By DAVID MELSON - dmelson@t-g.com
Three people were arrested Thursday morning after a resident of a Madison Street apartment complex told police two threatened to shoot her.
Tyrish Thaddaus Carter, 18, of Barksdale Lane allegedly sent threatening texts to the victim threatening to come to her apartment and shoot her with a “pole” this was his term for a gun, Shelbyville police said.
Carter and the other suspects were arrested moments later after they walked toward the victim’s apartment despite the presence of two officers, including Officer Ramon Castillo who filed the report. The victim allegedly received a text from Carter saying he could see the officers in her apartment.
A charge of criminal responsibility for aggravated assault was filed against Carter. He was arrested in a stairwell outside the apartment and was unarmed, police said. Carter posted $15,000 bond.
One of the others, a teenage girl, had also allegedly threatened to shoot the victim moments earlier. The girl approached the victim while officers were briefly away from her apartment. She raised her shirt with one hand, displaying the handgun around her waist, while holding her cellphone with speaker mode engaged in the other hand. A woman on the phone was repeatedly telling the girl to shoot the victim.
Officer Brandi Merlo returned to the apartment at that point and confronted the girl. The victim said the girl would otherwise likely have shot her.
Officers found a fully loaded 9mm Ruger LC9 semi-automatic handgun concealed around her waistband. The gun had been stolen in Murfreesboro, police said.
The girl fought Merlo and Officers Josh Graves and Tracy Teal while being disarmed and handcuffed, police said. Juvenile Services was called to the scene. The teen was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm under age 21, resisting arrest, and possession of a schedule IV drug. Police said a folded $1 bill containing what appeared to be Xanax was found on the girl.
The caller, who has not been charged, allegedly drove through the apartment complex Thursday afternoon and threatened to shoot the victim, police were told.
Adam Lee Mullins, 20, of Woodland Drive, was arrested at the scene without incident. Officers searching him for weapons found four hypodermic needles containing a “liquid residue-like” substance in his backpack. A subsequent search at Shelbyville police headquarters revealed a second needle and a small bag containing methamphetamine in his clothing, police said.
Mullins was charged with simple possession of a schedule II drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was held on $3,500 bond.
Road rage
An angry driver threatened to kill another motorist in the Longview Road - Unionville-Deason Road area early Wednesday night.
The victim told a Bedford County deputy he may have pulled too close to the suspect’s vehicle while turning from Barber Road onto Longview Road. The suspect, described as a white male in his 40s driving a grayish blue SUV, responded by tailgating and trying to pass him three times.
The man appeared to be “annoyed,” the victim said. At one point the suspect stepped out of his SUV, pulled his shirt off while yelling and appeared to have something in his hand. The victim called 911 around that point.
Moments later the suspect stopped again and approached the passenger side of the victim’s truck where his daughter was seated, yelling that he would kill them.
The victim pulled a handgun and fired one shot into the ground. A Bedford County deputy investigating a traffic accident a few hundred yards away received the 911 Center’s dispatch and was walking to his patrol car when he heard the gunshot.
The suspect passed the deputy while fleeing, according to the victim.
Money demanded
One of two men who approached a man outside Burger King, North Main Street, and asked for money Wednesday night claimed to be armed, police were told.
The suspect grabbed the victim by the shirt and said he had a gun. The victim said he had no money, fell to his knees when the men began yelling and begged to be let go, according to police,
A witness told officers the victim got up and ran to Burger King looking for help. She said the two men were circling the parking lot in a black SUV as they left.
“There were many discrepancies in (the victim’s) story,” Officer Cody Smartt’s report said.
Thefts
•A .38 caliber revolver was stolen from under a mattress in a home at Park Trail Apartments, Green Lane, police were told Thursday.
•A wallet was stolen from an unlocked truck at River Bend Country Club between 12:10-12:40 p.m. Wednesday, the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said.
Credit cards in the wallet were used at Walmart at 1:04 p.m. Wednesday. The credit card companies were notified of the theft and didn’t process the transactions, according to the incident report.
Jail intake
The following were charged since Wednesday by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, Shelbyville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts.
•Isis Arita, 24, La Vergne; no driver’s license, light law; summons issued
•Felipe Salmoran Arredondo, 38, Hight Street; driving on revoked license, failure to maintain lane; summons issued
•Martha Ortiz Barrera, 37, Maplewood Drive; no driver’s license; summons issued
•Annette Ruth Beynon, 47, Collier Avenue; failure to appear; released on recognizance
•Kevin Matthew Campbell, 20, Tullahoma; DUI, driving on revoked license; held, $4,000 bond
•Tyrish Thaddaus Carter, 18, Barksdale Lane; criminal responsibility for aggravated assault; released, $15,000 bond
•Gavin Earl Davenport, 23, West Lane Street; probation revocation (two counts); held, $10,000 bond
•Cory Allen Frazier, 27,Maplewood Drive; failure to appear; held, $10,000 bond
•Daniel McKenzie Holman, 21, Lucas Road; simple possession, financial responsibility, speeding, sale of schedule I drug, possession of schedule VI drug; released, no bond
•Christopher Tromell Hughes, 26, Rio Grande Drive; bench warrant; held, $10,000 bond
•Beningo Perdomo Lara, 39, Nashville; no driver’s license, speeding, use of handheld device, financial responsibility; released on recognizance
•Charles Antwain Lentz, 45, Smith Street; criminal trespassing; released, $1,000 bond
•Edwin Lewis Moore, 25, High Street, Wartrace; violation of order of protection; released on recognizance
•Adam Lee Mullins, 20, Woodland Drive; simple possession of schedule II drug, possession of drug paraphernalia; held, $3,500 bond
•Ana Maria Osorto, 19, South Fairoak Street; no driver’s license; released, $2,000 bond
•Geremios Francisco Pedro, 25, Ligon Drive; failure to appear; released, $1,500 bond
•Jerry Wesley Ratleph, 24, Bryant Road; probation revocation; released on recognizance
•Napoleon Dwight Scales, 26, no address available, Shelbyville; criminal trespassing; held, $1,500 bond
•Fernando N. Sebastian Gaspar, 19, homeless, Shelbyville; public intoxication; held, $1,500 bond
•Jose Manuel Sica Garcia, 18, Wheeler Street; no driver’s license/exhibited on demand; held, $500 bond
•Joe A. Silva, 72, Apache Place; domestic assault; released, $1,000 bond
•Angel Froilan Silverio, 20, Smith Street; driving on revoked license, speeding; released on recognizance
