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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MARIAH CAREY HAS CHRISTMAS ON AMAZON

MARIAH CAREY HAS CHRISTMAS ON AMAZON

Mariah Carey launched an Amazon storefront in honor of the 30th anniversary of her holiday hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Her holiday store is filled with holiday decorations, holiday gift ideas, and merchandise for her Christmas Time Tour, which kicks off in California tomorrow. This new holiday merchandise includes an exclusive lawn…

YOUNG THUG RECEIVES PROBATION FOR 15 YEARS!

YOUNG THUG RECEIVES PROBATION FOR 15 YEARS!

Young Thug’s long nightmare is over. He’s going to avoid prison in his state RICO trial in Georgia. Thug pleaded guilty today (Thursday), just two days after his co-defendant Quamarvious Nichols entered a guilty plea. But unlike Nichols, who’ll spend at least seven years in prison, Thugger will just serve 15 years’ probation instead. The…

GRAMMY’S ARE CHANGING NETWORKS

GRAMMY’S ARE CHANGING NETWORKS

The Grammys are moving networks. Music’s biggest night will head from CBS to Disney properties ABC and Hulu in 2027. The Grammy Awards have called CBS home since 1973. In 2027, ABC will have the Super Bowl, the Grammys, and the Oscars in the first few months of the year.

BEYONCE DENIED TRADEMARK OF BLU IVY

BEYONCE DENIED TRADEMARK OF BLU IVY

Beyoncé applied to trademark Blue Ivy’s name shortly after her birth in January 2012. She’s still fighting with the federal trademark office. In 2011, a Wisconsin clothing boutique with one store secured “Blue Ivy” with the trademark office. Last week, Beyoncé filed another appeal. Her lawyers wrote (quote) “No reasonable consumer would confuse one small…