79-year-old Melvin Davis is free on a $2,000 bond after Nashville police say he called his girlfriend a ‘whore’ and proceeded to strangle her and strike her in the face multiple times while at a Nashville bar this weekend. An employee of the venue says the couple are regulars there, and witnessed the assault.
COMPLAINT: |
2021-0490416 |
ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
ON O9/17/2021 I RESPONDED TO 937 E TRINITY LANE IN REGARD TO A REPORT OF A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. MS. CONQUEST STATED SHE HAD JUST LEFT THE BAR WITH HER BOYFRIEND MR. DAVIS AND THEY WERE SITTING IN THE CAR STILL IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT WHEN HE BEGAN CURSING AT HER. CONQUEST ADVISED DAVIS CALLED HER A “WHORE” AND THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT HIS HANDS AROUND HER NECK AND STRANGLE HER. CONQUEST STATED DAVIS ALSO STRUCK HER IN THE FACE MULTIPLE TIMES. MS. BASKETT (WITNESS) ADVISED SHE WORKS AT THE BAR CONQUEST AND DAVIS HAD JUST LEFT AND KNOWS THE COUPLE QUITE WELL FROM THEM FREQUENTING THE ESTABLISHMENT. BASKETT STATED SHE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE BAR ON THE PORCH AND SAW THE WHOLE INCIDENT. CONQUEST DID NOT HAVE ANY VISIBLE INJURIES, BUT DUE TO BASKETT WITNESSING THE WHOLE INCIDENT PROSECUTION IS BEING SOUGHT ON CONQUEST’S BEHALF. DAVIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE PRIMARY AGRESSOR |
PROSECUTOR: |
ESTHER D POYSTI / 100005014 / MNPD |
SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
JEFF DAIGLE 09/17/2021 22:34 HRS |
VICTIM: |
ROSA M CONQUEST |
CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
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GS952280 | AGGRAVATED ASSAULT – STRANGULATION | 2000 |
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DEFENDANT: | DAVIS, MELVIN CLAY |
AKA(s): | MELVIN CLAY DAVIS |
ADDRESS: | 100 SAVLEY DR HENDERSONVILLE, TN 37075 |
JMS ID: | 963646 |
CONTROL ID: | 182799 |
SEX: | M |
RACE: | WHITE |
DOB: | 03/11/1942 (79) |
ADMITTED: | 09/18/2021 11:07 AM |
RELEASED: | 09/18/2021 10:54 |
BOND VIA: | BINKLEY |
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