43-year-old Clarence Carter reportedly walked up to a woman who was passing by him and spit in her face on February 6. Nearby officers quickly responded and found an inebriated and agitated Carter. When asked what happened, he volunteered that he had used crack cocaine just before spitting on the woman.
Metro Nashville Police were conducting surveillance at the Nashville Rescue Mission on February 3 when they observed 58-year-old Lawernce Storey place a small bag in his right boot after a hand-to-hand transaction. Detectives approached Storey and searched him, locating a small baggie with 7.5 grams of crack cocaine in his right boot. They also retrieved $475 in cash, which they seized, along with 1.5 grams of marijuana. Detectives recorded the transaction on video and took Storey into custody.
18-year-old Irwinn Rangel was charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent and possession of a weapon during a felony after wrecking his car and police found 8.8 grams of crack cocaine, a loaded Glock 19, and magazines inside a backpack in the car.
35-year-old Arthur Kinnard was charged with possession of cocaine with intent after getting caught in a drug bust that was executed at a residence on Wharf Avenue near Downtown Nashville.
24-year-old Joe Nail was charged with domestic assault after he attacked his girlfriend during an argument they were having over crack.
53-year-old Vicki Melvin now has 36 charges spread among 21 arrests. Her most recent was on Monday, when Metro Police charged her with a Class B Felony for crack cocaine, which would have carried an 8+ year sentence. The DA’s let her plea to a simple possession charge with a 6 month probated sentence, less than 24 hours after her arrest.
#Inglewood: overnight raid finds over half-pound of heroin, over quarter-pound of methamphetamine, 24 grams crack cocaine, 29 grams cocaine, & more in a Matthews Ave home. Nathaniel Key, 37, is held in lieu of a $375,000.00 bond.
Roger Lewis Eddings, 63, remains jailed today, charged with assuming a fighting stance and punching a Metro Nashville Police officer square in the face when the officer attempted to remove him from the roadway.
Johnny Burns, 43, says he traded crack cocaine for a stolen vehicle. He is held in lieu of $7,000 bond, charged with felony auto theft($2,500 – $10,000), and possession.
Don’t get woo’d. Mason had 9 individually wrapped baggies, packaged for sale, but the substances didn’t test positive for a narcotic.
