December 14, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          Investigation by East Precinct Detectives Rex Davenport and Warren Fleak led to the recent arrest of two Springfield men suspected in separate robberies.

          A tip to Crime Stoppers identified Dustin Wilson, as the person who on November 22^nd robbed the Citgo at 500 Main Street.  During an interview, Wilson admitted to the hold up.  He is jailed on $150,000 bond. 

          In the second Crime Stoppers tip, convicted felon Mandricus Darden, is now charged in the October 26^th armed robbery of Cash America Pawn at 801 Gallatin Avenue.  Darden, who has previous convictions for cocaine possession and unlawful weapon possession, remains jailed in lieu of $75,000 bond.

          Springfield Police Department detectives greatly assisted in these investigations.       

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November 11, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          Sex Crimes detectives this afternoon charged a man, who until this week was the manager of a Hermitage fast food restaurant, with taking nude and sexually explicit photographs of a 15-year-old girl he met through the Internet.

          Todd Stasiak, 41, is jailed on two counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.  Stasiak has admitted to using his cell phone to take pornographic photos of the 15-year-old inside his residence at 336 Stewarts Ferry Pike.  One of the photos depicts the teenager engaged in a sex act with Stasiak. 

          During an examination of Stasiak’s cell phone, detectives discovered other explicit photos of the 15-year-old and at least one other teenager.  A forensic examination of Stasiak’s home computer is pending.

          A tip to Crime Stoppers earlier this week led to the investigation of Stasiak, who until this week managed the Arby’s restaurant at 3400 Lebanon Pike before being sent to the Arby’s in Gordonsville.  Stasiak was arrested in Gordonsville this afternoon.

          Anyone, teenagers or adults, who is aware of inappropriate interaction between Stasiak and minors is urged to contact the police department’s Sex Crimes Unit at 862-7540.  Additional charges against him are anticipated.

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November 2, 2011

     A tip to Crime Stoppers was given to our SWAT unit who this afternoon arrested accused courthouse shooter Tyree Gray.

     Gray was taken into custody inside an apartment in the Richland Hills Apartment complex on Maudina Avenue.

     He will be will be booked on three outstanding warrants, attempted homicide, reckless endangerment and retaliation later this afternoon.

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October 14, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          A tip to Crime Stoppers led to Thursday’s arrest of Denise Colon, 26, at a Freedom Drive residence, on outstanding warrants for her alleged involvement in three separate shoplifting incidents at the 6814 Charlotte Pike Target. 

          On September 16^th, a uniformed Target loss prevention agent attempted to stop Colon as she pushed her shopping cart toward the exit without paying for the merchandise.  Colon struck the agent before fleeing the store.  She left behind a small child who was carried off by an unidentified female associate.

          Colon was also identified as the person who took merchandise, including electronics and clothing, from the same Target location on September 3^rd and again on September 14^th.

          Colon is charged with theft, attempted theft and assault.  She is being held in lieu of $10,500 bond.                                                

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October 7, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          A tip to Crime Stoppers led to last night’s arrest of Charzelle Swafford, 21, who is charged with criminal homicide in Saturday afternoon’s shooting death of 20-year-old Dejuantae Moore inside an apartment at 604 Sylvan Street in the James Cayce public housing development.

          Officers assigned to the MNPD’s Special Response Team, along with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Tactical Team, took Swafford into custody without incident at a residence in Murfreesboro.

          Swafford reportedly argued with Moore, 20, on Friday night and knocked on the back door of the apartment Saturday at 12:45 p.m.  When Moore opened the door, Swafford is accused of firing multiple shots at Moore who died on the scene.  Swafford then shot Taurus Williams, 15, who ran out the front door before collapsing nearby.  Williams remains in stable condition at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. 

          Swafford allegedly ran upstairs and attempted to shoot three other teens but the gun did not fire.  Swafford, who has previous convictions for theft and drug possession, fled on foot.    

          In addition to criminal homicide, Swafford is also charged with four counts of attempted murder.  He is being held in lieu of $600,000 bond.          

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May 31, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          A tip to Crime Stoppers led to Saturday’s arrest of parolee Timothy Waddell, 42, for the May 24^th armed hold-up of Mapco at 15131 Old Hickory Boulevard.

          Waddell is accused of entering the store and robbing the clerk and a customer at gunpoint before fleeing in the customer’s car.  The stolen vehicle was located nearby on Zermatt Avenue where the suspect also lives.  Both victims identified Waddell as the robber. 

          Waddell is charged with aggravated robbery and carjacking.  He has previous convictions for aggravated burglary, cocaine possession, felony escape and theft.  Waddell is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

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May 16, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          Specialized Investigations Division detectives this afternoon arrested fugitive and accused cocaine dealer Matthew Carter, who had broken into his alleged base of operation that was boarded up and padlocked on April 27th.

          Carter, 57, had broken into the rear door of 2326 Merry Street.  He was in the home by himself when officers took him into custody.

          Carter is alleged to have dealt cocaine to police operatives out of the home on multiple occasions during April.  The residence was declared a public nuisance due to a long history of drug issues.  Recent investigations showed cocaine sales at the dwelling to be pervasive.

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March 25, 2011

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

           A Crime Stoppers tip led to the arrest of convicted felon Mike Bennett who is accused of using stolen credit cards at five Nolensville Pike/Thompson Lane area businesses last week a short time after the victim’s purse was taken from her car parked outside the Waffle House at 618 Harding Place.

          Bennett, 29, is accused of breaking out the victim’s passenger side window and grabbing her purse which had been left on the passenger side floor board.  He was charged last night with burglary of a motor vehicle, five counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, and three counts of theft.  Bennett is being held in lieu of $25,000 bond.  He has previous convictions for kidnapping, domestic assault and child neglect.

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February 11, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          A tip to Crime Stoppers led to last night’s discovery of a meth lab inside the Forest Park Road apartment of Henry Chamber, 50.

          Officers knocked on the apartment door and Chambers gave them permission to enter.  When questioned by a detective, Chambers admitted that he had been cooking methamphetamine nearly every day for the last three months.  The small containers Chambers had been using as “pots” and other materials used to manufacture meth were located throughout the apartment. 

          Chambers is charged with 22 counts of manufacturing methamphetamine and is being held in lieu of $1,100,000 bond.

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