19-year-old Emi Amador Canales arrived at her gated apartment community, The Club Apartments in Antioch, at 4 a.m. but was unable to get the gate to open. She began honking her horn, alerting AEGIS Security Officer Jonathan Rickaway who began shining a light in her car, and causing the situation to quickly escalate as words were exchanged and she smacked the flashlight from his hand, hitting him in the arm. Taking offense to her reaction, Rickaway took it upon himself to reach into her vehicle and attempt to put her vehicle in park.
In reaction to a man reaching inside her vehicle, she began fighting Rickaway and eventually rammed the gates with her vehicle in an attempt to flee away from this security guard. Rickaway got one cuff on her arm during the struggle, however, she escaped to the backseat and grabbed her loaded handgun. Police eventually arrived and charged Canales with assault and vandalism. Rickaway faced no charges. Canales is free on pre-trial release.
| COMPLAINT: |
| 2021-0575943 |
| ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
| THE DEFENDANT APPROACHED THE CLOSED GATE AT THE CLUB APARTMENTS LOCATED AT 1 HICKORY CLUB WAY ON 11/7/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 0400 HOURS. SHE LIVES AT THE LOCATION BUT DID NOT HAVE THE ACCESS CARD FOR THE GATE TO OPEN. SHE BEGAN HONKING HER HORN, WHICH ALERTED AEGIS SECURITY OFFICER JONATHAN RICKAWAY TO APPROACH HER VEHICLE. DUE TO LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS, HE HELD HIS FLASHLIGHT FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION, ILLUMINATING THE DEFENDANT AND HER VEHICLE INTERIOR WITHOUT SHINING THE LIGHT IN HER EYES. BEFORE HE COULD QUESTION HER ABOUT IF SHE LIVED THERE OR WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE, SHE REACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO SLAP THE FLASHLIGHT OUT OF HIS HAND, STRIKING HIM IN THE ARM. THE VICTIM STATED SHE WAS OVERLY AGGRESSIVE AND SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT FROM SOME TYPE OF SUBSTANCE. THE VICTIM REACHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO MAKE THE SITUATION SAFE. THE DEFENDANT BEGAN FIGHTING THE VICTIM, AND RAMMED THE GATE WITH HER VEHICLE, TRYING TO PUSH HER WAY THROUGH. THIS ACTION BENT THE TWO GATES INWARD, DAMAGING BOTH. THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO HANDCUFF THE DEFENDANT BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO CUFF HER LEFT WRIST. SHE MOVED TO THE BACKSEAT OF THE VEHICLE, WHERE THE VICTIM’S ATTEMPTS TO HANDCUFF HER CONTINUED. SHE HAD HER RIGHT HAND UNDERNEATH HER AND APPEARED TO BE HOLDING SOMETHING. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO HANDCUFF HER, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE ITEM THE DEFENDANT WAS HOLDING WAS A LOADED .22 CALIBER HANDGUN. THE VICTIM’S BODYCAM FOOTAGE CAPTURED THE INCIDENT UNTIL IT WAS KNOCKED OFF WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS MOVING TO THE BACKSEAT. OFFICERS VIEWED THE VICTIM’S BODYCAM FOOTAGE AND IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS STATEMENTS ABOUT THE DEFENDANT SLAPPING HIM BEFORE RAMMING THE GATE AND MOVING TO THE BACKSEAT WHERE THE HANDGUN WAS. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS AT 0907 AND STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD. SHE ADMITTED TO SLAPPING THE LIGHT FROM THE VICTIM’S HAND, PUSHING THE GATE WITH HER VEHICLE TO GAIN ENTRY, AND RETRIEVING THE HANDGUN IN THE BACKSEAT TO USE AGAINST THE VICTIM BECAUSE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP HER. |
| PROSECUTOR: |
| NICHOLAS C CARTER |
| SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
| TIMOTHY M LEE |
| VICTIM: |
| JONATHAN RICKAWAY [FB] [IG: @rickawayje] THE CLUB APARTMENTS |
| CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
|---|---|---|
| GS955745 | ASSAULT | 5000 |
| GS955746 | VANDALISM | 5000 |
 | Emi Canales (Baby) |
 | @emy_canales |
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| DEFENDANT: | AMADOR CANALES, EMI |
| AKA(s): | EMI CANALES EMI AMADOR CANALES SAMANTHA WUATERSON |
| ADDRESS: | 1 HICKORY CLUB DRIVE THE CLUB APARTMENTS ANTIOCH, TN 37013 |
| JMS ID: | |
| CONTROL ID: | 601728 |
| SEX: | F |
| RACE: | WHITE |
| DOB: | 04/24/2002 (19) |
| ADMITTED: | 11/07/2021 |
| RELEASED: | 11/07/2021 |
| BOND VIA: | PRETRIAL |
Awwww….Emi Amador Canales was afraid….
It looks like drugged out filth….Why didn’t the cops charge it with a DWI?