Music Artist Josh Newcom charged with 4 a.m. DUI on way back to tour bus

45-year-old musician Joshua Newcom is charged with DUI after he rolled his vehicle when he ran into the barrier at the entrance ramp of Briley Parkway North from Elm Hill Pike. He told police he was trying to get back to his tour bus, parked near the Opryland Hotel, after having “five beers, like a Budweiser”.

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DUI: Retired MNPD Sergeant found with empty 5-liter Moscato wine box in front seat, gun in back – blows .245

58-year-old retired MNPD Sergeant Daniel Ogren was arrested Monday and charged with DUI and handgun possession while under the influence. Police found him relieving himself on the side of the road across from the Airways Motel, where he had just crashed a car into the curb. He blew a .245, had a .44 magnum handgun in the backseat, and an empty 5-liter Moscato wine box in the front seat – all before 10 a.m.

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DUI Arrest: Drunk, High, & Asleep behind the wheel

31-year-old Landon Wilkinson is charged with DUI and unlawful possession of a controlled substance after he was found asleep in his vehicle while it was running. Inside the vehicle was an open container of alcohol, and a soda lid attached to a wrench, used for smoking marijuana. He is free on a $3500 bond.

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Asleep behind the wheel: “You can’t charge me with DUI, I wasn’t driving”

30-year-old Philip Roush was arrested and charged with DUI, and violation of the implied consent law after Metro police found him asleep behind the wheel of his running vehicle. He was ROR’d after being booked.

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DUI Arrest: Man admits to drinking prior to leaving work, per report

35-year-old Jarod Stressel was charged with DUI after police observed him swerving on Lebanon Pike without headlights after 2 a.m. on December 6th. When asked his impairment on a scale of 1-10, Stressel declared he was a ’10’, and blew a .20 BAC.

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Woman wrecks twice in 2 miles; says she drank ‘a little’ at a holiday party

52-year-old Cyndell Robinson was charged with DUI late Thursday night after police say she she wrecked twice within 2 miles. Officers say she admitted to “drinking a little” at a holiday party and noted she had vomited on herself.

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Man passed out behind wheel drunk while attempting to pay for parking, police say

Metro Police say 45-year-old Neyder McDonald was found passed out in the driver’s seat of his vehicle at the pay station just before the security barrier of a downtown parking garage just before 1 a.m. Friday. The vehicle was still in drive, and it appears he had pulled up to pay and passed out from intoxication, per an arrest report.

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DUI: Nashville lawyer found drunk & disorderly in McDonald’s Drive-thru – blows .226

50-year-old Nashville Lawyer Benjamin Ashley Hodges was found in a South Nashville drive-thru just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to police. He was reportedly in a Toyota Yaris, hanging out of the driver’s side window yelling at the vehicle behind him in line. He would eventually blow a .226 on a breath test.

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Ashley Purdy urinated “all over” back seat of police car after being found unresponsive, police say

One week after announcing his departure from the Black Veil Brides, 40-year-old Ashley Purdy was found by Metro Nashville Police unresponsive behind the wheel of his vehicle, with the engine running. He was eventually awakened by the officers, who placed him in the rear of their patrol vehicle where he urinated “all over the back seat of the patrol vehicle” on the way to the hospital, and threatened officers when they discovered it, per an arrest report.

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#PublicDrunk: Man making sexual motions to passing vehicles, police say

Two weeks before his trial date for a DUI charge, 22-year-old Gevar Hasan Mesiha has been arrested and charged with public intoxication after police observed him making masturbation motions toward people in oncoming vehicles

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