18-year-old Kevin Searcy III is charged with the domestic assault of his father, Kevin Searcy Jr., after a fight that court records and witness statements show was over toilet paper. The 18-year-old reportedly punched and kicked his father all over his body, and strangled him before a witness attempted to pull him off the victim. Officers documented injures on the victim, including marks from the 18-year-old’s nails from during the strangulation. Searcy is free on a $2,500 bond.
COMPLAINT: |
2021-0614984 |
ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
ON 12/2/21 OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 1407 PHILLIPS ST ON A DOMESTIC INCIDENT. UPON CONTACT MR. KEVIN SEARCY JR. (VICTIM) STATED HIS SON KEVIN SEARCY III, (SUSPECT) ASSAULTED HIM. HE STATED THEY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT OVER TOILET PAPER. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT STARTED PUNCHING AND KICKING HIM ALL OVER. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN BEGAN TO STRANGLE HIM. HE STATED HE NEVER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND DID NOT KNOW IF HIS BREATHING WAS OBSTRUCTED. HE FURTHER STATED THE DEFENDANT TORE HIS SWEATSHIRT. MR. WILLIAM TOWNSEND, (WITNESS) STATED HE HEARD THEM ARGUING AND THE DEFENDANT STARTED KICKING AND PUNCHING THE VICTIM. HE STATED HE WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT PUT HIS HANDS AROUND THE VICTIMS NECK AND THAT IS WHEN HE GOT INVOLVED AND TRIED TO BREAK IT UP. MR. KEVIN SEARCY Ill, (DEFENDANT) STATED THEY GOT INTO A VERBAL ARGUMENT AND THE VICTIM WAS UP IN HIS FACE. HE STATED HE NEVER PUT HIS HANDS ON THE VICTIM AND DOES NOT KNOW HOW HE GOT INJURED. OFFICERS OBSERVED A CUT ON THE VICTIMS RIGHT THUMB WHICH HE STATED HE MUST HAVE GOT FROM THE DEFENDANTS NAILS TRYING TO REMOVE HIS HANDS FROM HIS NECK. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE CUT ON HIS NECK IS FROM THE DEFENDANT PUTTING HIS HANDS AROUND HIS NECK. HE STATED HIS HOODIE WAS TORN DURING THE SCUFFLE. DUE TO THE VICTIMS STATEMENTS, VISIBLE INJURIES AND THE WITNESS STATEMENT, OFFICERS DEEMED KEVIN SEARCY III THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR. THERE IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HISTORY. |
PROSECUTOR: |
GREGORY SCOTT |
SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
DANIEL MASTEN |
VICTIM: |
KEVIN SEARCY, JR (Kevin Pain Searcy) |
CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
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GS957332 | DOMESTIC ASSAULT – BODILY INJURY | 2500 |
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DEFENDANT: | SEARCY, KEVIN III |
AKA(s): | KEVIN SEARCY KEVIN A SEARCY KEVIN A SEARCY III KEVIN SEARCY III |
ADDRESS: | 1407 PHILLIPS ST NASHVILLE, TN 37208 |
JMS ID: | 967397 |
CONTROL ID: | 605382 |
SEX: | M |
RACE: | BLACK |
DOB: | 02/13/2003 (18) |
ADMITTED: | 12/02/2021 02:11 PM |
RELEASED: | 12/04/2021 |
BOND VIA: | BROOKE’S BAIL BONDING |