Mikel Hawkins charged after attempting to prevent woman from getting medical care

Police say 52-year-old Mikel Ray Hawkins came out of Rippy’s Honky Tonk in downtown Nashville Friday evening with a female, and officers observed they were overly intoxicated. Officers approached the pair and asked them to arrange a ride home via rideshare for their own safety. As they were speaking, the female fell to the ground. Medics were called to the scene and attempted to evaluate the woman, but Mikel refused to allow any treatment and continued to attempt to grab the woman from the ground and leave. Due to his level of intoxication and interference with the situation, Hawkins was taken into custody and charged with public intoxication.

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Anthony Giglio stabs his girlfriend’s tire when she tries to leave him

Police say 42-year-old Anthony Giglio threw the phone of his girlfriend, Petra Bouije, against a wall and used a kitchen knife to stab the tire of her vehicle Tuesday afternoon. Petra says she went to her boyfriend’s home to pack up her belongings, and he began to yell at her and took the phone from her hands, and threw it against the wall. When she went to retrieve her phone, he reportedly got between her and the door and refused to let her leave the residents. She escaped out the back door of the home, and as she came around the corner, she witnessed him using a kitchen knife to stab her tire. She got into her car, locked the doors, and waited for the police to arrive.

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