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Alejandro Morales-Campos punches girlfriend after learning she cheated on him

E.Z Emerson

29-year-old Alejandro Morales Campos had a domestic altercation with his girlfriend, Jade Frazier, at a Leatherwood Drive residence on July 18th. Responding officers located Campos with Frazier’s light blue phone case and detained him. Under Miranda, he agreed to speak with officers. He stated that he confronted Frazier regarding suspicions that she was cheating on him. Campos explained that the neighbor told him she brings over a new guy daily. Then, Campos admitted to pushing her into the restroom before grabbing her phone. He said he circled the block as he checked her phone. While doing this, Campos said he found messages between her and another man, where she told him she loved him. Then, he told officers he returned to the residence, punched her in the face, and gave her the phone back. Campos added that he had been suicidal since age 10. When officers spoke with Frazier, she stated the red marks on her cheek and neck were sustained from Campos attacking her. Campos was then taken into custody for domestic assault.

DUI: Nathaniel Mergen refuses blood test after crashing car, says he’s afraid of needles

E.Z Emerson

22-year-old Nathaniel Mergen was involved in a motor vehicle accident near Elm Hill Pike and the Briley Parkway South Entrance ramp on July 9th. When officers arrived, they located Mergen and noticed he showed signs of impairment. NFD CPT Ambergey, advised officers that Mergen threw out an empty RITAS Mango-o-Rita tall boy can on the ground. Police prompted Mergen with sobriety tests, during which he performed poorly and was detained for the incident. Toward the end of the tests, Mergen stated he had smoked a marijuana vape and drank earlier throughout the day. Then, he was transported to Nashville General Hospital, where he refused to give a blood sample. Mergen told staff he was allegedly afraid of needles and that marijuana would show up on the test. Mergen was then taken into custody for driving under the influence on July 10th.

Mackenze Hedstrom jailed after stealing over $13,000 from multiple employers

Ke'Shaun Witherspoon

23-year-old Mackenze Hedstrom was caught stealing from the Lowes on Old Hickory Boulevard on June 21st. When officers arrived, Lowes employees informed officers that Hedstrom was leaving on foot. When officers detained Hedstrom, they discovered she had a warrant, so she was taken into custody. Upon searching Hedstrom, officers found a baggie in her purse containing a white powdery substance consistent with narcotics. Officers again spoke with employees and discovered that Hedstrom had been stealing from the establishment since May. After an interview with Hedstrom, she admitted to stealing and signed a confession to the crime. The money that went missing was over $2,691.

The warrant had to do with a case involving Habor Freight Tools. The loss prevention manager for the Harbor Freight Tools on Lebanon Pike contacted authorities, stating that $10,992 was stolen from the store between February 2nd and March 21st. The store provided officers with video footage of multiple incidents showing Hedstrom, a former employee, taking money from the cash drawer. Mackenze Hedstrom was taken into custody and charged with possession of a controlled substance and two counts of theft on June 21st.
The warrant had to do with a case involving Habor Freight Tools. The loss prevention manager for the Harbor Freight Tools on Lebanon Pike contacted authorities, stating that $10,992 was stolen from the store between February 2nd and March 21st. The store provided officers with video footage of multiple incidents showing Hedstrom, a former employee, taking money from the cash drawer.

Mackenze Hedstrom was taken into custody and charged with possession of a controlled substance and two counts of theft on June 21st.

Dequanya McCord indicted after stealing $250,000 from Family Leisure

E.Z Emerson

A Davidson County Grand Jury indicted 25-year-old Dequanya Sade McCord for theft, forgery, and forfeiture on December 7th. The indictment alleges that McCord, from the 6th day of July 2021 through the 4th day of October 2021, in Davidson County, Tennessee, and before finding this indictment, knowingly did obtain or exercise control over certain property, and falsified invoices to wit: $250,000, or more, the property of Family Leisure, without the effective consent of Family Leisure, with intent to deprive Family Leisure of the property. McCord did acquire an interest in, or receive, certain personal property, to wit: $260,050.44. McCord was taken into custody on May 5th, 2024.

Jacobi Austin assaults girlfriend at her workplace, tells police to shoot him

E.Z Emerson

23-year-old Jacobi Austin had a domestic incident with his girlfriend, Iyohnna Galloway, at her job on Marriott Drive in the afternoon of April 12th. When the officers arrived, they spoke with Galloway, who explained that she and Austin argued after she asked to use the car to get to work. Austin did not allow her to use the car, so she walked to work. Then, a few hours later, Austin showed up unannounced and started getting aggressive toward her for leaving. One of her co-workers, Dwight Williams, witnessed Austin start tensing up and had to tell him to calm down. Galloway stated she was scared and went downstairs to the lobby to be around other employees. After they spoke briefly, she entered the elevator to return to her workspace, where he followed. Once the elevator door closed, Austin pushed and pinned her several times on the wall. After investigating, officers obtained a warrant for Austin’s arrest and went to his listed address at The Highland on Briley Apartments to serve him. When they arrived, he was not there, so they checked the rear of the complex near the leasing office and located his vehicle. Officers then entered the gym, found him hiding, and detained him. While they were escorting Austin to their patrol car, he started resisting, stating that he needed officers to shoot him because he was not going to jail. Officers then placed him on the ground and hobbled him. When officers tried to put Austin in the car, he grabbed ahold of the rear door seal, damaged it, broke out of the hobbles, and tried to run away until officers finally caught him. Austin was taken into custody for resisting arrest, domestic assault, vandalism, and evading arrest on April 13th.

Arlington Castle shoots at car, caught with 8.6 grams of cocaine

Lashaya Williams

24-year-old Arlington Castle was booked on March 20th after reports from several witnesses of shots fired on Columbus Boulevard. Witnesses stated they saw a black male subject shooting toward an apartment complex and running toward the street. When police arrived, they observed Castle in the middle of the street, shooting at the windshield of a black four-door sedan. Castle then surrendered to the police and was detained. Officers located a black and silver Taurus G2c 9mm handgun. There were five bronze 9mm casings along the road where officers witnessed the shooting. The vehicle that was being shot at fled Northbound on Briley Parkway. During the search of Castle’s person, officers located three plastic bags of cocaine inside his fanny pack. The total weight of the baggies combined was 8.6 grams. There was also a digital scale, which officers noted is usually used for the distribution of controlled substances. Castle was then transported to booking.

Joe Mohan found passed out in Four Points Airport Hotel after screaming about Cocaine

E.Z Emerson

36-year-old Joe Thomas Mohan was disorderly at Four Points by Sheraton-Nashville Airport on the afternoon of March 5th. Officers arrived and spoke with Four Points employees. Employees advised officers that Mohan was in the lobby screaming about cocaine and reeking of alcohol before he disappeared. Then, employees found him lying on the ground on the second floor, where he declined medical assistance. Mohan was taken into custody for public intoxication.

Edward Morena exposes intimate video to ex-girlfriend’s parents

E.Z Emerson

27-year-old Edward Morena was taken into custody for unlawful exposure, violating an order of protection, and domestic assault on February 27th. On October 23rd, Genesis Jose Mendez Castellanos, Morena’s ex-girlfriend, told officers that she obtained an order of protection against him, which was served to him on September 25th, due to prior attacks that happened in Panama City, and then advised she came to Tennessee to get away from him. Castellanos told them that on October 1st, Morena sent an intimate video of them to her family and Jose Gonzalez before blocking him. She provided screenshots of her mother receiving the video and told officers that it was supposed to remain private. Then, she explained that on October 3rd, Morena threatened her via audio messages, saying he would shoot himself after shooting her and everyone else. Castellanos then told them that on October 7th, he messaged her through WhatsApp, which she uses to speak with their 7-year-old. She said it had to have been Morena because her child cannot spell in Spanish.

Asia McMillian-Whittaker rips boyfriend’s dreads out during argument over Amazon Flex

E.Z Emerson

26-year-old Asia McMillan-Whitaker and her boyfriend, Henry Lee Mitchell, had a domestic scuffle at 11th Avenue North on December 23rd. Mitchell talked to the officers as they arrived and advised them that he and McMillan-Whitaker argued while working Amazon Flex. Then, she pulled him out of the vehicle by his hair, ripping several dreads out. A physical struggle ensued, and she continued to pull his hair and punch him repeatedly. Officers observed the dreads on the ground and spoke with McMillan-Whitaker, who gave a similar account of events, admitting to pulling his dreads when he refused to get out of her vehicle. She was taken into custody for two counts of domestic assault.

Tyeisha Harris indicted on theft of gift cards from Target

Sebastian Shaw

18-year-old Tyeisha Harris was indicted by the July Davidson County Grand Jury for property theft. Between January 11th and 25th, she knowingly stole gift cards from Target. The amount stolen is between $2,500 to $10,000. A judicial commissioner set her bond at $2,500.