Month: February 2022

Nashville Police charge woman with felony aggravated prostitution due to HIV status

Jason Steen

Nashville police conducted a sting operation this week, placing ads online and meeting respondents at a hotel near Elliston Place & 24th Ave North. 33-year-old Kaetlin Blakeman responded to an ad and agreed to have sex with an undercover detective for $250 an hour. As she was taken into custody at the hotel police found heroin in her bra, and it was discovered she was HIV+, which she also admitted in an interview post-arrest. She was charged with felony aggravated prostitution due to her medical status. A commissioner set her bond at $26,000.

Adam Dickie charged with promoting prostitution during West End sting operation

Jason Steen

Metro Police say 36-year-old Adam Chase Dickie drove a woman to meet an undercover detective at a West End hotel this week during a prostitution sting operation. While the woman agreed to have sex for $250, Dickie drove her to the location knowing she was going to participate in prostitution, and he accepted gas money for his time and effort. He is charged with promoting prostitution.

Nashville Police charge Morgan Gray with prostitution & illegal handgun possession during West End sting operation

Jason Steen

Nashville police conducted a sting operation this week, placing ads online and meeting respondents at a hotel near Elliston Place & 24th Ave North. 26-year-old Morgan Gray responded to one of the ads and agreed to have sex with an undercover detective in exchange for $400. Once she arrived and accepted the payment she was taken into custody. During a search incident to arrest, officers located a handgun in her purse, and it was discovered she was a convicted Utah felon.

Iowa man deemed too drunk to fly Southwest Airlines, arrested at BNA— Matthew Weiner

Jason Steen

44-year-old Matthew Weiner, of Sioux City, Iowa, was jailed on a disorderly conduct charge after Nashville Airport Police were advised he was heavily intoxicated aboard a Southwest Airlines aircraft. Airline staff escorted him off the place and he was denied re-boarding for the remainder of the day, at which time he began “flipping off” other passengers, employees, and onlookers while using profanity loudly. He refused directives to leave the secured area of the airport on his own and was taken into custody.

Zain Sheikh charged in strangulation of cocaine case co-defendant, Kally Dobak

Jason Steen

31-year-old Zein Sheikh was out on a $75,000 bond for cocaine charges when he was arrested again this week, now additionally charged with felony aggravated assault/strangulation of his co-defendant in the cocaine case, Kally Dobak. He also had Kally arrested for assault the week prior to them both being indicted on the cocaine charges. In the new case against Sheikh, which was captured on building security cameras, he comes into the hallway in his underwear and pulls Dobak into their apartment, placing her into a choke-hold during an argument.

Man pulls knife on clerk when he doesn’t have ID to pick up alcohol for DoorDash order — Clayton Phifer

Jason Steen

24-year-old Clayton Phifer and his wife were DoorDashing and had an order to pick up alcohol from a Berry Hill liquor store. When neither was able to produce ID to verify their age, they were denied the alcohol. After some back and forth, the store informed Clayton he was no longer welcome, and Clayton became irate and went outside only to return back inside with his wife. The clerk felt threatened and grabbed a bottle of liquor in case he had to defend himself, at which time Clayton pulled out a pocket knife and stated “there’s gonna be a murder scene in here”. The clerk and the Clayton were chest-to-chest during parts of the altercation and intimidation.

Woman deemed too drunk for airport hotel after leaving Jason Aldean’s Bar — Jasmine Martin arrested

Jason Steen

Police responded to 600 Marriott Drive Wednesday night to find 22-year-old Jasmine Martin “extremely intoxicated” and sitting down in front of the hotel with vomit on her face and clothing. Staff noted she was incapable of leaving the property on her own. She told police she had just come from Jason Aldean’s Bar in downtown Nashville.

75-year-old admits to destroying neighbor’s Ring doorbell camera with her cane— Linda Jones

Jason Steen

75-year-old Linda Jones, who carries a homemade shield crafted from the same aluminum foil that lines the interior of her car, was jailed Thursday after she failed to appear on a citation charging her with vandalism. She believes that voices, which were reported at different times to be the voice of the property manager or the Nashville Chief of Police, had told her to destroy her neighbor’s ring doorbell, and at a later time, to kill them. She succeeded in destroying the Ring video doorbell camera, admitting to police she used her cane.

Nashville woman charged with public intoxication at Mapco — Kisha Keeton

Jason Steen

Police say they found 34-year-old Kisha Keeton “very intoxicated and in a state of undress” at a Nashville Mapco Sunday. She refused to tell officers how she got into the situation she was in and refused all medical assistance. Unwilling to go to the hospital, and unable to care for herself, she was taken into custody, very much against her will, and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest.

Judge sets $75,000 bond for man trespassing at home of Taylor Swift’s mother — Bryan Sebera

Jason Steen

A Nashville judicial commissioner set the bond for 31-year-old Bryan Sebera at a jaw-dropping $75,000 for a misdemeanor aggravated trespass charge Wednesday evening. Police arrived at the Forest Hills home of Taylor Swift’s mother after the family’s security detail had detained the man. Security advised Sebera was at the home earlier in the day and was escorted off the property. Now, he had returned, crossed over the wall, and was peeking in a window at the back of the estate.