Top 5 Things You Should Know Today (01-21-19)

AGENTS ARREST MAN THEY THINK IS TIED TO MEXICAN CARTEL

The 18th Judicial Drug Task Force raided an upscale Hendersonville home and agents seizied an astonishing amount of heroin and fentanyl. Drug agents also seized expensive cars, cash and multiple weapons hidden in rooms around the house. They arrested 38 year old Bobby Dejuan Garrett, a man drug investigators call a high-level heroin dealer with “probable” ties to the Mexican Cartels. Garret was renting the upscale Hendersonville home at the time of his arrest. Garrett is currently in the Sumner county jail under a 2 million dollar bond.


OFFICER KILLED IN HAWAII WORKED IN NASHVILLE

The death of a Honolulu officer over the weekend has hit home in Middle Tennessee. Officers Tiffany-Victoria Bilon Enriquez, was a former Montgomery County jailer and Kaulike Kalama were responding to an apparent tenant-landlord dispute when they were shot and killed. Enriquez served as a deputy jailer for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office from 2007 to 2011. The MCSO also confirms Enriquez served in the Air Force. She later moved back to Hawaii where she became a seven-year veteran of the Honolulu Police Department.


MAN SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

42-year-old Cecil Woodard was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison. Court documents state that from April-June of 2016, Woodard subjected a child to acts of sexual abuse, including rape. While committing these acts, Woodard recorded over 300 sexually explicit images and produced more than 20 videos of this child and distributed it on the internet. This case was investigated by the Metro police and the FBI.


MAN SHOT ON I-24

Metro police are investigating after a man was shot on I-24 West Monday afternoon. According to police, the man was shot while driving on I-24 West near Hermitage Avenue south of downtown Nashville. Officers say a man with a beard and a semi-automatic handgun driving a newer model maroon vehicle shot into the passenger side of the victim’s vehicle and pulled off the Hermitage Avenue exit. Police say the victim had serious but not life-threatening injuries.The investigation is ongoing.


MAN SHOOTS HIS MOTHER

Mt. Juliet police are investigating after a man shot his mother at Meridian at Providence Apartments on Providence Trail near Belinda Parkway. Officers found a 48-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds to her body. She was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she remains in critical condition. 26 year old Jerald Riggs quickly arrested. Police said they discovered Riggs lived in the complex with his mother and he confirmed using a small-caliber handgun to shoot her multiple times. Riggs was charged with attempted criminal homicide.

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DR DRE AND SNOOP JOINING NASHVILLE NIGHTLIFE

DR DRE AND SNOOP JOINING NASHVILLE NIGHTLIFE

Music legends will be gracing Nashville’s Broadway, but they aren’t the usual country or rock stars you might expect. Rap and hip-hop legends Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are opening their first-of-its-kindStill G.I.N. Lounge, described as an “all-new elevated nightlife destination located downtown in the restored catacombs of the historic building that houses Nashville Live!”.…

FIRST FREAKNIK, NOW MAGIC CITY!

FIRST FREAKNIK, NOW MAGIC CITY!

Jermaine Dupri’s anticipated docuseries about Atlanta’s famous Magic City strip club Magic City has a home. Starz will air the five-part series this summer. According to the description, the documentary will explore “Hip Hop, crime, women’s sexuality, Black entrepreneurship, and socio-economic politics.” The series will feature interviews with 2 Chainz, Nelly, Shaquille O’Neal, Quavo, Killer…

MYSTIKAL’S RAPE TRIAL EXTENDED

MYSTIKAL’S RAPE TRIAL EXTENDED

Mystikal was arrested in July 2022 for multiple serious offenses, including Louisiana’s obligatory life sentence for first-degree rape. A court extended Mystikal’s trial to May 19 on Monday (March 17) while the rapper continues to claim innocence. Michael Tyler, known as Mystikal, was arrested at the Ascension Parish Prison on July 30, 2022, for first-degree…

DIDDY TRIAL DEVELOPMENT

DIDDY TRIAL DEVELOPMENT

A big development is delaying the Diddy trial, which will be the entertainment trial of the century, as he disputes new claims in a revised indictment. After a March 14 pre-trial hearing with Diddy, the trial was rescheduled from May 5 to May 12. The delay gives both parties extra time for jury selection, pre-trial…