27-year-old Nicole Riley remains jailed in lieu of a $10,050 bond after returning to her former place of employment, The Nashville Palace, and the adjacent bar, Scoreboard, armed with a knife and causing a scene. After being ejected from one bar for being too intoxicated on arrival, she went to the other, dumped beer out behind the bar, cursing employees and patrons, then threatening staff with the knife.
| COMPLAINT: |
| 2021-0562377 |
| ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
| ON 10/29/2021, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 2611 MCGAVOCK PIKE DUE TO ONE OF THE VICTIMS, TAMMY SCRUGGS, CALLING IN AND STATING THAT THERE WAS AN INTOXICATED FEMALE, THE DEFENDANT NICHOLE RILEY AT THE LOCATION, THREATENING PEOPLE WITH A KNIFE. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED THEY MADE CONTACT WITH MS. SCRUGGS, AND ANOTHER VICTIM, TYMALYN DOONER. MS. SCRUGGS IS THE GENERAL MANAGER AT THE BAR “NASHVILLE PALACE”, AND MS. DOONER IS A BARTENDER AT THE ADJACENT BAR, “SCORE BOARD”. MS. SCRUGGS STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT, NICOLE RILEY, USED TO WORK AT THE LOCATION, AND CAME INTO THE BAR TONIGHT INCREDIBLY INTOXICATED. MS. SCRUGGS TOLD MS. RILEY THAT SHE HAD TO LEAVE THE BAR, AND MS. RILEY BECAME IRATE AND BELLIGERENT, BUT EVENTUALLY LEFT THE BAR. MS. RILEY THEN WENT TO “SCORE BOARD” BAR AND GRILL. MS. DOONER WAS WORKING BEHIND THE BAR, WHEN MS. RILEY ENTERED THE BAR AND BEGAN TO SCREAM AND CURSE. MS. DOONER STATED THAT MS. RILEY WAS OBVIOUSLY INTOXICATED, AND BEGAN TO DUMP BEER BEHIND THE BAR. MS. DOONER TOLD MS. RILEY THAT SHE NEEDED TO LEAVE THE LOCATION. MS. RILEY LEFT THE BAR, BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY CAME BACK, SCREAMING AND CURSING AT MS. DOONER. MS. DOONER STATED THAT MS. RILEY THEN PRODUCED A KNIFE, AND BEGAN TO WAVE IT AT HER, STILL WHILE SCREAMING AND CURSING AT HER. MS. DOONER STATED THAT MS. RILEY WAS LESS THAN 10 FEET AWAY FROM HER WHEN SHE HAD THE KNIFE OUT, CAUSING HER TO FEAR FOR HER LIFE. MS. RIELY EVENTUALLY THEN WALKED OUT, AND WENT BACK TO NASHVILLE PALACE”. MS. SCRUGGS STATED THAT SHE SAW MS. RILEY COMING BACK TO HER BAR, AND STOPPED HER AT THE FRONT DOOR. MS. SCRUGGS STATED THAT MS. RILEY BEGAN TO SCREAM AND CURSE AT HER, AND BEGAN DIGGING IN HER POCKET, ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE HER KNIFE. MS. SCRUGGS COULD CLEARLY SEE THAT MS. RILEY WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET HER KNIFE OUT, BUT WAS TOO INTOXICATED TO DO IT QUICKLY. A SEPARATE WITNESS OUTSIDE TOLD POLICE THAT SHE ALSO SAW MS. RILEY ATTEMPT TO GET HER KNIFE OUT, AND THEN EVENTUALLY PRODUCE A KNIFE. MS. SCRUGGS THEN WENT BACK INSIDE AND CALLED FOR POLICE. OFFICERS LOCATED MS. RILEY A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY AT A GAS STATION AND PLACED HER INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. MS. RILEY HAD SLURRED SPEECH AND HER EXPELLED BREATH HAD A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.| |
| PROSECUTOR: |
| BRANDON CHAPMAN |
| SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
| UMEKA FOREMAN |
| VICTIM: |
| TAMMY SCRUGGS TYMALYN DOONER |
| CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
|---|---|---|
| GS955121 | AGG ASSAULT – DEADLY WEAPON | 5000 |
| GS955122 | AGG ASSAULT – DEADLY WEAPON | 5000 |
| GS955123 | PUBLIC INTOXICATION | 50 |
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| DEFENDANT: | RILEY, NICOLE |
| AKA(s): | NICOLE RILEY |
| ADDRESS: | |
| JMS ID: | 965783 |
| CONTROL ID: | 604777 |
| SEX: | F |
| RACE: | WHITE |
| DOB: | 09/11/1994 |
| ADMITTED: | 10/29/2021 10:29 PM |
| RELEASED: | |
| BOND VIA: |
