Duo charged with guns & drugs — Nicole Madden & Edwin Santiago

Nashville detectives on Thursday executed a narcotics-related search warrant at the residence of Nicole Madden (of Renee’s Cakes), 29, at 6625 Charlotte Pike, which resulted in the seizure of 58 marijuana plants, 42 grams of cocaine, three rifles, four handguns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and $4,050 cash.

Madden is charged with manufacturing marijuana, possession with intent to sell cocaine, and gun possession during the commission of a felony. She is jailed on a $55,000 bond. Detectives had been working to locate convicted felon (robbery) Edwin Santiago Jr., 42, when they saw him leaving Madden’s residence. Santiago was arrested on an outstanding federal gun charge stemming from his September 2021 arrest by MNPD detectives on a firearms charge.

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Traffic stop nets 40 THC cartridges, 4 vials THC; driver says it was all for his friends.

John Austin, 29, was arrested and charged with felony possession with intent to distribute a schedule VI drug on Monday, when officers found 40 THC cartridges, 4 vials of THC, and 30.2 grams of marijuana in his vehicle during a traffic stop.

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