Mt. Juliet, Tenn. — Mt. Juliet Police officers intercepted a stolen vehicle linked to a recent violent incident involving gunfire during vehicle burglaries, leading to the arrest of an 18-year-old Nashville woman following an early morning pursuit.
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Around 4:55 a.m. Wednesday, the department’s Guardian Shield license plate reader system alerted officers to a license plate associated with a vehicle linked to a Nov. 8 incident in a nearby Middle Tennessee community. During that incident, suspects reportedly fired gunshots at a victim who confronted them while they were burglarizing vehicles. The victim was not struck by gunfire.
The alert identified the vehicle exiting Interstate 40 onto Golden Bear Gateway in Mt. Juliet. Officers immediately coordinated a pursuit prevention plan and began searching the area. Within eight minutes, officers located the vehicle leaving a warehouse property along Golden Bear Gateway.
When officers attempted a traffic stop, the driver fled. An officer successfully deployed tire deflation devices as part of the coordinated response, damaging the vehicle’s tires. The driver continued fleeing onto I-40 toward Nashville before exiting onto Old Hickory Boulevard and losing control near Granwood Drive.
Both occupants were safely detained without further incident.
Investigators determined the vehicle, a 2009 BMW, had been stolen Nov. 1 from Gallop Lane in Nashville after its owner left the keys inside. Multiple vehicle burglaries were also reported in that area around the time of the theft.
The driver, an 18-year-old Nashville woman who did not possess a driver’s license, was arrested on charges related to possession of the stolen vehicle, felony evading arrest and driving without a license. The passenger was not arrested.
The investigation remains active. Mt. Juliet Police investigators are coordinating with neighboring law enforcement agencies to determine the vehicle’s possible connections to additional criminal activity across the Nashville region.
To learn more about the safeguards, laws, policies and privacy protections governing how Mt. Juliet’s license plate readers are used to help protect our community, visit: https://www.mtjuliet-tn.gov/1561/Guardian-Shield-License-Plate-Reader-Pro.