Man with a gun on his hip, and one in his pocket, charged with DUI after drinking half-bottle of vodka

30-year-old Richard Garton had a Glock 19 holstered on his hip and a Glock 26 in his front pocket, each with one round in the chamber, as he admitted to drinking a half-bottle of vodka when police found him crashed on Harding Pike near West End. He told police: “F-ck this, I’m drunk”.

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Well dressed, exceptionally drunk.

Metro Police say 29-year-old Zachary Tamburin approached them downtown in the early hours of Sunday morning, swaying, slurring, and not making any sense with his words. They took care of him, gave him a ride to jail, and charged him with public intoxication.

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Clubhouse Bar: Man can’t afford 2 beers after fake $100 bill is caught- #ARRESTED

When 26-year-old Dylan Myles went to the Clubhouse Bar in Madison Wednesday night with a fake $100 bill, he thought his plans were set. All that changed when the bartender caught the funny money, and he was arrested for the theft of the 2 beers he had no other way to pay for.

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Nashville Police charge man with felony for burning tiniest amount of weed he was smoking

While Nashville neighbors waited over 6 hours for a police response Saturday night, #MNPD Officer Daniel Russett noticed a man smoking marijuana downtown, yelled “Stop, drop what you got” and then charged him with a felony when he lit the tiny amount of weed on fire and burned it before the officer could reach him.

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Woman calls 911 to complain about previous call for service, police say. #Arrested

There is no Yelp! for MNPD responses, so when Christina Nuchols Byers was unhappy with the outcome of a previous call for service Metro Police say she called 911 to complain. She was arrested and charged with making a non-emergency 911 call.

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DUI: “I’ve been ‘day drinking’ all day, just left my house to go drink some more”, per police.

DUI Arrest: Metro Police say 26-year-old Erika Laman told them she had been “day drinking [wine] all day” before leaving her apartment to go drink some more wine at another location. She got into a wreck along the way.

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Metro Police Officer decommissioned after questionable traffic stop caught on video

Metro Nashville Police Officer Barrett Teague was decommissioned Thursday afternoon after a video surfaced of a traffic stop on a black female. The officer claimed her tags to be expired, but they were not. He then appears to assault the woman when she attempts to show him they’re current.

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Nashville wiretap nets 1/2 kilo of cocaine, 55K cash from Kevin Navarro drug organization

The head of a local drug trafficking organization, Kevin Navarro, and multiple associates are now charged as a result of a joint investigation using wiretaps, interception of electronic communications, and numerous controlled purchases of cocaine. Here’s how MNPD took them down.

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MNPD arrests man for 0.5 gram ‘partial joint’ found in vehicle after observing ‘significant smoke’

#MNPD Officer Blake Lutz (who once claimed to smell factory sealed THC Gummy Bears from outside a vehicle) has done it again. On Thursday, he physically arrested a 24-year-old for possession of a 0.5 gram partially smoked joint, after seeing ‘significant smoke’ coming from the parked vehicle. Caleb Brown remains jailed, unable to post his $2,000 bond.

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Woman tells man “Come get your hoodie” assaults him, later kicks in his door & assaults him 2nd time in same day

Stephiana Garrett, 18, is charged with assault and felony aggravated burglary after she admitted to punching a man who she told to come get his hoodie from her apartment, and then went to his house, kicked through his door, and assaulted him a second time, later in the day.

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VIDEO: Watch closing arguments in preliminary hearing of MNPD Officer Andrew Delke

The closing arguments in the preliminary hearing of Andre Delke were delivered on Saturday, in front of Judge Melissa Blackburn. MNPD Officer Andrew Delke is charged with the murder of Daniel Hambrick, after he shot him in the back and killed him. Judge Blackburn is set to rule if the case will move forward on Monday.

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Metro Nashville’s failed transgender response; How Goodlettsville got it right

Metro Nashville has been quietly handling their response to the transgender shaming incident by multiple city employees in October. Along the way, they have shown some signs of progress. However, they also took 28 days to ask the victim’s name, and are considering a city-wide response that does nothing to address the behavior of the employees. Goodlettsville, however, addressed the incident with a passion, and moved forward with the support of their community.

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What’s a 3rd Shift MNPD Officer Do All Night? Snapchat Women & Complain of Boredom.

One of MNPD’s new officers, sworn to ‘protect and serve’ spent dozens of hours during a recent overnight rotation, serving his personal interests, of posting to social media about how boring his MNPD job was, how he couldn’t stay awake, and finding women to snapchat him while he patrolled Midtown.

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After 6 Years On The Force, MNPD Found a Racist, Drug Using Officer in their Ranks.. By Accident

Due to a tip about an MNPD officer using ‘magic mushrooms’ to avoid failing drug tests, MNPD found a string of offenses, including videos of him growing & using the mushrooms, and his history of extreme racists texts send during his patrol shifts. The officer was allowed to resign without any criminal charges being pressed.

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MNPD: Police Officers or Metro Codes Inspectors?

Nashville, are you OK with MNPD officers taking the time to report codes violations during their shifts?
‘tall grass in yard’?, ‘too many extension cords’?, ‘hoarding’? ‘selling candy and drinks without a permit’? ALL of those are actual complaints reported by MNPD to Codes.

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