Metro Police say on June 9th, 21-year-old Samaria Johnson picked up an adult vibrator from Spencers at Opry Mills Mall and carried it out of the store without paying for it and was leaving the mall via a service hallway. Officers arrived at the shoplifting in progress call at 5:33 p.m. that Thursday and intercepted her as she was leaving the hallway and coming into parking lot 4. She had tossed the tickler in the hallway and walked the officer back to retrieve it.
Day: July 21, 2022
Fort Campbell soldier jailed over suspended license — Jordan Ashby
Goodlettsville Police noticed a Kia Spectra a Drake Street and South Main with a light law violation and conducted a traffic stop on the driver, 20-year-old Fort Campbell Soldier Jordan Ashby. A check of his New York driver’s license revealed it to be expired. Officer Noah Werner documented he made a physical arrest instead of a citation because the soldier was not a Tennessee resident.
70-year-old Barbara Komisar ROR’d after assaulting a man over a refrigerator
70-year-old Barbara Komisar left Allen Kelley bruised, according to court documents, after she entered his Bransford Avenue home while he was sleeping and pushed and grabbed at him. He states Komisar and her daughter were apparently upset with him about a refrigerator inside a residence which they were having issues with. Officers documented the photos of the victim’s injuries in the report.
DUI: Nashville Firefighter Justin Blackburn says police shouldn’t arrest him, out of respect; just follow him home
29-year-old Nashville Firefighter Justin Blackburn was driving 60 mph in a 40 mph zone on Dickerson Pike and swerving out of his lane multiple times as police pulled him over just before midnight Wednesday. Blackburn, who reeked of alcohol, made jokes about “eating cookies while driving,” denied drinking any alcohol, and later admitted his cookies joke wasn’t funny. After failing field sobriety tests, and as he was being placed into custody, Blackburn began to make it known he was a Nashville Fire Fighter and repeatedly stated he should be shown respect and the officer should just follow him home instead of arresting him.