James Smith steals $980 worth of merchandise from Lowe’s across multiple incidents

78-year-old James Smith stole merchandise several times at the Nolensville Pike Lowe’s between June 1st and August 20th. Lowe’s asset protection employees told the police that an unknown male, later identified as Smith, entered the store and stole on six occasions. The stolen merchandise was valued at $980.22. During the investigation, detectives reviewed surveillance, which corroborated each theft. The footage showed Smith arriving and fleeing in the same vehicle each time. The police captured the car’s tags and discovered it was registered to Smith. After confirming Smith’s identity, officers obtained a warrant for his arrest on September 6th. Smith was later taken into custody for theft on September 10th.

Inmate Franklin Caceres-Ortega spits on DCSO Corporal multiple times

20-year-old Franklin Caceres-Ortega, an inmate in Davidson County Sheriff’s Office’s custody, had an altercation with Bryson Hayes, a DCSO Corporal, on December 1st. DCSO investigators provided detectives with surveillance of the incident, which showed Caceres-Ortega spit on Corporal Hayes on two separate occasions. During an interview, he admitted to spitting on him both times, and then he was charged with the assault of a first responder on January 26th.

Housekeeper Christianna Bush steals bag with laptop from room at Nashville hotel

28-year-old Christianna Bush was jailed this week on an outstanding warrant charging her with felony theft. Police say she was working as a housekeeper at a hotel in June of 2021 when she stole a bag from a guest room containing a Laptop, networking equipment, earbuds, and clothing. Security video shows her exiting the room with the bag on her supply cart and later exiting the building with the bag.

August Lee Church charged in road rage incident that ended with her pulling a gun on the victim

25-year-old August Lee Church faced multiple charges after a road rage incident. Remica Brown says she was driving home from work when a person, later identified as Church, rammed her vehicle multiple times and fled to a nearby apartment complex. Remica was able to follow her and confront her, however, Church then pulled a gun and threatened to shoot her. Police eventually identified her and issued warrants for her arrest, charging her with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism.

Derrick McNair charged in theft of items from man’s home, co-defendant still at-large

Police say 21-year-old Derrick McNair and Sydney Bell stole $9,610 worth of items from the home of Jose Gonzalez after Gonzalez had let Bell stay there for a few days when he had nowhere else to stay. After an argument ensued about her not cleaning up after herself, Jose went to work, only to return later to find multiple items missing from his home. A neighbor recognized McNair and Bell, and confronted them about taking the items from the home, but was unable to stop them. Warrants were issued from their arrest, and McNair was booked into custody this week.