Madelyn Vasquez assaults brother’s girlfriend during argument

20-year-old Madelyn Juliet Vasquez had a scuffle with her roommate, Diana Laura Monge Tapia, at Myatt Drive late at night on December 22nd. Tapia advised officers that she was having a verbal altercation with Anderson Vasquez, her boyfriend, who is Vasquez’s brother, when Vasquez entered the room, stating, “Do not touch or talk to my brother like that again.” Tapia replied, “And if I do, what are you going to do?” Then, Vasquez got off the couch, charged at her, and began pulling her hair, causing a fight. Officers observed visible injuries to Tapia’s ear and around the back of her neck, including bruises and scratches. Vasquez provided them with a similar story, stating she overheard her brother and Tapia arguing, so Madelyn told Tapia never to touch him again. Madelyn stated that Tapia kept following her around the house, so Vasquez started pulling her hair, initiating a fight. Anderson advised officers that things cooled down once he broke up the fight. Vasquez was deemed the primary aggressor and taken into custody for domestic assault on December 23rd.

Justin Baldwin charged with domestic assault; “I’ll choke you out like I did before!”

27-year-old Justin Baldwin was jailed on Wednesday afternoon for threatening a woman on Myatt Drive. Amber Allen told police Baldwin had threatened her multiple times, stating, “I’ll choke you out like I did before” and “If you come over here, I’ll beat your ass, and it won’t end well.” As she drove away from the residence, Baldwin ran after the car with an unknown object in his hand. Due to the past domestic history between the two, Amber feared he would hurt her.

Belligerent man causes a ruckus at ex-girlfriend’s parents’ house

22-year-old Preston Oldham was charged with domestic assault and leaving the scene of an accident when he caused a disturbance outside his ex-girlfriend’s parents’ house then threatened her father when he came outside to address the situation.

Police recognize Madison woman with warrants; vehicle search yields more paraphernalia

44-year-old Jessica Rippey was charged with two counts of drug paraphernalia and violation of open container law stemming from a December 2019 incident where she backed into a parked vehicle at Town & Country Ford. Officers spotted her six months later in Madison and searched her vehicle again to find more paraphernalia.

Husband forced wife into prostitution in Nashville, became her pimp

40-year-old Jared Short is charged with domestic assault and trafficking for a commercial sex act near a school or park zone after police found that he forced his wife to become a prostitute through physical violence and the threat of leaving her homeless with their children.