The Nashville Fire Department has a Joshua Black problem. Firefighter Joshua Lipscomb, who moonlights as a local alcoholic comedian using the moniker ‘Sir Joshua Black’, has received poor reviews for his “professional conduct” on medical runs and was recently suspended for 8 days after some social media antics with a local business owner. Despite those woes, ‘Joshua Black’ now faces yet another complaint against him as he volleys accusations of racism towards any journalist he disagrees with, including Jason Steen and Meghan Mangrum.
Year: 2021
DUI: Thomas Courtney tells police he’s “in his bed” when found asleep behind the wheel in traffic
51-year-old Thomas Courtney, of Mt. Juliet’s Courtney’s Restaurant & Catering, told officers he thought he was “in his bed” when they found him asleep behind the wheel of a running car late Thursday night, heavily intoxicated
Man charged with kidnapping of woman outside The Rusty Nail bar
30-year-old Ryan Sims is free on a $39,000 bond after being charged with the kidnapping of a woman at The Rusty Nail bar in Hermitage, and the assault of two witnesses who attempted to intervene as he pulled a gun on one and said “don’t roll up on me” and shoved another.
DUI: Man runs red light in front of patrol car, blows nearly double BAC limit
27-year-old Connor King is charged with DUI after Metro Police Sgt. Paul Stein says he was behind the man when he ran a red light while traveling on Gallatin Pike. He admitted to having “a couple of drinks”, and said he normally uses an Uber.
Man stabs brother 3 times, tells police he ‘ran into my knife’
20-year-old Luke Bain is charged with felony aggravated assault with serious bodily injury after his brother sustained three stab wounds and a broken jaw. Luke Bain told police his brother ran into his knife when he was telling him to leave his apartment.
“All I did was shoot in the air” says man found with 22 grams heroin, 300+ Xanax bars, & stolen M&P rifle
Metro Nashville Police located 24-year-old Ladarius Tyree Stevenson in his orange Ford Mustang (with ‘Transformer’ and ‘UT’ logos) on Gallatin Pike after a ‘shots fired’ call from the neighborhood described the unique car as having fired shots into the air. Between the vehicle and his fanny pack, police seized 309 Xanax bars, bags of crushed powder Xanax, 22.8 grams of heroin, and two loaded firearms.
Piercing Pagoda employee confesses to forged returns scheme totaling near $5,000
33-year-old Jaurice Pegues is charged with pocketing nearly $5,000 in cash from Piercing Pagoda in Opry Mills Mall. He admitted to the crime and wrote a detailed confession to management when confronted with the evidence.
Nashville’s Rapping Realtor charged after thrusting grandmother backward on couch of their shared home
31-year-old Realtor Jeremiah Jaskulski (known for his deep voice in his commercials), also known as recording artist ‘Jeremiah J’ is charged with domestic assault after police say his grandmother sustained injuries when he picked her up with both hands in their shared home, wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and threw her backward onto a couch.
Nashville Sex Worker threatens ‘John’ with shovel when his payment wouldn’t go through- $76K Bond
An Antioch man solicited the services of a sex worker known as ‘Ruby Foxx’, and when she arrived and it was time to pay, he says his payment “wouldn’t go through”. Officers arrived in the neighborhood to find Foxx, later identified as Summer Caster, standing in the man’s yard with a shovel. She threatened to harm the man, destroy his car, and have “her men” come to shoot him.
DUI: 64-year-old admits to drinking 2 margaritas just before driving car that crashed & caught on fire
64-year-old Bettie Blackman is charged with driving under the influence after she crashed her car in Antioch, and witnesses had to get her attention as she sat in the car that was on fire when officers arrived. She told officers she drank two margaritas just before driving that night, and blew a 0.132 BAC.
Man admits to holding wife by hair, punching her in face – she fought back
27-year-old Rohit Sunuwar is charged with domestic assault after admitting to punching his wife in the face and holding her by the hair during an argument about him going out for drinks with his friends.
Nashville Bartender charged after repeatedly punching girlfriend in face, assaulting her on multiple occasions
29-year-old Joshua Mantooth is charged with felony aggravated assault/strangulation and misdemeanor domestic assault after his girlfriend reported he punched her repeatedly in the face on the drive home, and then strangled her over and over once back at their residence. Police found the victim’s face cut open, bruised, swollen, and still bleeding when they arrived… but court documents now reveal that wasn’t the only time he’s been abusive against women.
Near-naked man fondling genitals in Club-Hotel hallways says he was with two women – officers found empty rooms.
Metro Police found 39-year-old Terrance Carter wearing only boxers and fondling his genitals with both hands at the Club-Hotel Nashville Tuesday evening, where he told a “bizarre and winding story about having two separate women he was with at the hotel”. Hotel staff reports he had been walking the hallways while nearly naked for several hours.
“If you leave me you will no longer breathe”, says woman charged with stalking & harassing husband
30-year-old Lauren Langston is charged with harassment and stalking after reportedly calling and texting her soon-to-be ex-husband 19+ times daily, stalking him outside his new home, and attempting to run over him with a car.
Ambrosia Hookah Bar owner jailed after multiple violations of COVID19 regulations
32-year-old business owner Ambrosia Cruickshank is now criminally charged with violating a COVID-19 Board of Health regulation when Metro Nashville Police observed near 100 people leaving Ambrosia Hookah Bar a few minutes before 1 a.m., despite orders requiring any business that allows the consumption of alcohol to be closed by midnight. She received citations on two prior occasions for similar violations.
“Calm down!” man tells wife while holding her against the floor with his arm around her neck
36-year-old J Samuel Spurlock is charged with felony aggravated assault/strangulation after police say he placed an arm across his wife’s stomach, another against her neck, and applied pressure until they were on the ground with his arm around her neck, telling her to “CALM DOWN!” after she confronted him over an email on his phone.
Woman charged after boyfriend reports she jumped on top, punched, slapped, bit, and pushed him
30-year-old Gloria Marchbank is charged with domestic assault after reportedly biting, slapping, and punching her boyfriend during an argument. The victim was able to record the assault and played the video for police when they arrived.
Two charged after they were unable to outrun police, despite tries using a car and their feet
34-year-old Robert Pride and 31-year-old Mark Johnson both bailed from a car they were fleeing in after police located it. They decided to make a run for it on foot. The pair was apprehended after a “short foot pursuit” by MNPD, as they were unable to outrun the officers, despite their best efforts.
Man on probation for shooting another man’s penis is now charged with assault of his girlfriend & mother
20-year-old Daniel Crowder, who once shot off the tip of another man’s penis during an argument, is now charged with two counts of aggravated assault after reportedly smashing a candle over his girlfriend’s head when she woke him up to confront him about texts to other women she viewed on his phone. He is also accused of assaulting his mother when he noticed she was on the phone with police.
‘Chief True’ (Callen Williams) is not faring well in a Nashville Jail #JailReports #PhoneRecords
Two weeks ago, Callen Williams (Chief2Blunts/Chief True) was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail after pointing a federally outlawed firearm at Metro Police Officers while high on Xanax. Now inside the jail, inmates in multiple pods have refused to allow him to be housed with them, he’s verbally assaulted multiple staff, and in the 14 days since he was booked, he’s spent over 45 hours on the phone – we’ve got a list of who he’s been calling, and all of the incident reports.
Antioch man found with 8 cell phones, 1/2 lb marijuana, & $5200 cash at Nashville Airport
23-year-old Jermontez Siante Bellafant is charged with felony drug possession with intent to distribute after Airport Police located a half-pound of marijuana inside his bagging at the Nashville Airport, along with 8 cell phones.
“I only sell in bulk” man tells MNPD, yet they only find 3 lb weed and $5K in cash #SmallTime
30-year-old Taylor Birmingham is charged with two counts of felony drug possession with intent to distribute after admitting to police what they found was, indeed, marijuana, and that he only ‘sells it in bulk’. Police also located Xanax, Oxycodone, $5,085 in cash, and wax residue inside the vehicle he was inside at a closed gas station.
20-year-old found with multiple guns, 1 stolen, during traffic stop: Jah’Rule Reed
20-year-old Jah’Rule Reed is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, theft of a firearm, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving without a license after police noticed him driving with no headlights and displaying an expired temporary tag.
Former employee charged in Waffle House robbery
34-year-old Stephanie Kiefer is now charged with robbing a Charlotte Pike Waffle House in December. She told a former co-worker she was coming by to visit, excused herself to the restroom, and afterward removed all the cash from the register and walked out the front door.
Man smashes future ex-wife’s phone when she won’t return wedding ring
31-year-old Keenan Hardy is charged with vandalism after police say he admitted destroying his wife’s cell phone by smashing it multiple times on the ground. He is also alleged to have placed his wife on the ground three times during a scuffle while a 12-year-old child watched. The pair are in the process of divorcing.
