46-year-old former hockey star Matthew Barnaby was booked into the Metro Nashville jail at 1 a.m. Thursday, charged with choking a bouncer at Nashville Crossroads bar on Broadway in downtown Nashville.
Metro Nashville Police were dispatched to 419 Broadway in the early hours of Thursday morning in response to an intoxicated individual. Once on scene, security from the venue advised that an altercation broke out between Matthew Barnaby, his girlfriend, and other patrons of the bar.
A bouncer at the location, Tyler P. Hardy, says he was choked by Barnaby during the altercation and wanted to prosecute. Matthew Barnaby was taken into custody and charged with assault and public intoxication. He is free on pre-trial release and scheduled to appear in court later this month.
