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Crime & Arrests

Marquita Lindsey charged in movie-plot level harassment of ex-boyfriend

November 22, 20222 min read jsteen

36-year-old Marquita Lindsley is charged with the harassment of her ex-boyfriend, Cory Roberts, with whom her three-year relationship recently ended. Roberts told police that he was at his Priest Woods residence when the power was suddenly turned off at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, and when he looked outside, he noticed a maroon GMC Terrain parked near his house, and he assumed Lindsley was around his home as she had been attempting to communicate with him via any means possible. After the electricity was cut off, his phone began to ring, and it was Lindsley’s number, then a blocked number, then a facetime call, all belonging to Lindsley. She called him 33 times in the next hour before the police arrived. Officers located Lindsley as she attempted to flee the scene and charged her with harassment along with two outstanding felony warrants for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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DUI: Latisha Cox drives downtown on blown tire and busted axle in wrong direction

November 22, 20221 min read jsteen

25-year-old Latisha Cox was traveling North on 4th Ave N late Friday night in downtown Nashville, despite that being a one-way Southbound street. A traffic stop was conducted as she was driving on a blown tire and a busted front axle, in addition to driving in the wrong direction. She appeared heavily intoxicated and stated she had one margarita and two shots of tequila prior to driving. She performed poorly on field sobriety tests, which had to be stopped for her own safety.

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Marijuana DUI: Jabreel Slater drives with two blow-out tires in East Nashville

November 22, 20221 min read jsteen

30-year-old Jabreel Slater was driving his vehicle on South Main Street with two blown-out tires late Friday night. Officers located the vehicle on North Main and conducted a traffic stop. Officer Noah Werner says he could smell marijuana coming from Slater, and that Slater performed poorly on field sobriety tests. A search incident to arrest found a small amount of marijuana and a small unidentified pill. He is charged with DUI (marijuana).

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Mark Newlin continues public intoxication arrest trend at Nashville Airport

November 22, 20221 min read jsteen

Airport police initially responded to what they believed was a medical assistance call just after 11 a.m. Saturday. They encountered 61-Mark Newlin in D concourse at Gate 1, who was being held up by another person. Newlin explained he did not have any medical condition, but he had been drinking alcohol prior to the fall. He was heavily intoxicated and was taken into custody for public intoxication.

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Christian Harris charged with knocking over security guard at leasing office

November 22, 20221 min read jsteen

38-year-old Christian Harris is charged with the assault of Hatton Highers, Jr., after he reportedly became loud and unruly in a leasing office. Highers, who works as security in the complex, arrived to remove Harris from the building. As Highers approached the man, Harris shoved him backward and onto the floor, causing an injury to the security guard’s head.

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Josiah Laforme refuses to leave Rippy’s Honk Tonk after bad behavior

November 22, 20221 min read jsteen

24-year-old Josiah Laforme was asked to leave Rippy’s Honky Tonk on Broadway in downtown Nashville late Friday night due to his behavior. LaForme refused to leave and asked where the restroom was located, instead of the front door. He then became confrontational and pulled away from the bouncers, and was detained until police arrived.

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Target Employee Romale Grant busted stealing Apple products from stockroom

November 22, 20221 min read jsteen

21-year-old Romale Grant is charged with stealing $4,239 worth of Apple products from the White Bridge Target store, where he was employed. Police say during a two-week period, Grant took 8 pairs of 3rd generation AirPods, 8 Airpod Pros, and 1 iPhone 14. Grant admitted to taking the merchandise from the tech stockroom and concealing them in his clothing or a bag until he exited the store. He states he would then sell the merchandise “on the streets.”

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Musician Zac Young to police: “Sorry guys, I’m really drunk,” after a night to remember (or forget)

November 22, 20222 min read jsteen

34-year-old Nashville Musician and Author Zac Young had a night to remember after he got into an Uber with strangers, invited himself into their home, and reportedly asked them to touch his genitals before destroying a chicken-shaped planter on their porch — while it took police nearly three hours to respond to the disturbance.