25-year-old Ni’Chee’La Johnson was involved in a fight at Minerva Avenue on September 10th. Officers were flagged down by security for service regarding a physical altercation. Johnson punched Kanette Campbell on the left side of her face as officers attempted to break up the fight. Minerva Avenue had a camera outside of the establishment that recorded the incident. Johnson was taken into custody for assault on October 24th.
73-year-old Funeral Home Owner Melvin Smith, of Smith Brothers Funeral Directors on Monroe Street, hired Nalor Smith to repair some potholes in the parking lot of his North Nashville funeral home on January 7. When the job was complete, Smith reportedly broke their verbal agreement on the terms of the work and stated he wasn’t going to pay Nalor for his work. Nalor and his two employees prepared to dig up the work they had already completed since it wasn’t going to be paid for, and Melvin Smith brandished a handgun and first a shot into the air at 3:50 p.m. This placed all of the workers in fear, and they packed their things and waited for the police in the parking lot across the street.
31-year-old Antoinette Rucker was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after splashing Gatorade on her roommate and then pulling a knife on him over an argument about smoking in the house.
