While responding to a different call, officers discovered 21-year-old Kayla Knox stepping out of her wrecked vehicle in the median of I-40. She told officers she had just left Play Dance Bar where she drank shots and was trying to get home to Clarksville. She refused to remove her heels and performed field sobriety tests wearing them. She was charged with DUI.
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Lawyers, gems, and judges, Oh My! — Latrice Hughes charged with harassment of Newton Holiday
48-year-old former Volunteer Police Chaplain Latrice Hughes was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail over the weekend, charged with harassment of her ex-boyfriend, Nashville Lawyer Newton Holiday. Court records allege she posted a video online titled “Pu**yMonsters” in which she mentions Holiday, Judge Allegra Walker, a murder over gems used as real estate collateral, all reportedly in violation of an active order of protection.
DUI: Bria Brooks charged after crossing 3 lanes of traffic, crashing into airport fence
When Police found 34-year-old Bria Brooks wrecked into a fence near the airport on Murfreesboro Pike at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, she wasn’t sure what had happened, where she had been, where she was going and insisted her credit card was her identification.
She admitted to drinking “a little” according to an arrest warrant.
Tourist charged with assault of girlfriend at hotel after drinking at bar — Kyle Maike arrested
27-year-old tourist Kyle Maike, from Idaho, was charged with domestic assault with bodily injury at a Nashville Hotel this weekend after police say he put his hands on his girlfriend, Ashleigh Woods, as they were coming back to the hotel from a bar. He reportedly pinned her against a wall, ripped the phone cord from the wall, and left her jacket bloody and torn from a struggle.
Maike is free on a $1,000 cash bond.
Local drinks too much vodka on Broadway, charged with public intoxication — Mario Sardagna
Metro Nashville Police took 48-year-old Mario Sardagna into custody Saturday afternoon at 401 Broadway, Merchants Restaurant. Officer Sean Pulizzano says the local man was extremely intoxicated and was annoying people in the area of the restaurant, and could not stand up without swaying. Sardagna told police he drank too much vodka and apologized.
Sardagna was transported to booking and charged with public intoxication.
Secret Ford & Nemani Braden charged in underage DUI after drinking at Chicken Coop Bar in Nashville
Secret Ford & Nemani Braden, both 19-years-old, are now formally charged in a DUI crash that caused multiple injuries in June. Ford was booked on the day of the crash, while Braden was taken into custody this week on the outstanding warrant as she was hospitalized the day of the incident. Ford, who owned the vehicle and was in the passenger seat, allowed Braden to drive, knowing they were both heavily intoxicated.
They were out with a group of underage friends and had been drinking at “Toxic Tuesdays” at the Chicken Coop 615 bar.
Sara Evans filed for divorce prior to Jay Barker’s arrest for attempting to run over her with a vehicle
Musician Sara Evans Barker filed for divorce from former football quarterback and radio personality Harry ‘Jay’ Jerome Barker in August of 2021, citing “irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital conduct”. Jay was not participating in court proceedings, and Sara’s lawyer last month requested a Nashville Judge to enter a default judgment, granting the divorce according to the terms of their 2008 marriage agreement, which would leave both parties as they came to the marriage, with no additional monies or assets granted to either party upon divorce, and removing either party from any asset claims or distribution upon the death of either party if a divorce occurred.
On January 15th, Metro Nashville Police arrested Harry ‘Jay’ Jerome Barker, charging him with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after they say he got into his vehicle and drove in reverse at a high rate of speed in an attempt to ram a vehicle in which his estranged wife, Sara Evans, was a passenger.
Man says she intentionally rammed vehicle into tree after drinking White Claw — Anthony Castiglia
25-year-old Anthony Castiglia was booked on a citation for DUI this week stemming from a December crash that sent him to the hospital. Court records show Castiglia told officers he intentionally rammed his vehicle into a tree on Ellison Place.
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Officers found several consumed cans of White Claw in both the front and back seats of the vehicle. He was transported to Vanderbilt and admitted due to internal injuries.
DUI: Man blows over double legal BAC limit after I-40 crash — Robert Cade Marklein arrested
When police responded to a crash on I-40, 24-year-old Robert “Cade” Marklein told officers a car forced him into the guardrail and off the roadway. Officers, however, noticed Marklein appeared to be heavily intoxicated, and after questioning, Marklein admitted to drinking “two beers” earlier in the night.
He eventually blew more than double the legal limit, a 0.185% BAC and was charged with DUI and driving on a suspended license. Cade Marklein is free on a $2,500 bond.
Chris Dye charged in violent assault of girlfriend in downtown Nashville
24-year-old Chris Dye was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail Wednesday on an outstanding warrant from Novembercharging him with domestic assault with bodily injury. His girlfriend, Courtney Steck, told police they went out to the W Hotel with friends, and as they were leaving she was putting up her hair and he became enraged, pulling her hair, slapping, and punching her.
Police noticed her damaged phone, which Dye also reportedly tossed along with her wallet. Once back at her apartment she says he punched her in the face, damaged her glasses, and pushed her into a wall. Dye is free on a $1,000 bond.