Day: September 27, 2022

Bar patrons clap & celebrate as police remove Jeff Serra from Margaritaville Hotel in downtown Nashville

Jason Steen

Staff at the Margaritaville Hotel in downtown Nashville say 43-year-old Jeffrey Serra was extremely intoxicated and causing a disturbance, so he was asked to leave. He closed out his tab but refused to leave the property, stating he had an issue with the amount he had just paid. Metro Nashville Police arrived to find him extremely intoxicated and still arguing about the tab. He was asked to step outside and discuss the matter with them, but he refused and became more belligerent and escalated to screams and shouts, disrupting other patrons. As police exported him from the property, the entire bar clapped during his departure. A search incident to arrest revealed a rolled marijuana blunt in a cigarette pack and 5 Oxycodone pills that were not in a bottle that was prescribed to him.

Keyera Majors jailed over facebook threats to Shontia Dillard

Jason Steen

22-year-old Keyera Rochell Majors was jailed this week on an outstanding warrant charging her with harassment. Shontia Dillard says she received messages from Majors that stated, “OML it’s up!! behind mine I’ll lay yours!!” When she responded “Laywho!!”, Majors responded “You!!,” followed by very specific threats to the life and welfare of Dillard. She is free on a $1,000 bond.

Jordan Gillenwaters charged with punching ex-lover during dispute

Jason Steen

22-year-old Jordan Gillenwaters and Antawaun Lacy had recently ended their relationship of two years, and each still resides within the same apartment building. On August 29th, Lacy was sitting on the breezeway steps when Gillenwaters approached him, yelling and calling him names. When a neighbor stepped out and told them to take their problems elsewhere, Gillenwaters punched Lacy in the mouth and fled the scene. Officers documented an injury to Lacy’s lip and took out a warrant for the arrest of Gillenwaters.

Brittanie Gray charged after making bomb threat from within TriStar Centennial Hospital

Jason Steen

19-year-old Brittanie Gray is charged with filing a false report of an emergency after they called in a bomb threat to TriStar Centennial Medical Center on Friday. Even though the phone used to place the call didn’t have active service, the device’s prior number showed when the 911 call was placed on the device. Dispatchers were able to match prior calls from the same number which had been placed by Brittanie (Andrew) Gray. Officers learned that a patient by that name was on a 6404 (psychiatric) hold at the hospital and did have access to their phone. Upon their release, they were taken into custody and charged with felony filing a false report.

Bachelorettes: 0; Nashville: 1. Karly Pustka arrested after assaulting the bride-to-be

Jason Steen

On Sunday, 25-year-old Karly Pustka opined on her Instagram account: “Nashville can’t handle the Texans 🤠🎉 #nashvillebachelorettee” with a photo of her friends in Nashville — it would turn out that the Texans couldn’t handle Nashville. In the early hours of Monday morning, Metro Nashville Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at Club Wyndham Nashville on McGavock Pike. The bride-to-be, Madison Pustka, told police her cousin, Karly Pustka, lunged at her while scratching at her neck. Madison says she was just attempting to check on Karly, who had locked herself in the bathroom of the hotel room after getting extremely intoxicated. Madison and another person were able to get past the locked door, which angered Karly, who says she acted in self-defense. Karly was taken into custody and charged with domestic assault with bodily injury.

Bryce King falls out of a moving vehicle in downtown Nashville while drunk

Jason Steen

Early Tuesday morning, Metro Nashville Police responded to a report that someone was thrown from a vehicle in downtown Nashville. Officers arrived at Rep John Lewis Way (5th Ave) to find 21-year-old Bryce King “lying in the street, covered in vomit, screaming, and crying,” according to Officer Blake Lutz. Despite his insistence that he was thrown from the car, the drunken man’s claims were discredited by multiple witnesses who confirmed he was hanging out of the vehicle while acting a fool and simply fell out and onto the roadway.

Jacob Sistrunk: too drunk & disorderly for downtown Nashville

Jason Steen

28-year-old Jacob James Sistrunk was brawling with another individual near 4th & Broadway in downtown Nashville when officers working the Entertainment District Initiative separated the two parties and attempted to get them to go about their nights. Sistrunk continued to be belligerent and reeked of alcohol. When it became apparent he was too intoxicated to remain alone in public, he was transported to booking and charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Cheryl Biddle posed as a licensed nurse on Care.com; accused of stealing from homes of patients

Jason Steen

43-year-old Cheryl Biddle was booked this week on an outstanding warrant charging her with impersonating a professional. A Nashville family hired Biddle via Care.com as an “in-home nurse” to care for a family member recovering from an illness. She presented herself as a “licensed registered nurse” in both her online profile and during a subsequent interview with the family. During her employment, a family member walked in on Biddle going through after being aware that items recently became missing from the home, including medications and jewelry. Her employment was terminated. As the investigation continued into Biddle, it was learned her license was suspended by the state in 2019 in an agreed-upon consent order involving the misuse and mishandling of narcotics, which Biddle signed.