CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

MARCH 9^th, 2010

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THIS THEFT OF A PURSE AND USE OF STOLEN CREDIT CARDS IN SOUTH NASHVILLE.

ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, A WOMAN WAS SHOPPING AT THE KROGER STORE AT 5771 NOLENSVILLE PIKE WHEN SHE TURNED AWAY FROM HER SHOPPING CART TO LOOK AT ITEMS ON THE DELI COUNTER.  SOMEONE WENT BY HER SHOPPING CART AND TOOK HER PURSE CONTAINING HER WALLET.  A SHORT TIME LATER HER CREDIT CARDS WERE USED AT A NEARBY TIGER MART AND A TARGET STORE.  THE PERSON USING THE CARDS WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO AND WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING A FEMALE WHITE, AROUND 150 POUNDS, WITH BLONDE CURLY HAIR.  AT THE TIME SHE USED THE STOLEN CREDIT CARD SHE WAS WEARING BLUE JEANS, A STRIPED SHIRT AND A BLACK JACKET.  SHE LOOKED TO BE IN HER 30’S OR EARLY 40’S.

DETECTIVES WANT TO REMIND CITIZENS TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND NEVER LEAVE THEIR VALUABLES UNATTENDED. THIS CRIME COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN PREVENTED IF THE CUSTOMER HAD HELD ONTO HER PURSE WHILE SHE LOOKED AT ITEMS IN THE STORE.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THIS THEFT OF A PURSE AND USE OF A STOLEN CREDIT CARD,CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

FEBRUARY 23^rd, 2010

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF SANTOS LEAL ON BELL ROAD IN SOUTH NASHVILLE.

ON THURSDAY, DECMBER 31^ST AT APPROXIMATELY 8:25 IN THE EVENING, SANTOS LEAL AND SOME FRIENDS WERE SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM OF A DUPLEX IN THE 1500 BLOCK OF BELL ROAD SOCIALIZING WHEN TWO MASKED GUNMEN BURST THROUGH THE DOOR.  BOTH MEN AIMED LONG GUNS AT SANTOS AND HIS FRIENDS AND DEMANDED MONEY.  SANTOS STOOD UP AND WAS IMMEDIATELY SHOT BY ONE OF THE GUNMEN.  AFTER GUNNING DOWN SANTOS, THE ROBBERS RAN OUT THE DOOR EMPTY HANDED AND INTO THE DARKNESS. SANTOS WAS TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

THE FIRST SUSPECT WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING MALE BLACK, 28 TO 30 YEARS OLD, WEARING A GRAY SHIRT AND BLACK PANTS. THE SECOND ONE WAS ALSO A MALE BLACK, WITH A SHAVED HEAD, WEARING A RED AND WHITE BANDANA, APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET SIX INCHES TO FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES TALL.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THE MURDER OF SANTOS LEAL IN THE 1500 BLOCK OF BELL ROAD IN SOUTH NASHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

FEBRUARY 16th, 2010

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF MARION HOLLINGSHED ON DONELSON STREET NEAR DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.

ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29^TH, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON SOME CHILDREN WERE PLAYING IN AN ABANDONED, BURNED OUT DUPLEX AT 87 DONELSON STREET WHEN THEY FOUND A BODY INSIDE. THE CHILDREN CALLED POLICE WHO RESPONDED AND DETERMINED THAT THE DEAD MAN WAS MARION HOLLINGSHED FROM MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.  HERMITAGE INVESTIGATORS SOON LEARNED THAT MARION WAS THE VICTIM OF A HOMICIDE.

MARION WAS HOMELESS AND WAS LAST SEEN HANGING AROUND 87 DONELSON STREET WITH SEVERAL OTHER HOMELESS PERSONS ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27^{TH, .}  INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO TRACE MARIONS LAST COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE HIS BODY WAS FOUND AND ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE HOMELESS SUBJECTS THAT HE WAS WITH ON THAT FRIDAY.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THE MURDER OF MARION HOLLINGSHED AT 87 DONELSON STREET NEAR DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

FEBRUARY 9th, 2010

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF EDWARD MATTHEWS ON CHURCH STREET IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.

ON THE MORNING OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3^RD, 2009 A POLICE OFFICER SAW EDWARD MATTHEWS LYING ON A BENCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHURCH STREET AND 5^TH AVE. NORTH AND THOUGHT HE WAS ASLEEP.  THE OFFICER WENT TO WAKE HIM AND SAW BLOOD ON EDWARDS HEAD. HE CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE WHICH ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER TO CONFIRM WHAT THE OFFICER ALREADY KNEW.  EDWARD MATTHEWS HAD BEEN SHOT TO DEATH ON THE BENCH.

COLD CASE DETECTIVES DETERMINED THAT EDWARD HAD BEEN NEAR THE RESCUE MISSION LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND WAS ACTUALLY CAPTURED ON VIDEO WALKING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN STREETS.  THEY ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN HIM AFTER MIDNIGHT TALKING TO SOMEONE OR IF THEY SAW ANYONE STANDING NEAR HIM AS HE LAID ON THE BENCH, TO CONTACT CRIME STOPPERS.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THE MURDER OF EDWARD MATTHEWS ON CHURCH STREET IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

JANUARY 5, 2010

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF JACK DIAMOND ON OLD HICKORY BLVD. IN SOUTH NASHVILLE.

ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10^TH, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:38 IN THE EVENING, OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 13000 BLOCK OF OLD HICKORY BLVD ABOUT A SHOOTING.  WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND JACK DIAMOND DEAD IN THE DOORWAY OF THE HOUSE.  THEY SOON LEARNED THAT JACK WAS HOSTING A POKER PARTY AND WAS ENTERTAINING HIS GUESTS WHEN ANOTHER MAN PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO JOIN THE PARTY.  THEY WATCHED ON SURVEILLANCE MONITORS AS THE MAN GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND WAS CONFRONTED BY A MASKED ROBBER WAITING OUTSIDE.  JACK GRABBED HIS GUN AND WENT TO THE DOOR AND FIRED A WARNING SHOT INTO THE AIR AS THE MASKED MAN ROBBED THE NEW ARRIVAL.  THE GUNMAN TURNED AND FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS AT JACK AS HE STOOD IN THE DOORWAY. JACK WAS STRUCK BY GUNFIRE AND WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE.

THE GUNMAN WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING A TALL, MALE BLACK, WEARING DARK CLOTHING AND ARMED WITH A RIFLE. HE WAS LAST SEEN RUNNING AWAY INTO THE NIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THE MURDER OF JACK DIAMOND ON OLD HICKORY BLVD. IN SOUTH NASHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

DECEMBER 1^ST, 2009

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF 23 YEAR OLD DERRICK OSBORNE ON CREEKWAY COURT IN NORTH NASHVILLE.

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 25^TH 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 IN THE MORNING, A MAN CALLED 911 TO REPORT THAT HE HAD DISCOVERED HIS SON LYING ON THE FLOOR DEAD.  METRO FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRST RESPONDERS ADVISED OFFICERS THAT OSBORNE HAD BEEN SHOT TO DEATH.  NORTH PRECINCT DETECTIVES SOON DISCOVERED THAT OSBORNE WAS DROPPED OFF AT HIS CREEKWAY COURT ADDRESS ABOUT 5:00 PM THE PREVIOUS DAY.  THE LAST ANYONE HEARD FROM HIM WAS ABOUT 9:00 THAT NIGHT WHEN HE TALKED TO A FRIEND ON THE PHONE.

NORTH PRECINCT DETECTIVES WOULD LIKE ANYONE THAT MAY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO MAY HAVE WANTED TO KILL DERRICK OSBORNE TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AND SHARE WHAT THEY KNOW.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THE MURDER OF DERRICK OSBORNE INSIDE HIS CREEKWAY COURT HOME IN NORTH NASHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME, OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

NOVEMBER 17th, 2009

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THIS BURGLARY OF BERRYS PAWN ON MURFREEBORO ROAD IN SOUTH NASHVILLE.

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22^ND, 2009 BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8:40 IN THE MORNING, SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE BARRY’S PAWN SHOP BUILDING AT 1001 MURFREESBORO ROAD.  THEY SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME INSIDE THE BUSINESS WHILE BREAKING INTO THE SAFE AND DISPLAY COUNTERS.  THEY STOLE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF JEWELRY FROM THE BUSINESS AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. THE BREAK IN WAS FOUND SATURDAY MORNING AS EMPLOYEES ARRIVED FOR THE WORK DAY.

SOUTH PRECINCT DETECTIVES FEEL CONFIDANT THAT WHOEVER BROKE INTO BERRY’S PAWN, HAD PRIOR CRIMINAL EXPERIENCE AND WERE WELL VERSED IN THEIR CRAFT.  THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE SAME PEOPLE MAY BE INVOLVED IN SIMILAR BURGLARIES IN THE SOUTH NASHVILE AND HERMITAGE AREAS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THIS BURGLARY OF BERRY’S PAWN SHOP ON MURFREESBORO ROAD IN SOUTH NASHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME, OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

NOVEMBER 3^RD, 2009

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THIS FIREBOMBING ON MORROW ROAD IN WEST NASHVILLE.

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 7^TH, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:25 IN THE EVENING, AN ELDERLY COUPLE WAS RELAXING IN THEIR HOME WHEN THEY HEARD A CRASHING SOUND ON THEIR PORCH.  THEY WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVERED THE FRONT OF THEIR HOME WAS ON FIRE.  THEY CALLED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BEGAN FIGHTING THE FLAMES.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SOON ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  FIRE OFFICIALS SOON DETERMINED THAT SOMEONE HAD TRIED TO THROW A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW BUT IT BOUNCED OFF THE GLASS AND ONTO THE PORCH BEFORE BREAKING AND IGNITING.

THE INVESTIGATION WAS TURNED OVER TO THE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS UNIT FOR FOLLOWUP.  INVESTIGATORS SOON DETERMINED THAT THE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT THE INTENDED TARGET AND THAT THEIR HOUSE HAD BEEN FIRE BOMBED BY MISTAKE.

WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE ARSONIST AS A MALE BLACK ABOUT TWENTY FIVE YEARS OLD. AT THE TIME HE WAS WEARING A WHITE TANK TOP AND SHORTS.  HE FLED THE SCENE IN A SILVER CAR.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THIS ARSON OF AN ELDERLY COUPLES HOME ON MORROW ROAD IN WEST NASHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME, OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

OCTOBER, 6th, 2009

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF 52 YEAR OLD THOMAS TURNER IN SOUTH NASHVILLE.

ON TUESDAY, JULY 28^TH SHORTLY BEFORE 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, A MAINTENANCE WORKER NOTICED AN ODOR COMING FROM NEAR ROOM 135 OF THE INN TOWN SUITES AT 1621 BELL ROAD.  HE NOTIFIED THE MANAGER AND TOGETHER THEY ENTERED THE ROOM WITH A MASTER KEY AND FOUND THE BODY OF THOMAS TURNER.  THE MANAGER IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911.  POLICE RESPONDED AND SOON DETERMINED THAT THOMAS TURNER WAS THE VICTIM OF A HOMICIDE. THE LAST TIME HE WAS SEEN ALIVE WAS ON THURSDAY, JULY 23^RD.  SOUTH PRECINCT INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED THAT THOMAS HAD BEEN WORKING ON COMPUTERS IN HIS ROOM TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY.  HE ALSO HAD BEEN FIGHTING AN ADDICTION TO DRUGS AND WAS OUT ON BOND FOR DRUG OFFENSES AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.  POLICE ARE NOT SURE IF THE MURDER WAS DRUG RELATED OR A ROBBERY GONE BAD. THEY ALSO HAVE NOT RULED OUT OTHER POSSIBLE MOTIVES FOR HIS MURDER.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THIS MURDER OF THOMAS TURNER AT THE INN TOWN SUITES ON BELL ROAD, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME, OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.

CRIME OF THE WEEK

FOR

SEPTEMBER 8^TH, 2009

            THIS WEEK NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $1000 CASH FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME THAT HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF TWELVE YEAR OLD MAKIA WOODLAND ON MAURY STREET JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.

ON THURSDAY, JULY 9^TH AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00 IN THE MORNING SEVERAL ARMED MEN KICKED IN THE BACK DOOR OF THE HOUSE LOCATED AT 67 MAURY STREET AND RUSHED INSIDE. MAKIA WOODLANDS GRANDMOTHER HEARD THE BANGING AND WENT TO INVESTIGATE.  THE GUNMEN ORDERED HER TO GO INTO A BEDROOM AT GUNPOINT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CALL THE POLICE FROM HER CELL PHONE SHE HEARD SHOTS FIRED. ANOTHER GRANDCHILD CALLED OUT FOR HER. WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF THE BEDROOM SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE MEN HAD RUN OUT THE DOOR AND MAKIA HAD BEEN SHOT. DETECTIVES THINK THAT MAKIA MAY HAVE STARTLED THE MEN WHEN SHE WALKED OUT OF ANOTHER BEDROOM AND THEY SHOT HER.  MAKIA’S GRANDMOTHER AND OTHER CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE WERE NOT HARMED.

WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE GUNMEN AS BEING THREE OR FOUR MALE BLACKS THAT WERE IN THEIR TEENS OR TWENTIES.  THEY WERE LAST SEEN RUNNING DOWN THE ALLEY BEHIND THE HOME TOWARD INTERSTATE 40. ALL OF THEM WERE WEARING DARK JEANS AND WHITE TSHIRTS.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THE MURDER OF TWELVE YEAR OLD MAKIA WOODLAND ON MAURY STREET JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME.  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF $1000 CASH.

CRIME STOPPERS WILL ALSO PAY UP TO $1000 FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME ON ANY OTHER MAJOR CRIME, WANTED PERSON, STOLEN PROPERTY OR DRUGS.

YOU NOW HAVE THREE WAYS TO SUBMIT YOUR TIP.  YOU CAN VISIT WWW.NASHVILLECRIMESTOPPERS.COM , CALL 74-CRIME, OR TEXT THE WORD CASH AND YOUR MESSAGE TO CRIMES (274637).  ALL THREE WAYS ARE TOTALLY ANONYMOUS AND SECURE. YOU WILL ONLY BE KNOWN BY THE CODE NUMBER YOU ARE ISSUED.