Tag: resiting arrest

Photographer Tanner Yeager jailed after kicking police officer in groin in downtown Nashville

Jason Steen

30-year-old fast-action photographer Tanner Yeager was jailed in Nashville early Sunday morning after reportedly kicking a Metro Nashville Police officer in the groin on Broadway in downtown Nashville. Officers initially responded to the call of Yeager being disorderly at a downtown venue, where he was being detained by security. When police arrived, he kicked his leg straight behind him and struck the responding officer directly in the groin. He was then taken to the ground and placed in a hobble restraint. He continued to be “unruly with police” en route to booking, according to the arrest report. 

Olivia Cooper Simmons arrested in FGL House Brawl in downtown Nashville

Jason Steen

23-year-old Olivia Cooper Simmons faces a multitude of charges after police arrived at the FGL House bar in downtown Nashville and found her clothing covered in the blood of a person they say she had just assaulted. The female victim was still bleeding profusely from the face when police arrived at the bar. Once at booking, Simmons attempted to shatter the patrol car window with her boot and cracked the door panel, and tried to kick and bite the officers. Her booking had to be delayed due to her aggressive behavior.

Retired MNPD Officer evades police, grabs for taser, injures officer during arrest after stomping child in stomach

Jason Steen

Kevin Caperton, a retired MNPD Officer is charged with evading arrest, assault of an officer, resisting arrest, and domestic violence – after he attempted to grab an officer’s taser and refused all commands during his arrest on Wednesday for ‘stomping’ his child in the stomach, after knocking her to the ground.