Metro Police had a road blocked off due to a downed power line Saturday in East Nashville when they say 38-year-old Christopher Mask just simply ignored them and all their flashing lights and emergency equipment, and tried to continue on his way. Police were able to stop the car and immediately noticed a strong smell of alcohol. Mash told them he had just consumed a vodka drink at the Lipstick Lounge prior to driving. Mask performed poorly on field sobriety tests and was transported to booking.
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Man charged with DUI after truck engulfed in flames — Joel Cantin
Police made contact with 50-year-old Joel Cantin at 2700 Gallatin Pike Sunday night as his silver Ford F-150 was engulfed in flames. He had escaped the fire and was standing next to a building. He stated he hit a curb which caused his tire to burst, and was driving on the rim and wasn’t aware his truck was on fire until another motorist motioned to him. He was unsure for how long he had been driving like that, but NFD confirmed the tire was completely gone. Police say he was obviously intoxicated and admitted to drinking “a couple of beers”
DUI: Where are you going? “Just a few licenses away” — Samuel Fruend, arrested
Metro Nashville Police found 29-year-old Samuel Fruend slumped over in the seat of his vehicle, which was parked in the middle of a lane of travel in East Nashville. As they woke him up, they asked where he was trying to go, to which Fruend replied “just a few licenses away”, and was unsure what part of town he was in. He stated he had one drink at Basement East before the incident, and more drinks at another bar before that. He eventually blew a 0.165% BAC and was taken into custody.
DUI: Clayton Thomas Brown says he “had a few” & police find him with open Bow Echo IPA
A concerned citizen called Metro Police about a man driving a white Mercedes SUV who they believed to be intoxicated in the Cookout parking lot on Gallatin Pike. Police made contact with the driver, 36-year-old Clayton Thomas Brown, who was still in the driver’s seat with the engine running and observed an open Bow Echo IPA beer in the cupholder. He admitted to having “a few beers”, and was taken into custody. Brown refused all field sobriety, breath, and blood tests.
DUI: Man charged after driving wrong way on one-way street downtown — Brendon Powell
Metro Police observed 33-year-old Bendon Powell traveling the wrong way on a one-way street in downtown Nashville Saturday, then hitting a traffic cone as he took a wide turn onto Broadway at a high rate of speed. After conducting a traffic stop, officers described Powell as showing obvious signs of impairment and “indifferent” in his mental state about the current situation. He denied any medical conditions and performed poorly on all field sobriety tests. An officer actually had to catch him as he was falling onto the concrete during one of the tests.
DUI: Nashville Realtor crashes into a parked car after Margaritas & Tequila — Samantha Patton
25-year-old Nashville Realtor Samantha ‘Sammie’ Patton was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Friday evening after leaving Cilantro Mexican Grill, where she says she had two margaritas and a shot of tequila before driving. Officers say she left the restaurant and proceeded onto Eastland Ave where she struck a parked vehicle. When officers and medics responded to the overturned vehicle they found Patton extremely impaired. She refused a breath test.
Nashville Rapper Tazzo arrested in felony domestic violence case — Ronteze Bowden
32-year-old Ronteze Bowden, better known as Nashville rapper Tezzo, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Thursday on outstanding warrants from 2020 charging him with felony aggravated assault and interference with a 911 call. The warrants allege Bowden and his then-girlfriend, Erica Lillard, were in an argument about rent money when the assaulted her with a bottle of water, then wrapped his arms around her beck from behind causing her to be unable to breathe when he realized she was calling 911.
Man pulls gun on girlfriend when phone rings at 3 a.m. — Ralph Frierson arrested
In mid-January, Octavia Evans says she was sleeping at her boyfriend’s house on Bank Street when her phone rang a 3:40 a.m. from a female friend. Her boyfriend, 29-year-old Ralph Frierson, heard her talking and reportedly came into the room demanding to know who she was speaking to, convinced it was another man. She says she explained it was one of her girlfriends, but he pulled out a black handgun and threatened to kill her if she didn’t immediately leave his home. She says as she was grabbing her things he placed the gun to her head and told her to exit via the rear door.
Drunk man ends up on wrong East Nashville Porch — Benjamin Wilkinson arrested
Metro Police found 24-year-old Benjamin Wilkinson standing on a front porch of a Boscobel Street home in East Nashville this weekend. He was banging on the front door and asking to come inside, believing he was at the correct house. Police determined he was heavily intoxicated, and at the wrong house.
Wilkinson was transported to booking, and charged with public intoxication.
Man found sleeping off his intoxication on stranger’s East Nashville Porch— Zachary Yonts arrested
Metro Police arrived to find 28-year-old Zachary Tyler Yonts asleep in a chair on the front port of an East Nashville home on Marsden Ave just before daylight Sunday. The residents had initially called police to report a stranger knocking on their front door. Officers woke the man up and determined he was intoxicated to the point he was unable to care for himself, and it was unsafe to leave him in public.
He was transported to booking and charged with public intoxication.