Undercover detectives assigned to the department’s eight precincts charged 60 persons this week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.
Midtown Hills Precinct detectives are on special assignment, focusing on a rash of robberies targeting Hispanics primarily at four apartment complexes.
South Precinct detectives charged 13 persons as the result of investigations on Lincoln Street, Murfreesboro Pike, Bell Road, Wallace Road, Perkins Street, Creek Street, and Hart Street. Detectives seized 1.2 grams of cocaine, eleven grams of marijuana, and two pills.
West Precinct detectives charged 5 persons as the result of investigations on Old Hickory Boulevard, Tennessee Avenue, and South 6th Street. Detectives seized 147 grams of marijuana, one vehicle, one handgun, and $853 cash.
Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 16 persons as the result of investigations on Lebanon Pike, Andrew Jackson Parkway, Smith Springs Road, Anderson Road, Murfreesboro Pike, Old Hickory Boulevard, Thompson Lane, Truxton Drive, Lafayette Street, and Fairfield Avenue. Detectives seized five grams of marijuana, five grams of heroin, eleven grams of methamphetamine, and two grams of cocaine.
North Precinct detectives charged 3 persons as the result of investigations on Brick Church Pike, Trinity Lane, Jefferson Street, Buchanan Street, Whites Creek Pike, Cockrill Street, and 16th Avenue North. Detectives seized 94 grams of marijuana, 16 grams of cocaine, 40 grams of heroin, 2.5 Xanax pills, one vehicle, one stolen handgun, and $155 cash.
Madison Precinct detectives charged 10 persons as the result of investigations on Brick Church Pike, Larkin Springs Road, and Rio Vista Drive. Detectives seized five grams of methamphetamine, five grams of heroin, five grams of marijuana, one pill, and two guns.
East Precinct detectives charged 9 persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, Trinity Lane, Gallatin Pike, Joyce Lane, and Cleveland Street. Detectives seized 4.9 grams of heroin, ten grams of marijuana, 11.6 grams of methamphetamine, 3.5 ecstasy pills, and one suboxone pill.
Central Precinct detectives charged 4 persons as the result of investigations on Middleton Street, Lafayette Street, and 6th Avenue South.
Citizens suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.