48-year-old Jason Raymond Oxford was sitting at a traffic light at a Rivergate intersection and nodded off while parked in the lane. The car behind him was a Goodlettsville Police Officer, who pulled alongside Oxford to check on him after he sat through two light cycles. He observed Oxford slumped over the wheel asleep. Another officer arrived, and they blocked the vehicle from the front and back and then woke Oxford. He stated he had “two beers” at the Nashville Predators Hockey game, and officers confirmed he reeked of alcohol. On the floorboard, officers also located a pill bottle with marijuana inside. Oxford is the Director of Corporate Development for the Nashville Predators.
Day: December 22, 2022
Joshua Soto charged with DUI for allowing an intoxicated person to drive his car
37-year-old Joshua Caine Soto is charged with DUI (per se) after allowing someone who was intoxicated to drive his vehicle late Tuesday night. Officers were dispatched to a crash on I-40W near exit 206, where Soto was a passenger in the vehicle which was registered to him. After the driver was taken into custody for DUI, Soto was also charged with DUI Per Se for knowingly allowing an intoxicated person to drive his vehicle.
Russian tourist Oleg Belonogov too drunk for Nashville
30-year-old Russian tourist Oleg Belonogov was charged with public intoxication on December 21st. According to police, Oleg refused to leave the EG&MC Restaurant and Bar on Jefferson St when asked and began to annoy other customers. When officers arrived at the bar, they offered to give Oleg a ride home or to his hotel, but he refused and told officers he would walk. Officers reported they could smell a “strong odor of alcohol” coming from his breath and that Oleg was unable to walk on his own safely, so he was taken into custody.
Drunken Santa, Koy Stewart, breaks into Wildhorse Saloon, sleeps on shuffleboard table
26-year-old Koy Stewart, while dressed in a Santa costume and extremely intoxicated, broke into the Wildhorse Saloon in the early hours of Thursday morning. Security video shows after he forced the door open, he walked upstairs and laid on a shuffleboard table. Police arrived after a public works employee, Johnny Pete, witnessed him enter the closed and locked venue. Officers arrived and sent a K-9 into the building, and Stewart was located sitting on the floor. He was charged with aggravated trespassing and public intoxication.
Ryan Ward charged in poolside assault of another man during a party
27-year-old Ryan Ward was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Wednesday on an outstanding warrant from the Summer, charging him with assault. Brandon Baggett says he was at a party when Ryan Ward and Daniel Herndon shoved him face-first into the concrete patio near a pool and forcefully pushed him into the concrete, leaving injuries to his abdomen, knees, and hand.