Joseph Pappas nearly stumbles into officer in downtown Nashville

27-year-old Joseph Pappas approached an offer in downtown Nashville while he was drunk on 02/18. The officer was standing on the sidewalk when Pappas walked up and almost stumbled into him. The Officer noticed bloodshot eyes and lack of balance and asked Pappas if he had a ride home. Pappas told the officer he lived close by in Germantown and that he was going to walk home. The officer tried to get Pappas to arrange a ride home but was too drunk to operate his phone. The officer observed the defendant attempting to walk home while stumbling side to side and walking into other people and decided to arrest him as he was a danger to himself and others.

Adrian Hennessee gave his mother “a little push” as she was kicking him out of the house

Ashley Jackson says she came home on Tuesday and informed her 20-year-old son, Adrian Hennessee, that he needed to help clean up the home. He refused to help his mom, so she began to gather his things to throw outside, telling the young adult it was time to go and leave the house. He then pushed her into the washer, which was witnessed by his twin sister. Hennessee told police he “gave her a little push,” to get her awy from his things.

Jake Catagnus charged in wild, bloody assault of bother, who has a dislocated shoulder

24-year-old Jake Catagnus was jailed Saturday after police responded to a South Nashville apartment where he lives with his brother, Brandon Catagnus. Officers say the apartment was in disarray, with blood on the walls. The two brothers were reportedly at Kung Fu Saloon earlier in the night, and one came home before the other, though both have differing accounts of who that was. They also had different account of how Brandon’s shoulder was dislocated out of the socket, with reasons varying from wrestling, to “a fight where he didn’t fight back”, to breaking down a door. Jake’s hand was blood covered, he was heavily intoxicated, and he was determined to be the primary aggressor in the assault of his brother.

Benjamin Eddie Rutland found asleep behind the wheel after ‘2 beers’ at East Nashville bar

31-year-old Benjamin Eddie Rutland haded officers cash from his wallet and told them it was his identification when they found him asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle on I-65 S early Tuesday morning. When first responders arrived, they noted he was asleep behind the wheel with the vehicle running and in drive. As Nashville fire woke him, they attempted to get him to place the vehicle in park, but he was too incoherent to understand or take action on the request. Rutland says he had “two beers” at an East Nashville bar prior to driving. He later blew a 0.105% BAC on a breathalyzer.