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2007-A-692, July 9, 2008

Defendant: Gary Johnson

Charges: Reckless endangerment, robbery, assault, carjacking (2 cts), especially aggravated kidnapping, escape

   A jury convicted Johnson of the above charges, stemming from an October 2006 incident. Johnson, already serving time on other charges, was being treated at Metro General Hospital, when he attacked a sheriff's deputy who was guarding him, and stole her gun. He went on to attack a nurse, and carjack two other people before kidnapping a Hermitage man and forcing him at gunpoint to drive him around for hours. Johnson is currently serving a sentence on other charges. Once that sentence ends in 2020, he will begin serving the time for this most recent conviction. He is scheduled to be sentenced on August 13.

 

2008-I-683, June 19, 2008

Defendant: Willie Lindsey

Charges: Especially aggravated kidnapping, attempted first degree murder (2 cts), aggravated assault (2 cts)

   Willie Lindsey entered a guilty plea to the above charges, in the October 2006 shootings of Metro Police Officer Danita Marsh and Danielle McDowell. As part of the plea agreement, Lindsey was sentenced to 132 years in prison.

 

2007-D-2738, May 1, 2008

Defendant: Bruce D. Mendenhall

Charge: First Degree Murder

   Deputy District Attorney General Tom Thurman announced in court the State's intention to seek the death penalty against Mendenhall. Mendenhall is charged in the June 2007 shooting death of Sara Nicole Hulbert. Mendenhall has also since been charged with murder in other jurisdictions. 

 

2007-C-2367, April 25, 2008

Defendant: Christopher Lee Davis

Charge: First Degree Murder-Felony Murder, Especially Aggravated Attempted Robbery

  Senior Assistant District Attorney General Roger Moore announced in court the State's intention to seek the death penalty against Davis. Davis is charged in the June 2007 murder of Herbert Clayton. Davis was charged in that murder, along with 3 co-defendants, James Phillips, Michael Miller and Marcus Bradford. Davis was recently convicted of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and carjacking in Trousdale County.

 

2007-B-1224, April 7, 2008

Defendant: Anthony McDowell

Charge: Attempted First Degree Murder

Disposition: The defendent pled guilty and will serve 25 years.

   McDowell was charged with shooting his girlfriend in the head while several children were at the residence. The victim was able to recover from her injuries.

 

2002-B-737-9, April 4, 2008

Defendant: Ruben Martinez

Charge: 5 counts Aggravated Rape

Disposition: The defendant pled guilty to five counts of aggravated rape. Criminal Court Judge Steve Dozier sentenced Martinez to 88 years.

   Martinez was on the FBI's Top-10 Most Wanted Fugitive list after raping several women in the south Nashville area in the 1990's, then fleeing to Mexico. He was the first defendant to be extradited from Mexico to Nashville to face his charges. Martinez's co-defendant during some of the attacks had previously received a 60-year sentence for his involvement.

 

2007-D-3350, February 28, 2008

Defendant: Victor Benitez

Charge: Vehicular Homicide- Intoxication

Disposition: The defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to serve 9 years. There is also an ICE hold placed on him.

   Benitez was charged in the June 2007 death of TSU student Joycelyn Gardiner. Benitez ran a red light at the corner of Old Hickory Boulevard and Nolensville road, colliding with Gardiner's car. Ms. Gardiner, who was a member of the Tigerbelle track team and just weeks away from receiving her degree, died from her injuries. Benitez, a native of Mexico, was combative at the crash scene, and had an extreme odor of alcohol about him.

 

2006-B-1688, February 19, 2008

Defendant: Darryl Moore

Charges: Conspiracy of Controlled Substance Cocaine 300gr or more, Conspiracy of Controlled Substance Marijuana 136,050gr or more, Possession w/Intent to Distribute Cocaine 300gr or more, Possession w/Intent to Distribute Marijuana 31,697-136,050gr, Money Laundering, Felon in Possession of a Weapon

Verdict: Guilty to the Indicted Charges.

Sentence: 93 years.

   Darryl Moore was one of nine people arrested following a seven-month investigation into two criminal enterprises responsible for trafficking and distributing tremendous amounts of cocaine and marijuana into the Middle Tennessee area. The investigation by the 20th Judicial District Drug Task Force resulted in the seizure of 1,653 pounds of marijuana, 128 pounds of cocaine, $608,284 in cash, more than 20 vehicles, studio-quality recording equipment, electronics, and varoius home furnishings.

  Moore pled to the charges in the indictment, and Criminal Court Judge Cheryl Blackburn sentenced him to a total of 93 years.

 

2004-C-2418, October 23, 2007

Defendant: Chad Crawford

Charges:Aggravated cruelty to an animal, Intentional killing of an animal

Verdict: Guilty aggravated cruelty of an animal, Hung jury on Intentional killing of an animal.

   Chad Crawford was found guilty of kicking a Yorkshire terrier named Gizmo, in April 2004. The dog died of the injuries. Crawford and the dog’s owners lived in the same apartment complex. Another man, Michael Davis, was with Crawford during the incident, and faces the same charges, but his trial date has not yet been set.

   UPDATE: Crawford was sentenced on 12/7/07 to serve 30 days, day for day, and remain on probation of the rest of the 11 months and 29 days.

 

2007-A-541, October 22, 2007

Defendants: Timothy Webber, Josh Dotts

Charges: Second degree murder, Aggravated assault

Verdict: Webber – Guilty plea to Second degree murder. Dotts – Guilty plea to facilitation of second degree murder. Aggravated assault charges were dismissed against both.

   32-year old Tara Cole was sleeping on a boat ramp along the Cumberland River in 2006. She drowned after Webber, on a dare by Dotts, pushed her into the river as she slept. Webber received a sentence of 17 years, to serve at 100%. Dotts received a sentence of 8 yrs.

 

2006-C-2268, September 27, 2007

Defendant: Kenneth Thompson Anderson

Charge: Statutory rape (7 cts), Rape by Fraud (3 cts)

Verdict: Guilty 5 cts statutory rape, Guilty 2 cts simple assault, Not Guilty 3 cts Rape by Fraud.

   Kenneth Anderson is a former teacher at Smyrna High School in Rutherford County. Prior to that, he also taught at Franklin High School in Williamson County.

  The charges stem from a relationship Anderson had with a teenaged girl who was not one of his students. Anderson went over to the girl's house in the Antioch area and the girl's father caught Anderson lying on the bed with her. The victim testified that Anderson had sex with her when she was 13 years old. Anderson faces additional charges of sexual battery by an authority figure against a different teenaged victim, who was a student of his at Smyrna High School 

 

2006-D-2707, September 17, 2007

Defendant: Jared Madison Ramey

Charge: Sexual exploitation of a Minor in excess of 100 items

Verdict: Guilty

    Jared Ramey was charged after his roommate discovered images of children engaged in sexual activity on an active window on his computer. The roommate called police to report the images, but Ramey was able to delete them. However, a TBI computer forensic analyst was able to retrieve the images from Ramey’s hard drive.

 

FOURTH QUARTER TRIAL DISPOSITIONS

 

2007-A-429, October 1, 2007

Defendant: Karen Carlock Williams

Charge: Assault

Verdict: Not guilty

 

2006-C-2408, October 1, 2007

Defendant: Michael Matthew Landers

Charge: DUI 1st, DUI per se

Verdict: Guilty.

 

2007-A-593, October 1, 2007

Defendant: George L. Martin

Charge: Violation of Order of Protection

Verdict: Guilty (plea entered after jury was sworn)

 

2007-B-927, October 9, 2007

Defendant: Gary Lee Burton

Charge: DUI 3rd, Implied Consent

Verdict: Not guilty

 

2006-A-1981, October 10, 2007

Defendant: Steve Stratton

Charge: Aggravated Robbery, Theft of Property

Verdict: Guilty - Facilitation of Robbery, Theft of Property

 

2006-A-2752, October 22, 2007

Defendant: Antonio Vaughn

Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance for resale in a drug-free school zone

Verdict: Guilty

 

2004-C-2418, October 23, 2007

Defendant: Chad D. Crawford

Charge: Aggravated Cruelty to Animal/ Intentional Killing of an Animal

Verdict: Guilty on Aggravated Cruelty/ Mistrial on Intentional Killing of an Animal

 

2007-A-84, October 23, 2007

Defendant: Jose Lopez-Granado

Charge: DUI 2nd/ No Drivers License

Verdict: Guilty on both charges

 

2007-B-985, October 29, 2007

Defendant: Anthony Guess

Charge: DUI 4th, Driving on Revoked Drivers License

Verdict: Hung jury on DUI 4th, Guilty of Driving on Revoked License

 

2006-D-3175, November 2, 2007

Defendants: Arturo Jaimes-Garcia, Juan Jeminez-Jaimes, Betzy Elizabeth Martinez, Antonia Diaz Reyes

Charge: Conspiracy to sell over 300g cocaine in Drug-Free School Zone, Sale over 26g Schedule II, Possession w/Intent to Deliver over 300g Schedule II, Possession w/Intent to sell over .5g ScheduleII, Facilitation fo possess w/Intent to Sell over 26g Schedule II.

Verdict: Garcia - Guilty on counts 1,2,3,4,7. Jaimes - Guilty on Counts 1,2,3,5,6. Martinez - Not Guilty. Reyes - Not Guilty.

 

2007-B-852, November 5, 2007

Defendant: Jorge Alexis Carranza-Ortiz

Charge: Aggravated Kidnapping

Verdict: Not Guilty

 

2007-A-514, November 26, 2007

Defendant: Larry Edward Moore, Jr.

Charge: Carjacking

Verdict: Guilty

 

2007-B-1012, November 26, 2007

Defendant: Crystal Watkins

Charge: Assault, Resisting Arrest

Verdict: Guilty to both charges

 

2007-A-322, December 3, 2007

Defendant: Kevin Blair

Charge: Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Burglary

Verdict: Defendant entered guilty plea to Burglary and Assault at conclusion of State's proof

 

2007-B-1585, December 4, 2007

Defendant: Lonnie Duke

Charge: Burglary of Motor Vehicle

Verdict: Guilty

 

2007-B-1362, December 10, 2007

Defendant: Emmanuel Jackson

Charge: First Degree Felony Murder, Especially Aggravated Robbery, Evading Arrest

Verdict: Guilty of Second Degree murder, Guilty of Theft, Guilty of Evading Arrest

 

2007-A-633, December 11, 2007

Defendant: Glenn Hardy

Charge: 2 counts Aggravated Robbery, Attempted Aggravated Robbery

Verdict: Guilty of all counts

 

2006-C-2361, December 10, 2007

Defendant: Donald Kinman

Charge: DUI, Possession of weapon while under the influence, Implied Consent

Verdict: Not guilty of DUI, Possession of Weapon. Guilty of Implied Consent

 

2007-A-105, December 14, 2007

Defendant: Antwan Hunter

Charge: Assault, Reckless Endangerment

Verdict: Guilty of Reckless Assault and Guilty of Reckless Endangerment

 

Bench Trial

2006-D-3295, November 5, 2007

Defendant: Anthony Stanton

Charge: Evading Arrest by Motor Vehicle, Theft of Vehicle, Possession of Burglary Tool,s Driving on Revoked License

Verdict: Guilty of Evading Arrest.Guilty of Theft of Vehicle. Counts 3,4 dismissed.

 



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