Accused of cheating, police say John Dibelka,33, brutally beat his girlfriend, strangling her until she lost consciousness and soiled herself, at which point he laughed at her and strangled her harder. She eventually hit him with a bottle of liquor to secure her escape. He is free on a $50,000 bond.
NEW: Despite a decision earlier this week that would have closed Nashville’s emergency warming shelters for the winter, Mayor John Cooper has now ordered the shelters to be fully funded and operational by this winter.
Shawn Browning wrecked his vehicle and called Jeremiah Harris to pick him up and get things out of the vehicle. Police arrived before they fled, and found both in possession of guns and drugs packaged for resale.
18-year-old Paul Lee is free on a $2,000 cash bond after police say he attacked his mother and father during an argument. His father deployed pepper spray on his child, stating he was in fear for the safety of his family.
BREAKING: Metro Public Health Department officials today confirmed an adult male is Nashville’s first death in the outbreak of severe pulmonary illness associated with the use of electronic cigarettes. MPHD officials are working closely with the Tennessee Department of Health to investigate the recent death. No additional information about the death is being released.
19-year-old Siaana Cheyenne Peacock was booked on a marijuana charge Tuesday, after a victim claimed Peacock assaulted her on the TSU campus, but refused to press charges.
30-year-old Richard Garton had a Glock 19 holstered on his hip and a Glock 26 in his front pocket, each with one round in the chamber, as he admitted to drinking a half-bottle of vodka when police found him crashed on Harding Pike near West End. He told police: “F-ck this, I’m drunk”.
North Precinct detectives are swearing out arrest warrants against five persons for the overnight murder of 18-year-old Maplewood High School student Rashawn Wallace inside his father’s residence.
Keimichael Clack, 19, Logan Sadler, 26, Ajah Miles, 22, Chaziah Woods, 19, and Ronnie Sims Jr., 28, are accused of being part of a plot to rob Wallace’s father,
Nashville Rapper ‘Milky Silky’ (Todd Bruce Frierson) was arrested on a child abuse charge Wednesday, accused of leaving bruises on his daughter, and texting her mother “She got her a– whooped, that’s what’s on her”.. and more. He is free on a $2,000 bond.
41-year-old Joseph ‘Delaney’ Spain finds himself jailed for the second time in two months for siphoning gasoline. During his arrest Wednesday, he called the victim to confess to his crime and apologize. He still went to jail, where he remains held in lieu of a $9,500 bond.
