Nashville's Blotto Blotter: The Best And Worst Arrests From An Intoxicated Weekend, October 13-15

NASHVILLE, TN — Fall was (finally) in the air this weekend and the sunny skies and crisp air drew many folks out of their homes and into the watering holes and honky-tonks Nashville is so famous for. And, as will happen, a few had a little too much and a few of the overserved had unpleasant encounters with Music City's Finest.

Here's a rundown of some of the more interesting booze-related arrests from the weekend of October 13 through 15. Names have been removed to protect the hungover.

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A Real Love-Hate Relationship

A 47-year-old Gallatin man may tell himself "This is not my beautiful house." And he may tell himself "This is not my beautiful wife." But, according to Metro Police, he did ask himself "Where is my truck?" and "Where is my dog?"

Officers were called to the movie theater on Hickory Hollow Parkway Friday and found a Ford F250 crashed into a tree. After a fairly lengthy struggle trying to handcuff and restrain the clearly intoxicated man, who kept falling down in addition to resisting in creative ways like sitting on his hands, officers finally got him in a patrol car, where he reportedly "defecated and urinated on himself." Despite all this, he was able to loop his handcuffed wrists underneath his legs and put his hands in front of him. He also agreed to answer questions, during which time he said all he had to drink was a couple of beers and glasses of wine the day before.

That didn't explain the cup the officers found in the truck, which, they told the man, smelled to them like rum and Coke. The man, however, corrected the police and said it was, in fact, rum and an off-brand soda.

On the way to booking, after asking the aforementioned questions about his truck and dog, the man reportedly exclaimed "S---, I'm drunk!" and "repeatedly stating that he hated the police, that he was going to beat up Officer Erickson when he got out of the handcuffs, that he loved Officer Erickson, and that he never wanted to see Officer Erickson again," according to a police report. Once at booking, the man urinated on himself again "thoroughly soiling his pants." He is charged with DUI, violation of the implied consent law and resisting arrest.

Sir, You Can't Park Your Car Here

Three different men got into some trouble in various Nashville-area parking lots and garages.

Police were called to a long-term parking lot at Nashville International Airport Friday night because a 25-year-old Hermitage man was trying to ram his way into the lot with a conversion van. Officers located the driver, who smelled of booze, and found "a smoking pipe with white residue, suspected cocaine" inside the van. The uncooperative man was taken to Metro General for a blood draw and threatened to slit the throat of officers on the way, according to an arrest report. While being dragged into the hospital, he also "intentionally scratched" one officer's arm. He is charged with driving on a suspended license, DUI, violation of the implied consent law, resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia and assault of an officer.

Sunday night, security at the Music City Center parking garage called police because a 23-year-old Hermitage man was trying to ram his way out of the lot without paying. The man told police — slurringly — he was just trying to go home. Instead, he was taken to booking and charged with DUI and violation of the implied consent law.

At least those guys were using designated thoroughfares, even if their methods of ingress and egress were unconventional. Late Saturday, officers responded to a single-vehicle crash at a Nashville parking garage, where a 32-year-old man had gotten his vehicle stuck on the stairs out of the garage. After officers explained to him what he had done, "The suspect advised he had a lot to drink and it was all liquor," according to a police report. He was charged with DUI.

Hey, At Least He Is Vaccinated!

A 21-year-old Nashville man remembered to get vaccinated, but he forgot to turn on his headlights. When police stopped the man at 20th and Broadway and asked for his license, he pulled out his cell phone and pulled up Google Maps instead. When they asked for his proof of insurance, he handed them proof of vaccination. When they asked him to submit to a breath test, he said no. He is charged with DUI, violation of the implied consent law and resisting arrest.

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