81-year-old Luther Brooks caught with hand down child’s pants, says depression made him do it

81-year-old Luther Wayne Brooks of the AVIVA Maybelle Carter Senior Living Center was at a residence on January 5th where a young child was present. The child’s mother noticed it was unusually quiet in the room where Brooks and the child were, and she went to check on them. As she entered the room, she observed Luther sitting in a chair and the child standing between his legs, facing outward. Luther’s hand was inside and down the front of the child’s pants, and he was moving his hand around while bouncing the child up and down. As the mother immediately confronted him, Luther stated, “You caught me!” During a recorded phone call with the child’s father and detectives, Luter stated he “was not talking about it” when asked about the situation. He further stated that his depression was to blame, it had gotten worse, and he needed the release.

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Eric Estrada charged with sexual battery of teenage girl while his girlfriend slept in their bed

A 17-year-old girl says 21-year-old Eric Estrada was drinking Friday night and crawled onto the couch where she was sleeping and began to touch and kiss her while pointing a gun at her head and stomach. She says she was eventually able to push him away and run to the bathroom, where she screamed for help and then ran to the bedroom where Estrada’s girlfriend, Yenis Betancourth, and infant daughter were sleeping. A gunshot was then heard and reported by multiple people in the area. Officers took Estrada into custody and recovered a loaded Glock 19.

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James Palmer gropes MNPD undercover after paying to have sex with her during a sting

53-year-old James Earl Palmer responded to an ad on Escort Alligator Monday morning, where he agreed to meet a woman in exchange for pleasure. Once he arrived at the location, he agreed on $80 for 15 minutes and then selected the upgrade package add-on of no condom, which brought the total to $120. He retrieved half from his pocket, handed her the cash, and immediately grabbed the woman, who was an undercover operative, in the buttocks and vagina. Police say there was no consent and charged Palmer with sexual battery and patronizing a prostitute. He is free on a $12,000 bond.

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Alex Collier charged with sexual battery & statutory rape of 16-year-old in Dairy Queen bathroom

30-year-old Alex Collier confessed to detectives he had sex with a 16-year-old employee when he was a manager at the Bellevue Dairy Queen on Hwy 70 S. The sex occurred at least 15 times in the men’s restroom of the Dairy Queen, and at least once in the back hallway of the restaurant. Additional sex happened in the store’s parking lot, the PDK parking lot, the Staples parking lot, and at his grandmother’s residence. Court records show the two had “many conversations about their age difference” over the course of the relationship.

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Downtown Nashville Greenway Groper free after bond reduced from $10K to $2K— Darrell Dalton

42-year-old Darrell Dalton was released from jail Tuesday after posting a bond that was reduced from $10,000 to $2,000 by a Nashville judge. Court records show Dalton confessed to groping at least two women on the Rolling Mill Hill Greenway in downtown Nashville. Two separate women made complaints to MNPD about having their buttocks groped and smacked while using the greenway on May 27th. One complaint details he ran up behind the victim and “smacked her on the butt”. Dalton said in a statement to police that it “made him feel better” after smacking her buttocks.

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Shelley Schroeder charged with sexually assaulting woman at Legends Corner downtown

52-year-old Shelley Schroeder is charged with sexually assaulting another woman at Legends Corner in downtown Nashville. The victim. Rebecca Orlich, says she was standing and listening to music when she felt a hand go up under her skirt and “palm” her buttocks. As she spun around, she observed Schroeder standing behind her, along with a male companion. The male stated: “just leave her alone, she’s drunk”. Police were called to the scene and witnesses corroborated the events.

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Charles Michael Graham Jr. charged with sexual battery of female roommate during a massage

35-year-old Charles Michael Graham Jr., a Librarian Assistant at Fisk University, is charged with the sexual battery of his female roommate, who says he touched her sexual areas without consent and became aroused during a massage. Heaven Pryor told police Graham, who is her roommate, offered to give her a massage, and she accepted. She says she told him she was “gay as f–k”, and was not into him in any sexual way. She says Graham moved from her back to her buttocks and then to her pubic area and other parts of her body, each time with her having to tell him to stop. She states he also stopped multiple times due to getting aroused. He is free on a $2,000 bond.

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Man charged with sexual battery of pregnant girlfriend — Jose Armando Espinoza

40-year-old Jose Espinoza is charged with the sexual battery of his pregnant girlfriend. She reports to police that he became upset when she didn’t want to have sex and threw her to the ground, then used one of his hands to grab her pubic area repeatedly. She crossed her legs to prevent penetration, at which time he reportedly slapped her in the face. The two then argued about an STD and a stolen vehicle, at which time he again forced her to the ground.

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Antioch man confesses to touching 16-year-old stepdaughter while pleasuring himself— Jarrus Garth

39-year-old Jarrus Garth, of Antioch, admitted to detectives during an interview that when his stepdaughter was 16-years-old he went into her bedroom while she was sleeping and touched her upper and lower private areas while pleasuring himself.

The confession came after the victim, who is now 19, came forward to police and disclosed the incident. Garth is charged with sexual battery and is free on a $50,000 bond.

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Son of Nashville Socialites charged in brutal rape, aggravated rape, sexual battery & more — Blake Solarek

25-year-old Blake Solarek is free on a $75,000 bond, charged with 5 counts of sexual battery, 3 counts of rape, and 1 count each of assault, aggravated assault, and aggravated rape. Blake is the son of divorcing Nashville socialites Troy Solarek, of The Dotted Line, and artist manager Mitch Solarek. A Grand Jury indicted Solarek on all 11 counts earlier this month, and he was taken into custody Thursday, and immediately posted bond via Grumpy’s.

The Grand Jury indictment alleges all the incidents occurred on January 1st of 2021, charging Blake Solarek with 5 counts of unwanted sexual contact with then 18-year-old M.N.Y., 3 incidents of sexual penetration without consent, he caused M.N.Y. to be fear injury from being strangled, caused injury from an additional act of penetration of M.N.Y., and caused other injures to the victim. Solarek is represented by Byron Pugh.

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18-year-old charged with groping 14-year-old victim on school bus — John Demonte Crutcher

18-year-old John Demonte Crutcher was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Friday, charged with the sexual battery of a 14-year-old female victim on a school bus in November. Crutcher admitted to “groping” the young girl’s breast and said he shouldn’t have touched her. The victim says he placed his hand on her thigh while sitting next to her on the school bus, stared at his hand, and stated “to grab or not to grab” before grabbing her. She pushed him away, and the incident was confirmed by a witness. Crutcher is free on a $1,000 bond.

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Man charged with grabbing woman’s vagina in downtown Nashville — Andrew Nguyen #VisitMusicCity

39-year-old Andrew Nguyen is jailed in lieu of a $5,100 bond after Metro Nashville Police say he sexually assaulted a woman in downtown Nashville late Friday night. Witnesses first observed the man kneeling down and looking underneath a woman’s skirt before he then reached so far underneath that he “groped her v—–” according to the victim. The victim says as she turned around when the incident happened he was just standing there staring at her, maintaining eye contact. Nguyen is charged with sexual battery and public intoxication.

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23-year-old charged when actual “Netflix & Chill” goes wrong with ex-girlfriend — Roberto Herrera

23-year-old Roberto Herrera is charged with sexual battery and is free on a $5,000 bond. Police say he came to the home of his ex-girlfriend and requested to come in and “watch a movie”, which she agreed to, but told him she had a new boyfriend, and nothing “sexual” could happen. At some point during the Netflix he decided to chill and laid his head in her lap, and pulled her closer to him when she attempted to get up. She told him she would call 911 if he didn’t stop, however, he then went to her bedroom and got into her bed, where she says he forcefully kissed her and rubbed her. Court records show she told him to leave, and he replied “I understand you don’t want meq, I will leave now”, and left the apartment. The victim says she felt unsafe, even after he left, and then called police.

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Musician charged with groping woman’s breasts at Tin Roof Nashville — Jonathan Sepulveda

“Yes, of course I grabbed her breasts!”… those are the words 33-year-old Jonathan Sepulveda reportedly said to the victim’s husband when he was confronted about his actions at the Tin Roof Bar on Demonbreun Sunday night. Court records indicate he was a stranger to the victim. Multiple witnesses corroborated the assault and the admission. Sepulveda is free on a $10,000 bond, charged with felony sexual battery.

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Male soldier charged with sexual battery of woman at Nashville Gay Club: Play Dance Bar

21-year-old Andrew ‘Andy’ Adamczyk is charged with the sexual battery of a female at Play Dance Bar during the foam party this weekend. The victim alleges he grabbed her by the vagina, lifting her up and moving her to another part of the club and sitting her down, then followed her to the restroom where he kissed her without consent.

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Tourist charged after grabbing police officer’s ass in downtown Nashville on his birthday

46-year-old Curtis Saxbury, a business owner from Missouri visiting Nashville for his birthday was arrested over the weekend after police say he told his wife he was about to grab the ass of a Metro Nashville Police Officer conducting mask enforcement and then did just that. The officer reports the contact was ‘very intentional’ as he got a grip on her right buttock.

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