Tag: state trooper

Pennsylvania State Trooper Joseph Yingling starts a fight in Downtown Nashville

E.Z Emerson

42-year-old Joseph Francis Yingling, a Pennsylvania State Trooper, was involved in a scuffle with Liam Leyden at Bakersfield restaurant on 3rd Avenue South in the late hours of November 11th. Leyden spoke with officers and advised them that he and Yingling were arguing when he attacked him, putting him in a chokehold and throwing him to the ground. They began to fight, but their friends broke it up. Officers reviewed security footage, and it shows Yingling getting up and walking to Leyden before putting his hands on his neck, lifting him out of his seat, and throwing him to the floor. Yingling was taken into custody for aggravated assault.

DUI: Man says he had a “couple of beers” before driving on Christmas Eve: 89 in a 65 — Cameron Myatt

Jason Steen

32-year-old Cameron ‘Cam’ Myatt was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on Christmas Eve after a THP State Trooper paced him doing 89 in a 65 mph zone.

During the traffic stop, Myatt admitted to having “a couple of beers” prior to driving, and he performed poorly on field sobriety tests. Myatt was charged with DUI 1st, and is free on pre-trial release.

Man charged with pointing & waving gun in Nashville road rage incident — Mark Douglas Lanier arrested

Jason Steen

41-year-old Mark Douglas Lanier is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after troopers say he was driving a UHaul truck on a Nashville area interstate and became frustrated when he could not get into the lane and pointed and waved a handgun at another driver, who alerted authorities. He was reportedly screaming “let me the F— over” during the interaction. Lanier is free on a $7,500 cash bond.

Nashville man charged with DUI on Ellington Parkway — Jonas Bare arrested

Jason Steen

48-year-old Jonas Bare is free on a $2,500 bond after a State Trooper pulled him over early Sunday morning on Ellington Parkway after observing him driving erratically and crossing the center line multiple times in a white SUV. He reportedly reeked of alcohol and performed poorly on field sobriety tests. Bare is charged with DUI.

Is THP Trooper Will Matsunaga retaliating against his neighbor after she reported him for harassment?

Jason Steen

Below is a video of Tennessee High Patrol Trooper Will Matsunaga moving his vehicle. The video appears to show Trooper Matsunaga, who is parked beside his neighbor, move his vehicle, and re-park it in such a way that would make it nearly impossible for his neighbor to get into their vehicle at all, or without causing damage to his vehicle. This happened on Friday, 04/27. That’s important – because the day before, on Thursday, his neighbor had filed an official complaint against THP Trooper Matsunaga as he would not leave…