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Bruce Rodgers found stumbling around parking lot while drunk

Ke'Shaun Witherspoon

46-year-old Bruce Rodgers was seen publicly intoxicated at a parking lot near Gallatin Pike on June 8th. Officers observed Rodgers stumbling and lying down in the parking lot. A car approached the officers, telling them Rodgers was heavily intoxicated and had passed out twice. Officers then made contact with Rodgers, who admitted to them that he had something to drink. Officers then asked Rodgers where he lived, but he was unable to provide his address. Rodgers also told officers that he had a ride home but was too intoxicated to use his phone. Rodgers had trouble standing when asked, so officers determined he was too intoxicated to care for himself. Rodgers was taken into custody for public intoxication on June 9th.

DUI: Kevin Wood crashes into parked car after attempting to avoid another driver

E.Z Emerson

28-year-old Kevin James Wood drove and hit a parked car near Joseph Avenue and Richardson Avenue in the early hours of May 19th. When officers arrived, they observed a parked car with damage on the side of the road before noticing a vehicle down the road, wrecked and blocking the road. Officers approached the car and located Wood in the driver’s seat. Wood stated he was driving down Joseph Avenue when a car came close to him, so he tried to avoid it and hit the parked car. Wood said that he rolled down the street and could not stop. Wood denied consuming any alcohol, consented to sobriety tests, and performed poorly. After Wood was detained, officers searched him and found a plastic tube from a weed pen in his pocket that he said he used to smoke weed out of. He was informed of implied consent and agreed to provide a blood sample. Then, under Miranda, Wood admitted to drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana earlier in the day. Wood was taken into custody for driving under the influence and the unlawful use of drug paraphernalia.

DUI: Terrence Harris found sleeping in Chevy Tahoe after drinking Hennessy

E.Z Emerson

52-year-old Terrence Harris was observed sleeping in his white Chevy Tahoe with the engine running near a North 5th Street residence early May 19th. Officers noticed the Tahoe in the middle of the roadway and approached it, where they located Harris, who was waking up. Officers had him exit his vehicle, during which he showed signs of intoxication and admitted to consuming alcohol. Harris refused to take sobriety tests, so officers detained him. After officers informed Harris of implied consent, he declined to provide a chemical sample. During a subsequent search of his Tahoe, officers found an open bottle of Hennessy behind the center console. Harris was taken into custody for driving under the influence, an open-container violation, and an implied consent violation.

Spencer Fritz refuses to leave Z-Mart despite being told numerous times to leave

E.Z Emerson

32-year-old Spencer Fritz trespassed at the Dickerson Pike Z-Mart late May 18th. Deputies were told that a white male wearing a blue shirt with blonde hair, later identified as Fritz, had been warned multiple times by employees that he was not allowed to be there. When officers arrived, they located Fritz and asked him if he had permission to be there, to which he stated no. Fritz added that he had been told by employees and police the day before that he was not allowed on the property, but he still returned. Officers discovered that the location had an active trespass waiver and detained Fritz for the incident. During a subsequent search of him, officers found a marijuana pipe with a “chore boy” in his left pocket, meant to smoke marijuana. Fritz also admitted that he had a metal push rod in his right pocket for drug use. Fritz was taken into custody for criminal trespass and the unlawful use of drug paraphernalia on May 19th.

Christine Qualls punches man in face repeatedly during sex because “his lips were cold”

E.Z Emerson

25-year-old Christine Qualls had a domestic dispute with her intimate partner, Christopher Idle, at his Harmony Way residence on March 25th. When the officers arrived, they spoke with Idle, who stated that they had returned from the bar and started to engage in an intimate act. During said intimate act, Idle drank some water, causing her to become angry because “his lips were cold.” Qualls then began punching him in the face repeatedly, leaving swelling to the left side of his face. Qualls told officers that there was not a physical altercation. Qualls was taken into custody for domestic assault.

Chef Chris Polley breaks into ex-boyfriend’s home, steals cologne & vinyl records

Jason Steen

38-year-old Chef Christopher Polley was jailed Thursday on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges in Nashville. Police say he was caught on camera kicking through his ex-boyfriend’s door on N 2nd Street on Christmas Day. He does not live at the location and had no permission to be in the residence of his former lover, Philippe Boehm. Chef Polley, who until recently was the chef at Burger + Grain in the Nations, reportedly stole six bottles of cologne, valued at $500 each, and ten vinyl records, valued at approximately $200 each. Polley was clearly identified from a home security video, which was reviewed by police. In addition to kicking through the victim’s bedroom door, the back door has also been forced open, with a footprint on the door. Warrants were issued for Polley’s arrest, and he was taken into custody in the days following the incident.

DUI: Marissa Marshall has “3 Green Tea shots” before driving

E.Z Emerson

26-year-old Marissa Marshall crashed her Nissan at North 9th Street on November 12. Marshall advised officers she had too much to drink as she admitted to consuming three Green Tea shots before driving into a parked car. Officers observed her to be visibly intoxicated after she consented to sobriety tests and performed poorly. Marshall told officers that she had marijuana after she was read implied consent and agreed to provide a blood sample. Marshall was Mirandized and then taken into custody for driving under the influence, failing to provide evidence of compliance and possession.

Tralarrious Harrison crashes into police officer’s car; charged with DUI

E.Z Emerson

21-year-old Tralarrious Harrison crashed his girlfriend’s black Sedan into an officer’s vehicle at the intersection of Dickerson Pk and Ewing Dr. on October 21st. Officers responded to the scene and observed a male get out of the passenger side of the Sedan and flee the scene. Harrison was visibly intoxicated as officers approached him and noticed he did not have shoes on before transporting him to General Hospital. Officers spoke with Harrison, and before they could ask him, he told them that he “was not the driver of the vehicle,” that he “messed his girlfriend’s car up,” that he was “extremely intoxicated,” and that he “exited the driver’s side after the crash.” Officers found a 24 oz Coors Light can with beer still in it and a plastic bag with 6.66 grams of a marijuana-like substance. Harrison was taken into custody for possession, driving under the influence, and an open container violation.

Nicola Gayel bites boyfriend, assaults him with a stick; given $100 bond

E.Z Emerson

On October 1st, Officers responded to Litton Ave. about a possible domestic disturbance. Oraysha Stuart, the caller, and his girlfriend, 38-year-old Nicola Gayel, were standing next to each other in the parking lot of their apartment complex when Officers arrived. Officers spoke with Stuart first, and he stated Gayel confronted him about his ex-girlfriend, saying he was hanging out with her and texting her. Stuart then says Gayel became angry and began to grab his shirt and pull him across the parking lot before biting him and hitting him with a stick. Officers then spoke with Gayel, and she confirmed the incident by admitting to confronting Stuart about his ex-girlfriend, biting him, grabbing his shirt, and hitting him with a stick. Due to Gayel’s admissions, she was deemed the aggressor and was taken into custody. Stuart did not wish to prosecute.

Drunk and disorderly in East Nashville — Sumedha Sagar arrested

Jason Steen

Police responded to a disorderly person at Canvas East Nashville late Monday night and encountered 30-year-old Sumedha Sagar, who was attempting to climb over a fence. She then repeatedly banged on a door, yelling loudly to be let in. She was extremely intoxicated and unable to care for herself. She was transported to booking and charged with public intoxication.