Poice found 27-year-old Jessica Mackinnon asleep/passed out behind the wheel in the middle of an intersection in Antioch. After medics and others eventually got her awake and alert she told first responders she drank one beer and smoked marijuana. She blew a 0.211 BAC, nearly three times the legal limit. She remains jailed in lieu of a $1.500 bond.
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DUI: Man drinks “a few shots” on drive from Broadway to downtown neighborhood — David Hogan
32-year-old David Hogan admits to driving from “somewhere on Broadway” to near Lipscomb University, and taking “a few shots” along the way. When police responded to the area, they located him leaning against a fence in the backyard of a residence, with his arm through the neck hole of his shirt, and profusely sweating. Neighbors say he left his car parked with its hazards on while he was drunkenly roaming through the neighborhood. He blew a 0.139 BAC.
DUI: Man crawls out of wrong-way I-40 crash, claims he wasn’t the driver — Brian Lowery arrested
Police say 32-year-old Brian Lowery was driving the wrong way on the interstate Wednesday night at a high rate of speed when he crashed into another vehicle head-on and rolled over it. He tried to tell police he was just a passenger and wasn’t actually driving, however, witnesses were able to confirm he was the only person in the vehicle and clearly was the driver. He is free on a $2,500 cash bond.
DUI: Woman blows nearly 3x BAC limit after crash — DNeshia Mitchell arrested
Police say 22-year-old Dneshia Mitchell blew a 0.231 BAC after crashing her car in Antioch. She sustained minor injuries, and completed field sobriety tests in her bare feet, after locking her keys in her car after the crash, with her shoes and socks inside. Mitchell says she had “two shots of Jack Daniel’s” ten minutes before driving. She is free on pre-trial release.
MNPD Officer arrested for DUI was attempting suicide with duty weapon after breakup, court documents reveal
Metro Nashville Police issued a simple statement that one of their officers had been dismissed after he was charged with DUI when his “pickup truck hit another vehicle’s side mirror, and he left the scene”. Court records show Officer Jerram Plastow had actually driven to an East Nashville Public Housing Community to commit suicide with his Glock 22 duty weapon after his girlfriend broke up with him. MNPD only disclosed the DUI narrative and did not release any of the other details on the mental stability of the 32-year-old officer they had recently given a gun and badge to protect the city.
Teacher blows .220 BAC & crashes car after “4-5 drinks” at Tin Roof Bar: Samira Hardcastle
26-year-old Samira Hardcastle, a 6th-grade math & science teacher, was charged with DUI early Saturday after admitting to police she had 4-5 drinks at Tin Roof Bar before crashing her car on her way home. She blew a .220 BAC on a breathalyzer.
DUI Ridin’ Dirty: Man tosses beer bottle out window, lies about it, admits it; asks for lawyer, talks anyway — Jamie Levitt
Metro Police say 33-year-old Jamie Levitt was driving 83 in a 55 mph zone at 6:52 p.m. on Friday when he suddenly crossed four lanes of traffic while merging from I-440E onto I-40. As an officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, Levitt reportedly tossed a beer bottle out the window, then denied it, then eventually admitted it. He asked for a lawyer but then continued telling the officer about how his intoxication. He blew a 0.103 BAC.
DUI: Man found asleep behind wheel at intersection, admits to drinking — Jared Beard
24-year-old Jared Beard was found asleep behind the wheel of his car at an intersection just south of downtown Nashville and admitted to drinking prior to driving. Police say he agreed to a breathalyzer, a demonstrated he could blow hard enough, however, when his lips met the actual machine, he wouldn’t blow hard enough for it to register. He also urinated on himself multiple times while speaking to police, and in the back of a patrol car.
DUI: Man drives wrong way toward officer on a closed road, refuses breathalyzer, demands lawyer: Trevor Adamson
34-year-old Trevor Seth Adamson is charged with DUI after police say he drove the wrong way down a closed one-way street with no lights on toward a marked police car while drunk.
DUI: Jacob Brown says he made a “stupid mistake”, police say he was “on the nod”
Police say 21-year-old Jacob Taylor Brown was “on the nod” when they found him at a stop sign in North Nashville, where he was observed in his vehicle leaning over, slowing coming back up, looking around, and going back down again. He would not elaborate on what drug he was using, only that he had made a “stupid mistake”.
Woman charged with DUI after drinking a bottle of wine, backing into a parked car
28-year-old Julia Harper is charged with DUI after she admittedly drunk a bottle’s worth of wine then backed into a car in a parking lot. She blew a 0.144 BAC, nearly twice the legal limit.
DUI: Hooters Girl asleep behind the wheel, hits the gas when police use air horn to wake her up #TikTok
21-year-old Mya Peterson, who has over 100,000 followers on TikTok(@that_mixeddchickk) where she’s gone viral from dancing in her Hooters Girl work uniform, was found asleep behind the wheel early Friday morning, heavily intoxicated after stopping at a local bar to have “four or five shots” after work. Police boxed in her car, shook her car, even used an airhorn to attempt to wake her.
DUI: Man crashes into a parked vehicle — Thomas Pontes says he had “just a few”
28-year-old Thomas Pontes told police he had “just a few” drinks at a bar with friends before attempting to drive home. He crashed into a parked car on a neighborhood street in South Nashville.
DUI: Man drives his smart car through Music City Grand Prix construction, nearly striking patrol car
29-year-old David Dreas drove his blue smart car into the Music City Grand Prix track construction area early Wednesday in East Nashville. Police say he was intoxicated, and nearly hit one of their vehicles after ignoring all signs to stop.
DUI: Woman “exhausted from work” took cocaine “that might have been meth” & “a lot of weed”
27-year-old Megan Hoover is charged with DUI after she crashed at I-24 & Haywood Lane Sunday. She told officers she was exhausted from work, and had smoked “a lot of weed”, taken suboxone earlier that morning, and had done what she initially believed to be cocaine, but now believes it was methamphetamine. Before falling asleep during transport she was talking to someone who wasn’t there.
DUI: Narcan saves life of man found slumped over wheel after crash — amphetamines, heroin, suboxone & more
22-year-old Gavin Reese Bain was revived by the use of 3 doses of Narcan after he was found slumped over the wheel of his vehicle after a crash with a hypodermic in the floorboard beneath him and a marijuana pipe in the glove compartment. He admitted to having used marijuana, amphetamines, heroin, suboxone, and Zyprexa recently.
Manager from Jason Aldean’s Bar, Clinton Waschow, charged with DUI in Nashville after drinking at bar
28-year-old Clinton Waschow, Operations Manager for Jason Aldean’s Bar in downtown Nashville, told police he had “two drinks” at Aldean’s before they found him drunkenly driving past officers who were blocking a bridge for roadwork. Officers noted: “his pants were unzipped at the time of this arrest”.
Three teens claim “a guy in the parking lot” gave them cocaine. Also: Fake IDs, a cow’s head, weed, and Tin Roof owner’s son.
Jack Sheer (19), Cade Kark (18), and Andrew Chung (18), were all jailed Wednesday after a traffic stop led Belle Meade Police to discover multiple fake IDs, a cow’s head with liquor bottles and a bong inside, rolled up dollar bills, and baggies and baggies of cocaine. The boys claimed “some guy gave them the cocaine in the parking lot”. One of the teens is the son of Jason Sheer, owner of the Tin Roof Nashville.
20-year-old admits to drinking before sideswiping car. Police: We didn’t see him driving, no DUI.
Police say 20-year-old Randall Shores admitted to drinking alcohol before sideswiping another vehicle in a downtown Nashville parking garage late Saturday night and determined he was heavily intoxicated. However, by the time Officer Zachary Maxa arrived, he says Shores was outside the vehicle with his keys in the pocket of his shorts, so he couldn’t charge him with DUI – instead, he charged him with public intoxication, which was automatically dismissed.
DUI: Drunk driver calls police on himself for help with flat tire – Nathaniel Miller arrested
27-year-old Nathaniel Miller had a flat tire on I-24 at exit 49 downtown. He surveyed the situation and called Metro Nashville Police for assistance. Once they arrived, he admitted he had been drinking, and it took several officers to physically pull him into the car as he refused to be taken into custody.
DUI: 61-year-old celebrates casino trip with booze & weed – Lisa Jones #Arrested
61-year-old Lisa Jones told officers she was celebrating her trip to the casino, as she was being arrested for #DUI at 4 in the afternoon on a Monday. Police found a jar with marijuana joints in the open center console, and she admitted to smoking and drinking prior to driving.
DUI: 21-year-old blows 3 times the legal BAC limit – Jacob Goin
21-year-old Jacob Goin was charged with DUI Friday after police say drove off the shoulder of I-65 South only to hit a guardrail and cross back across the interstate to then hit the center wall before coming to rest in the left lanes of traffic. He told police had drunk “on and off” and blew a 0.242 BAC on the breathalyzer test.
DUI: Woman charged after causing a 6-car pileup on I-40 overnight: Erika Bracht
Metro Police have charged 26-year-old Erika Bracht with driving under the influence, after they say she was responsible for a six-car pileup that shut down I-40 Westbound near mile marker 196 in the early hours of Wednesday morning, sending two people to the hospital.
DUI: Man crashes car, hops in the passenger seat before police arrive – but a TDOT camera caught him
21-year-old Joseph McCombs drunkenly crashed his car on I-65 South Saturday morning. After the impact, a TDOT camera caught him moving from the driver’s seat and into the passenger side of the vehicle. He initially denied being the driver, however, that didn’t last long when confronted with the evidence.
Sports Radio Personality Colin Castleberry charged with DUI in Belle Meade
Local sports radio personality Colin Castleberry was charged with DUI early Sunday morning after Belle Meade Police say he was speeding at 56 mph in a 40 mph zone and performed poorly on field sobriety tests after the traffic stop.
