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Joshua Crawford charged after punching & biting boyfriend during bedroom assault

Jason Steen

David Jones says his boyfriend, 28-year-old Joshua Crawford, woke him up from his sleep by yelling and screaming at him while holding his phone and asking him about things on it. As Jones reached up to retrieve his phone, he says Joshua Crawford punched him in the face to knock him back then continued to punch, scratch, and bite him. He then escaped to a bathroom, locked the door, and called police. Police documented multiple injuries on the victim’s body and took Crawford into custody.

Josh Faulkner charged in theft of vehicle and TV from friend

Jason Steen

Police made contact with 21-year-old Josh Faulkner, who was hunched over in front of a vehicle at the exit gate of the Cherry Creek Apartments. He told them he was trying to get inside the complex. As officers ran the tag of the vehicle it came back as stolen just minutes prior to them making contact. The owner of the vehicle also reported that a TV was stolen. When officers asked Faulkner about the TV, he took them to a field on a dead-end road where he dumped it. The victim, Tina Gamble, and the defendant knew each other.

Man charged with sexual battery of pregnant girlfriend — Jose Armando Espinoza

Jason Steen

40-year-old Jose Espinoza is charged with the sexual battery of his pregnant girlfriend. She reports to police that he became upset when she didn’t want to have sex and threw her to the ground, then used one of his hands to grab her pubic area repeatedly. She crossed her legs to prevent penetration, at which time he reportedly slapped her in the face. The two then argued about an STD and a stolen vehicle, at which time he again forced her to the ground.

Man charged in assault of ex-girlfriend, she bites him in self-defense — Kyler Shular arrested

Jason Steen

25-year-old Kyler Vance Shular is charged with felony aggravated assault/strangulation and false imprisonment after his ex-girlfriend came over to get her things from their shared apartment, to which she still had a key, and he reportedly became upset, pinned her to the floor, threatened her, then covered her mouth when the screamed. A neighbor heard the commotion and knocked on the door, allowing the victim, Halle Strunk, to escape.

Both parties had injuries as she fought back and bit him at least once in self-defense, however, police determined Shular to be the primary aggressor due to the disparity in physical sizes and severity of injuries between the parties. Shular is free on an $8,000 bond.

Woman stopped by neighbor as she picks up coffee table to assault boyfriend — Andrea Perez arrested

Jason Steen

38-year-old Andrea Lopez had just picked up an entire coffee table and was holding it about to strike her boyfriend, Michael Trestain, with it when a neighbor heard the commotion inside and opened their door and stopped her. She had already struck the victim multiple times, leaving visible injuries on his face and police documented the apartment had “a large amount of broken items, including glass and pieces of furniture, all over the apartment”.

Nashville man wore ballistic body armor while burglarizing vehicles “for his own protection”

Jason Steen

One citizen called police, while another held Kevon Sherrill at gunpoint after finding him rummaging through vehicles at a Hermitage apartment complex. Sherrill faces burglary and theft charges, and an additional felony charge for wearing body armor during the commission of a felony. He says he wore it “for his own protection”.

Man charged with kidnapping of woman outside The Rusty Nail bar

Jason Steen

30-year-old Ryan Sims is free on a $39,000 bond after being charged with the kidnapping of a woman at The Rusty Nail bar in Hermitage, and the assault of two witnesses who attempted to intervene as he pulled a gun on one and said “don’t roll up on me” and shoved another.

Two charged after they were unable to outrun police, despite tries using a car and their feet

Zach Norfleet

34-year-old Robert Pride and 31-year-old Mark Johnson both bailed from a car they were fleeing in after police located it. They decided to make a run for it on foot. The pair was apprehended after a “short foot pursuit” by MNPD, as they were unable to outrun the officers, despite their best efforts.

Hermitage man destroys mother’s bedroom door while she’s inside

Blaine Kellar

22-year-old Preston Weatherby was charged with vandalism of his mother’s door during an altercation in Hermitage. Weatherby was reportedly inebriated and damaged his mother’s door in multiple places after she attempted to remove herself from the argument.

Man forces ex-lover to snort heroin off knife; threatens to kill her if she blows it away again

Blaine Kellar

56-year-old Jack Curtis was charged with aggravated assault for an October incident involving an injury to his roommate, Betty O’Kelley. Curtis’ charges come in lieu of causing anal sepsis on O’Kelley as well as forcing her to overdose on heroin, per report.