MNPD conducted the “Street Racer” initiative resulting in multiple arrests, fireworks shot at a helicopter, a large number of fireworks seized, multiple violations and citations, one towed vehicle, and one that got away from police.
Nashville General’s Dr. Samuel Katz indicted: obtaining oxycodone by fraud, using another MD’s identity
37-year-old Dr. Matthew S.J. Katz, of Nashville General Hospital, has been indicted on 22 counts of obtaining oxycodone by fraud, and 1 count of identity theft, after he used a fellow doctor’s identity to obtain some of the drugs.
DUI: Nashville lawyer crashes car in front of officer; admits to “a couple of beers”, trips over own feet – Seamus Kelly
39-year-old attorney Seamus Timothy Kelly was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail early Friday morning after a VUPD Officer says he admitted drinking “a couple of beers” before making a left turn into another vehicle and crashing as the officer watched from the stop-light of the same intersection.
Woman breaks shoe while kicking boyfriend after another girl sat in his lap at Jason Aldean’s Bar
22-year-old Cassandra Dudzinski is charged with #DomesticAssault after police responded to TriStar Centennial Medical Center where they found her boyfriend, Aaron Shah, with a “softball-sized bruise” under his right knee, and Cassandra with a broken heel on her shoe. Aaron says she kicked him after another woman sat in his lap at Jason Aldean’s bar.
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[UPDATE: TBI REVERSES DECISION] TBI says you can’t legally buy a gun if you have a DUI conviction, starting today in TN
BREAKING: TBI’s TICS unit, responsible for those instant background checks when you purchase a firearm from a dealer, sent a notice this morning stating effective immediately they would begin denying the PURCHASE of a gun if the person had a DUI conviction in the last 5 years. Previously, this only applied to a carry permit, but TBI has re-interpreted the new permitless carry law that went into effect on July 1.
Bicycle officer forcefully detains & arrests woman relaxing in park with a beer, she calls 911 on him.
When asked about the third beer in her bag, 48-year-old Connie Davis, of #AntiochTN, said “Oh, this one?”, pulled it out, and chugged it in front of Bicentennial Mall State Park Police Bicycle Officer Michael Bunting, and the two MNPD Officers he had called for backup after he forcefully detained the woman relaxing in the park with a beer, so she called 911 on him. He had time that day and jailed her on several charges.
20-year-old admits to drinking before sideswiping car. Police: We didn’t see him driving, no DUI.
Police say 20-year-old Randall Shores admitted to drinking alcohol before sideswiping another vehicle in a downtown Nashville parking garage late Saturday night and determined he was heavily intoxicated. However, by the time Officer Zachary Maxa arrived, he says Shores was outside the vehicle with his keys in the pocket of his shorts, so he couldn’t charge him with DUI – instead, he charged him with public intoxication, which was automatically dismissed.
Male soldier charged with sexual battery of woman at Nashville Gay Club: Play Dance Bar
21-year-old Andrew ‘Andy’ Adamczyk is charged with the sexual battery of a female at Play Dance Bar during the foam party this weekend. The victim alleges he grabbed her by the vagina, lifting her up and moving her to another part of the club and sitting her down, then followed her to the restroom where he kissed her without consent.
DUI: Drunk driver calls police on himself for help with flat tire – Nathaniel Miller arrested
27-year-old Nathaniel Miller had a flat tire on I-24 at exit 49 downtown. He surveyed the situation and called Metro Nashville Police for assistance. Once they arrived, he admitted he had been drinking, and it took several officers to physically pull him into the car as he refused to be taken into custody.
‘Brother Jones’ says he wasn’t violent, but new video shows he was – and the Grand Jury agrees
Protestor Justin Jones (“Brother Jones”) was given two weeks to turn himself in on a Grand Jury Indictment, which charges him with two counts of reckless endangerment after he is seen on video repeatedly pushing a traffic cone into the cab of a vehicle, striking the person inside, and causing a danger to both the driver and the nearby public.
Jones claims this is a ‘false narrative’, and says he wasn’t violent. Here’s the video.
Woman charged in felony attack of Nashville influencer Kailaaa, posts “I haven’t killed you… yet!”
20-year-old Laila Udoumana (@knownaslailaa) is jailed on a $13,500 bond after a brutal attack on local social media influencer Kailaaa (@kailaaax_). She reports that on June 10th, three females attacked her while inside her car. A video shows Laila busting her windshield with a car jack, slashing her tires, and attempting to break out more windows. Laila then posted to her Instagram, admitting to her role in the assault and stating “I haven’t killed you… yet”
Protestor returns to the Tennessee Capitol 10 months later to drunkenly smash out a car window #arrested
21-year-old Alejandro Moncayo, one of the 16 protestors that chained themselves together at the State Capitol last August returned to the scene overnight, 10 months later, while reportedly drunk and high, and smashed a car window with a crutch.
DUI: 61-year-old celebrates casino trip with booze & weed – Lisa Jones #Arrested
61-year-old Lisa Jones told officers she was celebrating her trip to the casino, as she was being arrested for #DUI at 4 in the afternoon on a Monday. Police found a jar with marijuana joints in the open center console, and she admitted to smoking and drinking prior to driving.
Nashville’s “Croptop Bartender” Porn Star charged with pulling fire alarms in East Nashville: Akia Siniard
Play Dance Bar made him famous, and 27-year-old Akia Dante Siniard gained thousands of fans on social media and amateur porn sites from the exposure. He’s known as the “Croptop Bartender” or the “Croptop Bottom”. However, his need to pull fire alarms keeps him in trouble, as he’s arrested once again for pulling fire alarms in buildings in Nashville. During the last arrest, he told police he “thought he was in a movie” when it happened.
Mother jailed after deleting texts between her son and the woman he’s charged with murdering
NEW: Robert Johnson, the man who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, Pamela Paz, and trying to sell a car with her dead body in the back seat, exchanged text messages with the murder victim from his mother’s phone on the day she died. His mother, 67-year-old Naomi D. Wolf has now admitted to deleting those text messages. She was jailed Thursday, charged with tampering with evidence.
Paducah man charged in aggravated statutory rape of 16-year-old in Nashville
42-year-old David K, Tindell, who was 38 at the time of the incident, is charged with the aggravated statutory rape of a 16-year-old child in Nashville. The incident occurred in January of 2018 in Nashville. He has had multiple hearings in the case to date, and his next scheduled hearing in Nashville is coming up in August. He faces related charges in multiple other jurisdictions.
Nashville man charged with slapping ex-boyfriend in face, kicking him in stomach
35-year-old Stephen L. Gill is charged with the domestic assault of his ex-boyfriend, who is also a roommate, after police say his current boyfriend locked the ex-boyfriend out of the house, and when Gill went to unlock the door, he smacked the ex-boyfriend in the face and kicked him in the stomach.
