Erica Fenton Indicted on 217 Counts of Money Laundering – Details on How Drug Money Funded Cloud IX Hookah Bar

Erica Marie Fenton has been taken into custody by the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department, as the grand jury has indicted her on 217 felony counts of money laundering, which completely funded Cloud IX Hookah Bar. From December 2015 through September 2017, Erica Marie Fenton would receive cash from Sylvester Mosley that he had received from the sale of drugs. This cash was deposited in numerous bank accounts of Erica Marie Fenton and used to finance and open Cloud IX Hookah Bar in Nashville. These fund came from the movement of…

Pro-Tect Security (of Cloud IX notoriety) Allegedly beats man after he’s unconscious at ‘ALL NEW’ Daisy Duke’s Kuntry Kitchen

In light of Cloud IX’s closure, it seems a rather unexpected replacement has popped up to host events –  Daisy Duke’s Kuntry Kitchen & Saloon, in Hermitage. In a flurry of new events there, and using the same security crew that protected Cloud IX (Pro-Tect Security), things are off to a violent start in an otherwise unsuspecting venue. Last night was an ‘all night long’ release party featuring @NFL_CUDDY In the early morning hours of Saturday at the @NFL_Cuddy mixtape release party, two members of the Pro-Tect security team got…

Cloud IX Owner Erica Fenton Lied Under Oath on 2 TABC Application Documents about Criminal Conviction

The process for getting a liquor license from the TABC requires a lot of paperwork. Including lot of notarized signatures, where you swear under oath, in the presence of a notary, that your signature is indeed you, and that by signing, the information given is truthful. By submitting this incorrect information to the state in order to obtain a liquor license with false information may be defined as the criminal charge of perjury as defined in TN Code § 39-16-702 (2016). On two documents signed and notarized during the application process,…

Metro Codes Issues Violation & Inspection Notice for ‘Pro-Tect Security’ Home Business | Demetrius Tucker

Pro-Tect Security, based in East Nashville, was the company founded by Demetrius Tucker that provided unlicensed armed guards involved in the deadly shooting at Cloud IX earlier this month. During research of the security company, we found it was ran out of his mother’s house in East Nashville, according to all legal documents. Upon further review of permits and licenses at that address, we found a waste management company, along with a bakery registered at the residential zoned address on Gwynn Ave. As of today, Metro codes issued an abate…

Erica Fenton Calls $175K Cloud IX Lawsuit “Rumors” – We obtained her signed lease, detailing the “FACTS”.

Erica Fenton, owner of Cloud IX, recently posted on her personal social media account “$175,712.28 worth of #RUMORS later, #AWOKAY” along with a photo of her inside Cloud IX. So we decided to verify the details of exactly how the $175,712.28 detainer warrant / eviction lawsuit breaks down. We obtained a copy of her signed lease, and independently confirmed the contract debt is valid per the terms she agreed to. In short, Fenton signed a 5-year lease on the building, agreeing to the full amount of the 5 year lease,…

Cloud IX: Tennessee ABC Violations / Complaint Filed

After a week long investigation, this morning East Nashville News submitted a long list of proposed violations and supporting documentation to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission & related agents, for the express purpose of supporting the removal of the liquor license of Cloud IX, LLC, due to mismanagement. While the removal of the liquor license is but one portion of shutting down the operations of a business, it would also ensure that the same company/owner/managers, and even employees could be restricted from getting another liquor license in the future. TABC…

Cloud IX Security Company ‘Pro-Tect’ is Operated out of Mom’s House in East Nashville | Demetrius Tucker

Over the weekend, Erica Fenton stated that some time ago she hired ‘Pro-Tect’, a security company owned by Demetrius Tucker, to manage both her personal and the company’s (Cloud IX) security. This is the company that had employees on duty that were involved in the deadly shooting earlier in the month. After we revealed that two of Pro-Tect’s security officers involved in the shooting were not licensed as armed guards in Tennessee, Fenton announced she has fired Pro-Tect Security, and has hired a new security company, though she did not…

Cloud IX, LLC Dissolved By State, Still Operating while Not Paying Rent

Cloud IX, LLC – the legal business entity for registered by the state of TN for tax, insurance, and other legal purposes, located at 3807 Gallatin Pike, and registered by Erica Fenton, was administratively dissolved by the State of Tennessee for failing to properly file an annual report with the state. Businesses that are dissolved are also not paying any taxes, as they are not an active legal business. They also cannot operate legally under the business name, as it is inactive/dissolved by the state, nor can they enter legally…

Cloud IX Owner Names Shooters, Presents Different Version of Events in Deadly Shooting at Hookah Bar

Late Saturday afternoon, Erica Felton (the owner of Cloud IX) posted an account of events of the deadly shooting at Cloud IX Hookah Bar – one that doesn’t exactly line up with what the police have reported.  She removed the post several hours later, but we obtained a multiple copies before it was removed. According to MNPD “Jason McClain had been asked to leave the bar just before 1 a.m. and he allegedly retrieved a gun from his car and fired at security guards.” Felton is presenting a different version…

CLOUD IX: Only 2 of the 4 Security Guards Were Legally Licensed

Per MNPD, the security guards who fired in the deadly Cloud IX shooting have claimed they shot in self defense. They said they were involved in a verbal argument inside the hookah bar with McClain when he was asked to leave. They fired outside when he was alleged to have shot at them. That self defense claim is under investigation. There were four security guards present, listed below – and upon our ENN investigation, only 2 of the four were licensed to be an active security guard (armed OR unarmed)…