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45-year-old Scott Branch was seen threatening Raymin Dis, a gas station cashier, with a weapon at a Main 5 Gas Station on Main Street on August 18th. Officers were dispatched to the gas station for a report of a person with a weapon threatening people inside. The caller informed officers that there was a man wearing brown pants with no shirt on who threatened the cashier with a knife before leaving the store. While officers were on their way to the scene, they found Branch walking on the shoulder of Ellington Parkway South dangerously close to traffic. Officers then observed Branch cross over the median and two lanes of traffic before walking onto the right shoulder of Ellington Parkway North. After this, officers made contact with Branch, who appeared intoxicated and was stumbling.
Branch refused to comply with officers’ commands, so he was taken into custody and found to have a large fixed-blade knife in his front pants pocket. Officers then returned to the gas station and reviewed the camera footage. The footage showed Branch stumbling through the parking lot, dropping the large knife on the ground, and entering the store. While inside the store, Branch was pacing erratically, yelling at other customers and waving his arms aggressively. Officers then spoke with Dis, who stated he told Branch he needed to leave. Dis informed officers that Branch refused to leave, told Dis that he had a knife, and began yelling at him. Branch was then seen in the video pulling a large knife out and pointing it toward Dis. Dis told officers that Branch stated that he would kill him before leaving the store. Branch was then deemed the primary aggressor, and he was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and publicly intoxicated.
Scott Jason Branch was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on August 18th, charged with public intoxication and aggravated assault. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $10,100.
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