34-year-old Kayla Hambrick is now free on a $3,000 bond after being charged with the aggravated assault and strangulation of her 16-year-old daughter. The victim and an independent witness both had matching accounts which revealed Kayla was in an argument with her daughter about having her boyfriend at her grandmother’s house. While unloading things from a vehicle, Kayla reportedly grabbed her daughter while yelling at her and bent her over backward into the rear of the SUV screaming “Who the F are you talking to?!” multiple times while strangling her, and then dragging her into the apartment by her clothing. Kayla told police there was absolutely no altercation and denied anything happened.
COMPLAINT: |
2022-0005246 |
ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
OFFICERS RESPONDED TO 2711 ZERMATT AVE IN NASHVILLE, TN FOR A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. THE VICTIM, “D G”, AND DEFENDANT BOTH LIVE AT THE LOCATION AND ARE DAUGHTER AND MOTHER RESPECTIVELY. POLICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM AN ANONYMOUS WITNESS WHO ADVISED THEY OBSERVED AN ADULT FEMALE CHOKE A JUVENILE FEMALE AND DRAG THE JUVENILE FEMALE INTO 2711 ZERMATT AVE. OFFICERS SPOKE TO THE WITNESS, A NEIGHBOR, VIA TELEPHONE. THE WITNESS REFUSED TO PROVIDE OFFICERS THEIR IDENTIFY. THE WITNESS STATED THEY OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT YELLING AT THE VICTIM, AND BOTH PARTIES GETTING THINGS OUT OF THE BACK OF THEIR VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT. THE WITNESS STATED THEY OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE VEHICLE, THE VICTIM ONLY GATHERING THINGS FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE DEFENDANT YELLING LOUDLY AT THE VICTIM. THE WITNESS STATED THEY OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT QUICKLY GO FROM THE PORCH TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, GRAB THE VICTIM BY THE THROAT WITH BOTH HANDS, AND “BEND” THE VICTIM “BACKWARDS” INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WHILE YELLING “WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING TO?” MULTIPLE TIMES. THE WITNESS STATED THEY THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT GRAB THE VICTIM BY THE FRONT OF HER JACKET AND “DRAG” HER INTO THE APARTMENT. THE VICTIM STATED SHE AND THE DEFENDANT WERE ARGUING ABOUT THE VICTIM BEING ALLOWED OR NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE HER BOYFRIEND OVER TO HER GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE. THE VICTIM STATED AS THEY WERE NEAR THEIR VEHICLE (AN SUV), UNLOADING ITEMS FROM THE BACK, THE DEFENDANT GRABBED HER WITH BOTH HANDS BY THE THROAT, PUSHED HER INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, AND THAT SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE ITEMS IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THE VICTIM STATED THE SUSPECT WAS “CHOKING” HER FOR “ONLY A COUPLE SECONDS”. THE DEFENDANT DENIED THERE BEING ANY PHYSICAL ALTERCATION. OFFICERS DETERMINED THE DEFENDANT TO BE THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR AND TOOK THE DEFENDANT INTO CUSTODIAL ARREST BASED ON THE VICTIM AND WITNESSES STATEMENTS CORROBORATING ONE ANOTHER. |
PROSECUTOR: |
STEVEN T POWERS |
SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
UMEKA M FOREMAN |
VICTIM: |
D G |
CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
---|---|---|
GS959367 | AGGRAVATED ASSAULT – STRANGULATION | 3000 |
Kayla Hambrick | |
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DEFENDANT: | HAMBRICK, KAYLA MARIE |
AKA(s): | KAYLA MARIE HAMBRICK KAYLA HAMBRICK |
ADDRESS: | 2711 ZERMATT AVE NASHVILLE, TN 37211 |
JMS ID: | 968958 |
CONTROL ID: | 33717 |
SEX: | F |
RACE: | BLACK |
DOB: | 03/25/1987 (34) |
ADMITTED: | 01/04/2022 09:15:55 PM |
RELEASED: | 01/04/2022 10:31:09 PM |
BOND VIA: | FREE AT LAST |
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