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Man snatches weave out of ex-girlfriend’s head, punches her in face — Kedarius Gordon arrested

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21-year-old Kedarius Gordon was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Wednesday on two outstanding warrants from December, charging him with felony vandalism and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His ex-girlfriend, Patriona Jones, says she pulled into an apartment complex at which time he pulled up beside her in his Nissan Altima, grabbed a large wooden stick and put two large dents in her car, and destroyed the side mirror.

He then struck her in the face with the stick as they argued. She says he then began to punch her and pull out her hair. She grabbed some mace to defend herself, however, Gordon overpowered her and sprayed her with her own Mace. Police say only a small piece of her weave was still attached to her head as she flagged them down.

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West Nashville Wingstop manager pulls gun on customer — Chaka-Khan Miller arrested

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Police say 46-year-old West Nashville Wingstop Store Manager Chaka-Khan Miller went outside the store and retrieved a silver pistol from her Dodge Charger a pointed it at an upset customer who had just left the store and was still in the parking lot. She reportedly told the customer she was going to “burn her” while aiming the handgun at her. The argument began because the customer was told she had to use online ordering instead of ordering at the counter. Police retrieved the gun during a search of the manager’s office inside a filing cabinet.

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Woman charged in seemingly random brutal assault of boyfriend — Breanna Durrenberg

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Braden Clark says he had just turned on the shower and was about to get in when his girlfriend, 20-year-old Breanna ‘Bree’ Durrenberg, began pounding on the bathroom door, pushed her way inside, and began screaming and assaulting him. When police located him at the Century Farms Emergency Department next door to the apartment complex, he was beaten and bruised, including a black eye from being punched and a bleeding cut to the back of his head where he was attacked with a glass cologne bottle. It was unclear what prompted the attack.

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Driver at Car Meet pulls gun on men who show “rubber testicles” & taunt drivers— Tyler Cobb

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Police say Dakota Cummingham and Alex Morton Oneal admit to driving by a car meet of “street racers” on February 4th and holding a pair of rubber testicles toward the people in the crowd while yelling “this meet sucks” and “suck my truck nuts”. They say a red Camero pulled up to them and three males exited the car with guns pointed at them while the driver of the Camero pulled a handgun and chambered a round while telling them they were going to die that day. Police located the vehicle, with the driver, 20-year-old Tyler Cobb, still inside, two blocks away and took him into custody. Cobb also had an outstanding warrant from two weeks prior when he vandalized a car that stopped to take photos of him doing donuts in the middle of the roadway.

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Man pulls gun on girlfriend when phone rings at 3 a.m. — Ralph Frierson arrested

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In mid-January, Octavia Evans says she was sleeping at her boyfriend’s house on Bank Street when her phone rang a 3:40 a.m. from a female friend. Her boyfriend, 29-year-old Ralph Frierson, heard her talking and reportedly came into the room demanding to know who she was speaking to, convinced it was another man. She says she explained it was one of her girlfriends, but he pulled out a black handgun and threatened to kill her if she didn’t immediately leave his home. She says as she was grabbing her things he placed the gun to her head and told her to exit via the rear door.

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Man charged after throwing brick at boyfriend, hitting car instead — Khiry Crowder

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32-year-old Khiry Crowder was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Wednesday on two outstanding warrants stemming from an October incident in which police say he threw a brick at his boyfriend, Haikim Shruggs, but missed, and it struck the boyfriend’s work vehicle instead. Crowder is charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism.

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Man charged after pulling gun & threatening to shoot former co-worker — Zachary Queen arrested

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26-year-old Zachary Queen was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police say he was driving around erratically and suddenly jumped out of his vehicle and pointed a gun at a former co-worker, and threatened to shoot him.

The motive for the assault wasn’t clear at the time of the arrest. Queen is free on a $10,000 bond.

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Drunk man with gun threatens to kill store clerk, police let him walk away, he then assaults roommate — Shabazz Mallison

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26-year-old Shabazz Mallison is jailed in lieu of a $72,000 bond after police had two interactions with him Wednesday. Officers first encountered him at a South Nashville 7-Eleven when he threatened to fight and kill the clerk. He was released from the scene after the clerk chose to not press charges.

One hour later, police were called to his home where they encountered him armed with a handgun on the front porch, yelling for cops to “shoot me! shoot me!” while waving the gun around. He had threatened a roommate, Shameka Watson, and another woman with a gun while pointing the laser sight at them. During the argument he reportedly also threw a Yankee candle at her, leaving wax on her face, and she used a chicken pan on him in self-defense.

Mallison is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, reckless endangerment/assault, and possession of a handgun under the influence.

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Grandma grabs hammer to stop assault, however, Keenan Jabril Carr pulls gun in response #arrested

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26-year-old Keenan Jabril Carr faces multiple felony charges after police say he got into an argument with Nichole Williams, which began with him pushing her onto the ground and getting on top of her. Her grandmother observed this initial assault and brandished a hammer in order to attempt to stop him from further assaulting the victim.

In response to the hammer, Carr reportedly brandished a handgun then pointed it at multiple victims, including a juvenile, and threatened to shoot them if they didn’t back away. Carr was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail, charged with three felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and one count domestic assault. He is jailed in lieu of a $76,000 bond.

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Woman charged after running over classmates with her car after a fight — Micahiah Barefield

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20-year-old Micahiah ‘MK’ Barefield has moved off of MNPD’s Most Wanted Hot Sheet and into a jail cell. Barefield was taken into custody Thursday on two outstanding felony warrants from January. The warrants allege that Barefield used her grey Ford Fusion to drive around a crowd and run over two of her McGavock High School classmates, Tamia Womack and Kemya Holmes, leaving both with broken bones and multiple injuries.

Court records show that Womack and Holmes had arrived at the Ross parking lot on Lebanon Pike to settle a dispute with another female they knew as ‘Pooh’ and as they were leaving that fight they were struck by Barefield. Barefield is jailed in lieu of an $80,000 bond, charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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Woman charged with threatening girlfriend with steak knife — Krystal Wallace

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35-year-old Krystal Wallace was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail, charged with the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon of her ex-girlfriend, Ashten Stephenson. The victim says the pair still live together and were in an argument about Krystal being extremely intoxicated and belligerent in the home. After the victim retreated to her bedroom to remove herself from the situation, she says Krystal rushed into the bedroom holding a steak knife, declaring I’m going to kill you!”.

Police located the steak knife and charged Krystal Wallace with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is free on a $5,000 bond.

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Woman kicks in ex’s bedroom door, awakens him at gunpoint with threats, $1K bond — DoMonique Lorraine Union

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Melvin Harris says he woke up Thursday morning just before 8 a.m. to his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child, 28-year-old DoMonique Lorraine Union, kicking in his bedroom door and pointing a gun at him while making threats about keeping him from seeing their son. She then shattered a television in the room while yelling and screaming, before fleeing the scene in a 2015 Chevy Camaro. Police say she gained access to the home using a spare key she retained. She was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail later that same day, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is free on a $1,000 bond.

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Woman carves “DIE B-*-H” into ex’s car, assault him with hammer, punches female at door — Aleena N McCrary

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18-year-old Aleena McCrary was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Thursday after she appeared at the home of her ex-boyfriend, and carved the words “DIE B**CH” into the passenger side of his car. As her ex-boyfriend, Kendrick Alexander, came outside and began to argue with her she grabbed a hammer and chased him around the vehicle, and smashed out a window. She also demanded the female who was at the residence, Latoya Moore, to come outside and fight her, and punched her at the door. McCrary is charged with felony vandalism, assault, and felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is free on a $12,500 bond.

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Woman goes crazy when man attempts to end relationship: gun, taser, baseball bat, stalking — Mary Louise Williams

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22-year-old Mary Louise Williams reportedly went and got her boyfriend’s handgun and threatened to shoot him with it when he told her he wanted to end the relationship on December 12th. After a struggle over the gun, her boyfriend, DayLaquan Kelly, was able to take it from Mary and place it in his pocket. Mary then produced a taser and used it on the victim several times all across his body, resulting in swelling and marks.

That same day at 11 a.m., the victim was sitting in his living room when Mary’s voice suddenly began to broadcast from his home security camera, saying she could see him and knew he had company over there. He immediately unplugged the power to the camera. 90 minutes later, the victim went outside to walk his two dogs and found Mary carrying a baseball bat while walking away from his car, which now had three broken windows, a broken tail light, and 4 flat tires that had been clearly stabbed with a knife, according to officers.

She then attempted to beat him with the metal baseball bat as he confronted her. Mary Louise Williams is charged with stalking, two counts of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and felony vandalism. She is jailed in lieu of a $27,500 bond.

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Man assaults East Nashville neighbor with shovel and dirt — Jackie Cook, 68, arrested.

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68-year-old Jackie Cook was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on two outstanding warrants for events that occurred in March. Cook was in a dispute with his neighbor, William “Bill” Crump. Their properties share rear alley access between the two. Crump was reportedly upset that Cook was shoveling dirt onto the alleyway, which Crump alleges is part of his property, and property maps appear to confirm. Cook realized their interaction was being recorded and became upset, using his shovel to knock a cell phone out of Crump’s hand. Cook then drew his shovel back as if he were about to strike Crump, and advanced toward him. Video shows this and an additional attempt to strike Crump with the shovel.

Two weeks later, Cook was again shoveling dirt onto the alleyway, and as Crump attempted to remove the dirt, Cook shoveled two scoops of dirt onto Crump, which was also captured on video. Cook is charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the first incident, and simple assault for the second. He is free on a $6,000 bond.

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Man confronts ex-girlfriend with gun at her backdoor, asks “WTF you doing?”— Cedric Prince

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21-year-old Cedric Prince is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he reportedly appeared at the back door of his ex-girlfriend’s home and pointed a gun at her when she answered his knock on the door. When she realized it was her ex-boyfriend, instead of her boyfriend, who she was expecting, she immediately shut the door and called the police. Prince paced back and forth but fled before police arrived. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was then booked on the outstanding warrant. He is now free on a $10,000 bond.

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Man charged with shooting another man during scuffle over his wife — John Breckenridge

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Metro police say 31-year-old John Breckenridge was having a “panic attack” when they arrived at a Poplar Creek Road address, where he had shot Ronald Pratt in what a witness describes as an argument and scuffle over Breckenridge’s wife. An arrest warrant alleges that Breckenridge knocked on the front door of the home and Pratt’s mother opened the door. When Ronald Pratt went outside, an argument and scuffle ensued in the front yard, and witnesses heard a gunshot, followed by Ronald Pratt coming back inside and falling on the floor, freshly shot in the abdomen.

Breckenridge’s father was standing by outside the residence in a pickup truck, but Breckenridge didn’t flee as he suffered an injury to his ear and was having a panic attack, which resulted in him also being transported to the hospital. Breckenridge refused to be interviewed and remains jailed in lieu of a $100,000 bond, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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Man pulls gun on half-brother’s cousin after funeral gathering — Quinton Gaines

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22-year-old Quinton Gaines was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on an outstanding warrant charging him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Court records show that in September he approached Randall Roach after a family member’s funeral, upset that Roach had spoken to his 17-year-old half-brother about “life decisions” at a gathering after the burial. He allegedly went to Roach’s home, asked him to come outside, then threatened to kill him while holding a gun. Gaines was later identified from a lineup and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He is free on a $10,000 bond.

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Woman pulls gun on neighbor who she thought was arguing with her, but wasn’t — Arian Black

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While Autrice Fleming was having an argument with her daughter, her upstairs neighbor, 26-year-old Arian Black, was also having an argument with someone in her own apartment. At some point, each of the two parties believed the other person was talking to them, and they actually began to exchange words. Autrice made the comment that she would slap anybody, at which time Arian exited her apartment with a handgun, and said “WHO!”. She is alleged to have rand the slide of the gun, however, she denies that part of the altercation. Autrice wanted to prosecute for assault, and Arian was booked into custody on Monday, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is free on a $3,500 bond.

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Argument over dirty dishes leaves roommate jailed over Thanksgiving holiday — Carlos Blas-Morales

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29-year-old Carlos Blas-Morales is charged with the Thanksgiving aggravated assault with a deadly weapon of his roommate after the pair argued over dirty dishes on the stove just before 10 a.m. A witness says Blas-Morales grabbed a pair of scissors, which escalated the verbal argument. He reportedly approached his roommate while holding the scissors in a threatening and pointing manner saying “we can do whatever you want”. Blas-Morales remains jailed in lieu of a $3,000 bond.

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Man rips “countless braids from girlfriend’s scalp”, punches her in face during altercation — Corederious Amey

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An arrest warrant states 28-year-old Corederious Lebron Amey grabbed his girlfriend by her hair and “pulled out countless braids from her scalp”, and while holding a gun, threatened to shoot her in the face after punching her with his fists. He is jailed in lieu of a $10,000 bond.

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Teen climbs through ex-girlfriend’s window at 5 a.m. & demands she come with him at gunpoint — Bryant Enemecio Cruz-Corrales

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Metro Police say 19-year-old Bryant Enemecio Cruz-Corrales often climbs through the bedroom window of his juvenile ex-girlfriend to visit her during late night and early morning hours. On November 12th at 5 a.m. court records show he once again visited her while she was sleeping, and bit her on her cheek to wake her up. He asked her to come with him to Virginia to visit his family, and when she told him no he brandished a black handgun and pointed it at her face, saying he would shoot her if she didn’t come with him. She repeatedly told him ‘no’, and he eventually left her home after multiple refusals. He remains jailed in like of a $75,000 bond, charged with aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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Woman charged with stabbing another woman with a large knife & chasing her — Takeeva Brown arrested

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22-year-old Takeeva Brown was jailed on a $10,000 bond Wednesday night, charged with the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon of Latoria Wilson. Police say the pair were involved in a physical altercation when Latoria began to run away from the situation. Takeeva then ran from the front porch of the apartment, chasing Latoria with a large knife. As Latoria realizes she had previously been stabbed she stops to check on her wound, and Takeeva almost catches up with her, but she was able to escape again. Takeeva was booked into custody and remains jailed at the time of publication.

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Woman attacks brother with taser & stabs him with large salad mixing fork; he fights back — Donna Williams arrested

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48-year-old Donna Williams suffered multiple injuries after her twin brother had to defend himself against her when she attacked him with a taser, a pocket knife, and eventually stabbed him with a large silver salad mixing fork. She was visiting the brother when court records show they “indulged in the consumption of alcoholic beverages” which lead to an argument about past family issues. She is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and jailed in lieu of a $10,000 bond.

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Man assaults wife, threatens to blame disarray on her, have cops take away kids, if she calls 911 — Jamil Sameen

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Metro Police say 50-year-old Jamil Sameen picked up a kitchen chair and struck his wife in the back with it, knocking her down, and then began to strangle her when attempted to call 911. He reportedly then took cellphone video of the disarray of the home from the multiple assaults, and told her if she told the police he would show them the video and blame her and have the children taken away. He is charged with two felony accounts of aggravated assault (deadly weapon & strangulation), and immediately posted a $30,000 bond. Samil is an employee of the Metro Nashville Government, as a Program Supervisor with the Nashville Public Library.

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