Nashville Police

License Plate Readers Assisted in Locating the Hit and Run Vehicle

License Plate Reader (LPR) technology played a crucial role in identifying the vehicle believed to have hit and killed 49-year-old Caterina Hill on N. Thompson Lane on Sunday, Aug. 18. Nashville Police Department Crime Data Analysts, Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) investigators and Criminal Investigation Division detectives reviewed LPR camera footage all day on Monday…

Cybertip Leads to Arrest of Two Men in Nashville and Texas on Child Porn Charges

Cybertip Leads to Arrest of Two Men in Nashville and Texas on Child Porn Charges

Nashville Police Department newly created Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit detectives have arrested a Nashville man on child pornography charges. Detectives also assisted Homeland Security Investigations with arresting a Texas man and dismantling a possible child porn ring in the Lone Star state. Detectives arrested registered sex offender, 44-year-old Edward Van Epps of Nashville…

Riverdale Soccer Coach Charged with Statutory Rape

Riverdale Soccer Coach Charged with Statutory Rape

Riverdale High School girls’ soccer coach Nathan Sweet was charged with two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and sexual exploitation of a minor. Rutherford County Sheriff’s detectives charged him Monday after an investigation. Sweet, 35, of Nashville is being held on $75,000 bond at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center. A hearing is…

Smash and Grab Gun Store Robbery

Police Release Video of Smash and Grab Burglary at Gun Store

Surveillance video of a smash and grab-style burglary at a Nashville gun store shows thieves ramming the doors with a stolen car, running inside, grabbing weapons, and leaving the business in roughly a minute. The search for the suspects continues. Police responded to the Bullseye Gun & Range on Shelby Street around 4 a.m. Saturday,…