Police say 29-year-old Darian Nicole Morris forced her way into a Madison art studio after an event had just ended which featured artists and a nude model. Witnesses say she forced her way into the Sometimes Social studio, which is owned by her ex-boyfriend, Ryan Michael Noble. She then headbutted him and destroyed his completed drawing by ripping it into pieces.
A concerned citizen called Metro Police about a man driving a white Mercedes SUV who they believed to be intoxicated in the Cookout parking lot on Gallatin Pike. Police made contact with the driver, 36-year-old Clayton Thomas Brown, who was still in the driver’s seat with the engine running and observed an open Bow Echo IPA beer in the cupholder. He admitted to having “a few beers”, and was taken into custody. Brown refused all field sobriety, breath, and blood tests.
28-year-old Secret Eisenschmidt was caught on camera assaulting another female on Broadway in downtown Nashville late Wednesday night. When officers arrived she was obviously extremely intoxicated, according to a report, and witnesses described the fights she had been in with several people, including the one in the video. with no one wishing to press charges for the assaults, she was charged with public intoxication for her own safety.
Metro Police say 27-year-old Blake Redman was extremely intoxicated at Rippy’s on Broadway in downtown Nashville. He was reportedly being confrontational with the NFD Fire Chief who was on the scene. Due to his level of intoxication and inability to care for him, he was charged with public intoxication and transported to booking.
52-year-old Tammy Sullivan is charged with domestic assault after her husband, Kevin Sullivan, says she “stood up from the toilet and punched him in the eye”, breaking his glasses. The couple was reportedly in an argument and Tammy wanted to leave with some friends after she had been drinking and Kevin attempted to take her phone when the assault occurred.
In mid-January, Octavia Evans says she was sleeping at her boyfriend’s house on Bank Street when her phone rang a 3:40 a.m. from a female friend. Her boyfriend, 29-year-old Ralph Frierson, heard her talking and reportedly came into the room demanding to know who she was speaking to, convinced it was another man. She says she explained it was one of her girlfriends, but he pulled out a black handgun and threatened to kill her if she didn’t immediately leave his home. She says as she was grabbing her things he placed the gun to her head and told her to exit via the rear door.
Metro Police say they were dealing with a separate incident at 310 Broadway in downtown Nashville when 29-year-old Justin Lopez inserted himself into the situation and became incredibly agitated and became aggressive toward one of the involved parties. Police attempted to stop him as he aggressively approached them, but he tried to force his way past officers. That’s when they realized how extremely intoxicated he was, and took Lopez into custody.
30-year-old Kevin Jones was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail early Sunday morning after a fight at Honky Tonk Central on Broadway in downtown Nashville. Police say after they separated the dueling parties Jones continued to attempt to strike the other person. Jones was taken into custody.
32-year-old Harry Brandon Russell, of Pulaski, is charged with felony aggravated assault/strangulation after police say grabbed his girlfriend, Shelbey Ebersole, inside a room of the downtown Holiday Inn Express in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. The victim’s brother eventually had to pull Russell off of her after he slammed her into the wall of a bathroom and used both his hands to strangle her until she was unable to breathe and could no longer call for help.
The argument reportedly started after he felt she came back to the room late and wasn’t answering her phone. Russell is free on a $25,000 bond.
21-year-old Corey Roberts, of Louisville, is charged with domestic assault after he refused to leave his girlfriend’s Nashville apartment and the couple got into an argument, which led to him threatening to send adult photos which she was in to her ex-husband. His girlfriend, Kristin Sayad, reportedly took his phone and he grabbed her wrist, bending her fingers back, pulled her hair and said “I’m going to Ted Bundy you!”. She fled the apartment in fear and called police. Roberts is free on a $1,500 bond.
