Tag: felony theft

East Nashville Kroger employee confesses to stealing nearly $15,000 — Tavaris James

Jason Steen

26-year-old Tavaris James was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Wednesday night, charged with stealing $14,733.45 from his employer, the East Nashville Kroger. In a videotaped confession, James admitted on most days he worked he would sign into the self-checkout system and issue a voucher for around $500 and then either cash it out or load it onto his own debit card or a chime card. He would then spend the money on himself and his family, which he often documented in his shopping bags on social media. He is charged with felony theft and free on a $15,000 bond.

Opry Mills Adidas Outlet employee charged in retail return fraud scheme — Kelly Etheridge

Jason Steen

28-year-old Kelly Etheridge faces a felony theft charge after confessing to embezzling over $2100 from the Adidas Outlet in the Opry Mills Mall by pocketing money from fake returns. After loss prevention confronted her, she admitted to the theft, which took place over a few weeks. She is free on pre-trial release.

Notorious Nashville Fraudster & Diamond Thief Keegan Higginbotham surrenders on felony warrants

Jason Steen

At 18-years-old, Keegan Higginbotham thought he found the path to easy cash money – defrauding banks, defrauding unemployment, and stealing diamonds from department stores, while displaying it all for the world to see on his social media and OnlyFans. Months later, his world is now crashing down around him with warrants popping up in jurisdiction after jurisdiction, and new investigations opening daily – and they’re proving to be easy cases when he does things like pawn the stolen diamonds using his own ID.

Serial thief caught again trying to steal over $240 in items from Walmart

Seth Gann

50-year-old Mark Artis was charged with burglary and theft of merchandise after he was caught trying to steal $243 worth of merchandise from Walmart on Dickerson Pike. According to court records, he has been convicted of theft 8 times since August 2012 and had 2 other charges dismissed.

Employee confesses to stealing $2100 of alcohol from Lipman Brothers warehouse

Drew Burnett

49-year-old Rubin Miles was charged with theft of merchandise after stealing $2100.00 worth of alcohol from his employer, the Lipman Brothers.

Man charged with pawning TV from furnished apartment.

Jason Steen

In the ‘that doesn’t belong to you’ department, Dustin Gordan was arrested this week on an outstanding warrant charging him with pawning a $1200 television from a furnished apartment he rented.

Man savagely beats brother with guitar while allegedly high on cocaine; $2,000 missing, blood everywhere

Jason Steen

Metro Nashville Police described the room as ‘bloody’ and ‘in shambles’ after one brother savagely beat another with a guitar, as he lay in wait for him to exit the shower. It all began when one brother left money in a backpack of the other brother’s car, and ended with one brother passed covered in bloody clothes & cocaine spilled across his cell phone, while the other brother received 8 staples in the back of his head. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a local musician called his brother,…

He stole his girlfriend’s iPhone & car key, fled campus, dared her to file charges. She did.

Jason Steen

20-year-old Jalen Radford was sitting in his girlfriend’s vehicle on the TSU Campus on April 28th, when he suddenly took her vehicle key fob and iPhone XS Max, and fled the campus. When the phone was tracked to his home while she was in police headquarters, he told them “file charges, I don’t care”.