Fatal Accident Crash Team investigators have charged and arrested a Nashville man in the fatal crash on Middle Tennessee Blvd. on Jan. 27. Ewarth Chesney, 50, of Nashville, is facing two-counts of vehicular homicide, and aggravated assault (recklessness). 35-year-old Sylvio Victor from Antioch died at the scene. A 5-year-old child died from injuries five days…
Three Florida men have been arrested in connection with a multi-state organized retail theft ring, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Nashville Police Department’s Crime Data Analysis Unit (CAD), license plate reader (LPR) cameras, Smyrna (TN) Police Department (SPD), Henderson Police Department (HVPD) and Goodlettsville Police Department. The suspects are accused of stealing more…
Nashville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Violent Crime Unit detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a one-year-old baby and the injury of the mother. The shooter took his own life in Williamson County, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Officers responded to reports of shots fired at the Chelsea Place Apartments on Bradyville…
Drivers will be stopped to check for driving impaired during a sobriety checkpoint from 10 p.m. to midnight Friday on Rutherford Boulevard between Broad Street and Church Street. Tennessee Highway Patrol Lt. Shawn Boyd said THP troopers and members of the Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force will look to see if drivers appear to…
U.S. District Courts DO NOT ask people to pay bond payments at a BitCoin kiosk. A scammer sent this document and called a resident’s cell phone sounding very convincing in trying to trick the resident into paying a bond. But the resident had the good sense to hang up instead of losing his money to…
Nashville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Violent Crimes Unit detectives are actively searching for the gunman and other individuals connected to a weekend shooting that critically injured two victims. Detectives urge the community to assist with locating those responsible. Officers responded to a shots fired call at the Clarion Inn on Old Fort Pkwy on…
Two women whose lives were threatened escaped unharmed and the suspect barricaded himself inside their home during a standoff Wednesday on Barfield Crescent Road, Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies reported. Deputies responded to the home after a woman screamed for help, Cpl. Daniel McGee reported. Suspect Zykaria Velazquez, 24, of Barfield Crescent Road allegedly threatened to…
The driver in the fatal wrong-way DUI collision that killed a Nashville man on S. Church Street last night has been charged with vehicular homicide. 23-year-old Lora Allison Tenpenny was also charged with felony reckless endangerment and DUI charges. The crash happened on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7:24 p.m. when Tenpenny was driving a 2004…
MPD officers have detained three people who took off running after bailing out of a stolen pickup shortly before 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4. MPD’s Real Time Crime Center License Plate Reader cameras alerted officers of the stolen truck. The Chevy Silverado was reportedly stolen from Kentucky. Officers spotted the vehicle near Lytle and Middle…
Nashville Police Department (MPD) detectives arrest two masked men for stealing thousands of dollars in Magic: The Gathering cards from a comic store on Sept. 24. Phillip Clodfelter, 42, of Huntsville, Ala., and Kelly Garner, 64, who is homeless, broke into the Grand Adventures Comics and Games on Memorial Blvd. by shattering the glass front…