Just before 3 a.m. Sunday morning, 35-year-old tourist Samantha Freitas approached a Metro Nashville Police officer near 2nd & Broadway and walked into traffic, and demanded to be arrested. She was told to get out of traffic and move on about her evening. She then became verbally aggressive and told the officers she would kick them all in the balls if they did not arrest her. Officers decided she was obviously too intoxicated to care for herself and took her into custody and transported her to booking.
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Nashville Bishop Kenneth Dupree pulls gun on neighbor, threatens to “put her in an obituary”
Metro Nashville Police say security camera footage captured 65-year-old retired Bishop Kenneth Dupree pulling a silver handgun on his neighbor and pointing it directly at her while stating: “I will put you in an obituary and sh**t you, you M*-*-*F*-*-*g b*-*h.
The incident occurred after the neighbor, Jenine Di Conti, says Dupree was speeding through the neighborhood and nearly hit someone so she turned the garden hose, which was already in her hand, in the direction of the vehicle in an attempt to get his attention to slow down and watch out for the other person. After parking his vehicle, he returned to the neighbor’s home and made the threats, with her husband as a witness. He said she harassed him and “if it would be up to him, if she came to his property today, she would be laying in his driveway.” Police took Dupree into custody and transported him to booking. He had secured his firearm inside his residence before officers arrived.
Alycia Stewart attacks Downtown Partnership Ambassador on his Segway
36-year-old Alycia Stewart pulled Jenario Thornton, a downtown partnership ambassador, to the ground near 4th & Broadway as she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, refusing to let him go as he was riding by on a Segway. He suffered scrapes to his knees as a result of the assault. Witnesses provided a video that showed Stewart appearing to be under the influence of a drug, and a search of her bag incident to arrest resulted in what appeared to be a crack pipe. As officers responded to the scene she declared “I’m high, take me to jail!”, and they obliged.
Lavoriss Hyde Jr. steals vehicle of friend’s mother who was letting him live with her
Angela Ford says she’s been letting 18-year-old Lavoriss Hyde Jr., who is a friend of her son, stay at her home for the last three months. On June 15th, she called police to report her vehicle had been stolen, and she believed Hyde had stolen it. She explained the vehicle had recently been repaired by a mechanic, and the mechanic had told her to be sure to occasionally run the engine if she wasn’t using the vehicle regularly. She was on her way to work and had asked Hyde to start the vehicle and let it run for a few minutes while she was gone. When she came home, the vehicle was not in the driveway and Hyde was not at home, either.
Police quickly realized they knew what had happened to her vehicle, as they responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash earlier that afternoon just a half-mile from her home where a person matching Hyde’s description had fled from the scene. Officers recovered video footage of Hyde taking the vehicle, and photos from witnesses to the crash, confirming he was the driver.
Tekera Gaines charged with vandalizing girlfriend’s door & camera
29-year-old Tekera Gaines was jailed this week on multiple outstanding warrants charging her with vandalism and violating an order of protection. Her girlfriend, Michelle Chestnut, reported to police that she came home on June 19th to find both her front door and her Ring Doorbell camera covered with black spray paint. She says the couple argued earlier in the day and were in the process of breaking up after Gaines accused her of cheating.
Anthony Agnew breaks into ex’s apartment, sits beside her until she wakes up
Police say 32-year-old Anthony Agnew came to an empty apartment on the 4th floor beside his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and broke into that unit so that he could crawl out the window to access the balcony of the next-door apartment of his ex-girlfriend, Lauren Davis. He then reportedly entered her residence while she was sleeping. She says she woke up with her sitting next to her with his hand on her hip. She was in extreme fear he would assault her and explained she needed to leave for work. He was upset that she had changed her number and agreed to leave after she gave him her current Snapchat as a way to communicate. As he left, she contacted police who located him at a nearby truck stop and arrested him for this burglary and two other outstanding warrants for violating orders of protection.
Nicholas Thomas-Low jailed after pulling his girlfriend’s hair — Vanderbilt Researchers Gone Wild
Vanderbilt University Police heard a loud argument coming from a vehicle parked on Pierce Avenue just before 11 p.m. on June 29th. The female in the driver’s seat, identified as Jessica Erin Biddinger, was repeatedly screaming at 36-year-old Nicholas Thomas-Low to get out of the vehicle. The couple state they have been in a dating relationship for approximately two years, on and off. As police approached the situation to check on everyone’s welfare, she stated Thomas-Low had grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled it as she attempted to get him out of her vehicle. When she yelled that he hurt her, he reportedly said “good!” He was transported to booking and charged with domestic assault.
DUI: Michael Collier says he sniffed unknown powder on a receipt paper before blacking out
Metro Nashville Police responded to a single-vehicle accident on I-40 where a Kia Sportage driven by 25-year-old Michael Collier impacted a guardrail near the Central Pike ramp. First responders arrived to find Collier unresponsive behind the wheel. After finding a white powdery substance in the cup holder, two doses of Narcan were administered with no impact on his level of responsiveness throughout the emergency transport. As the ambulance arrived at the hospital bay, Collier suddenly eloped from the gurney and fled on foot for a short distance until stopped by officers and detained. He told officers he picked up a receipt from the cup holder and noticed the powder on his fingers and sniffed his fingers to see what it was on the receipt. Seconds after sniffing his fingers he says he blacked out and woke up in the back of the ambulance. We previously covered Collier when he assaulted his girlfriend with a hamburger from behind in 2021.
Brandon Holliday charged after posting a sex tape of his wife and a friend together
Latoyia Anderson is still married to 39-year-old Brandon Holliday, but she says that’s only because he refuses to sign the divorce paperwork. Latoyia reported to police that the two were in an argument when Brandon threatened to post a sex tape of her and another friend together on social media. Brandon was sent the video by the other friend in an attempt to make him jealous. Shortly after the argument, the video of her having sex with the friend appeared on social media and was also sent via private message to multiple people on Facebook.
Ari Shukri jailed after sending ex-wife harassing text messages
Nazdar Taher says her ex-husband, 23-year-old Ari Shukri, continues to harass her via text messages despite bond conditions from an order of protection violation which state he isn’t to have any contact with her. On June 24th he sent over ten consecutive messages each of which called her derogatory names such as “h*e” and “sl-t” causing her to be in fear and in emotional distress.