On January 18th, MNPD conducted several undercover prostitution prostitution stings on Backpage.com ads – resulting in the arrest of 3 Asian females for prostitution and 1 Asian male for promoting prostitution. After an investigation lasting several weeks, Mingyi Ma (male) was charged with promoting prostitution and arrested at the Extended Stay at 727 McGavock Pk. He was identified by MNPD as being a handler for several prostitutes in Nashville. He was observed driving the women around town, including to the grocery and to the bank. When his vehicle was searched, it…
Month: January 2018
Local Facebook Handyman Accused of Raping Child of His Client: Derek J Townsend ARRESTED
On January 11th 2018, Derek J Townsend, 28, was hired to fix a plumbing issue at a residence in Goodlettsville. Below is is the ad that he has posted all over social media in local neighborhood groups and his own timeline. (This particular one was posted 2 days after the incident below). While at the residence the suspect made several romantic advances towards the minor child (age 14) of the client, and commented several times on how beautiful the minor child was, according to a police report filed overnight. Townsend worked…
Metro Public Works Operator Charged with DUI & Heroin Hours Before a Court Date for Drug Charges – Marty Ragland
Marty Ragland(Jr.) has a heroin problem. And a theft/shoplifting problem. And a Driving while intoxicated problem. And an assaulting other humans problem. Marty Ragland also works as a Nashville Metro Government Employee. He works in the Public Works department – as an equipment operator (driving & operating heavy things), where his father also happens to be a District Supervisor, in the Public Works department. So, why doesn’t Metro have a problem? Just before 3AM on this past Wednesday, 01/17/18, just hours before he was scheduled to appear in court in…
Adam Strifler Gets Cold, Breaks Into Ex’s House, Sleeps in Her Child’s Closet.
Adam Strifler was arrested on 01/14/18, when his ex girlfriend found him hiding in her child’s closet, asleep, in violation of a restraining order. When Strifler’s ex girlfriend returned to her home, she was putting away laundry. When she entered her child’s closet to put away clothes, she found Adam Strifler on the floor of the child’s closet, sleeping. According to court documents, she woke up the sleeping Strifler, and told him he had to leave, as he was not allowed there, per an active order of protection. Strifler pleaded…
Nashville Firefighter Josh Brown Slurs Fat People, Transgender People, Gay People, Among Others
Nashville Firefighter Robert ‘Josh’ Brown has some very bold opinions – especially toward other humans. He has a lot to say about Fat people, gay people, transgender people, and even people who receive government assistance… even going as far as to indicate he doesn’t believe he has white privilege. That speaks volumes, coming from a middle-aged white man, who works for the government making good pay with year increases (2017: $56K/year | 2016: $51K | 2015: $49K), and has had his past criminal activities, such as assault, dismissed, despite being…
Joshua Dye Arrested. Just Because You Flee Doesn’t Mean You’re Free
Joshua Dye was arrested on Monday for shoplifting – again someone thinking they can outsmart Kohl’s. Though the arrest happened last week, the incident occurred the day after Christmas, 12/26/17. At about 2 PM on that day, Joshua Dye was at Kohl’s with two other associates. Dye chose two jackets from the display, and during the course of appearing to shop, eventually passed all points of sale and exited the store. Loss prevention attempted to restrain Dye, however he fled the area in his vehicle. The two jackets were valued…
ARREST: Keinesa Lillard, Boosting Isn’t Your Bag. #ThoughtSheWasSmart
Keinesa Renee Lillard was arrested on Friday, as she thought she could go unnoticed by using a ‘booster bag’ at Kohl’s to steal some purses. She thought wrong. Just after lunch on Friday, 01/19/18, Keinesa Lillard was observed by store loss prevention placing a purse for sale into the foil-lined bag she was carrying. When stopped by loss prevention as she was trying to exit the building, she ran outside, and got into a green Camry. She didn’t make it far, however, as she was stopped by MNPD just down…
MNPD Chief Anderson Weighs In on STRP Vote to City Council Members: His Officers Aren’t Babysitters
Late Friday afternoon, MNPD Chief Steve Anderson sent the email below to every member of the Nashville Metro Council, in regards to the current STRP debate and the upcoming votes in the council. We were rather fond of this reminder from the Chief – reminding folks (Like Brett Withers) that they can’t call the police because someone has a blow up doll in the window of their AirBNB: “It is often assumed that police officers have the authority to order persons to comply with the law or with good behavior. …
Kroger’s Star Employee Robs Them Blind | Antoinette Bradley Arrested.
Antoinette Bradley was recently selected by Style Blueprint magazine as one of four ‘Faces of Kroger’ in a piece highlighting great Kroger employees that you instantly recognize and their personal profiles. What no one would realize until now, is that in the past five months, she cancelled 585 cash transactions on the register, and pocketed the $8,632.76 for herself. It’s unclear why Kroger’s internal systems did not catch such a large amount of cancelled cash transactions, but she played the system since 08/20/17 with this scam of her employer. According…
East Nashville’s Ruston Kelly Arrested on Outstanding Charge from 2015
When Ruston Samuel Kelly was named one of HuffPost’s Top 10 artists to Watch in 2018, or when he was named in Pandora’s 2018 Country Artists to Watch, we doubt that either meant to watch him get put in handcuffs, but that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday night in Nashville when Ruston Kelly was arrested and booked into the custody of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department. As it turns out, Kelly was pulled over on 11/19/2015 for driving on a suspended license, and was given a state citation to appear in…