Mt. Juliet Police Stop Vending Machine Burglars’ Crime Spree

May 11, 2012

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 May 11th, 2012

Mt. Juliet Police Stop Vending Machine Burglars’ Crime Spree 

Case: 12-28093

Date: May 11th, 2012

 Time: 8:00AM

Location: 5001 Crossings Circle (Hampton Inn) 

Mt. Juliet, Tenn. – The Mt. Juliet Police Department has apprehended two burglars that have been targeting hotel vending machines throughout three Middle Tennessee counties over the past two months. This morning in Mt. Juliet, a Hampton Inn employee spotted one of the suspects attempting to break-in to a vending machine inside the hotel and called police. When police arrived on the scene they spotted one suspect attempting to flee on foot and found another waiting in the getaway vehicle. Both were quickly apprehended by responding officers.

On May 11th, 2012, around 8:00 a.m., Mt. Juliet Police Dispatch received a call from an employee at Hampton Inn in reference to someone actively breaking-in their soda machine. Prior to police arrival, the suspect, later identified as William Dangerfield, 29 of Lavergne, Tenn., noticed that the employee witnessed him committing the crime and ran from the hotel. Responding Mt. Juliet Police Officers were able to spot the suspect matching the hotel employee’s description running away from the hotel through an adjacent parking lot where he was taken into custody. Police then located a second suspect, identified as Nathan McEwen, 28 of Hohenwald, Tenn., sitting in their getaway vehicle parked at Hampton Inn where he apprehended.

Investigators strongly believe that Dangerfield and McEwen have been working together over the past two months to commit similar crimes in Metro-Nashville Davidson, Rutherford, and Wilson counties. Mt. Juliet has had three similar crimes that the two are suspects in. They were arrested and booked into the Wilson County Jail.

 

Charged:

William Dangerfield, age 29 of LaVergne, Tenn.

Felony Vandalism – $15,000.00 Bond

Other charges pending as investigation continues

 

Nathan McEwen, age 28 of Hohenwald, Tenn. 

Felony Vandalism – $15,000.00 Bond

Other charges pending as investigation continues.

Anyone with any information on current investigations or ongoing crime trends is encouraged to call the Mt. Juliet Police Department at (615) 754-2550. Information can also be given anonymously by calling (615) 754-TIPS (8477) or via the Mt. Juliet Police Department website at http://www.mjpd.org/ .

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Contact: Sgt. Chandler, Community Policing Director/PIO

Phone: (615) 773-6260 E-Mail: tchandler@cityofmtjuliet.org

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please call Sgt. Chandler at (615) 773-6260 or email at tchandler@cityofmtjuliet.org

Mt. Juliet Police Discover Largest Marijuana Grow in City History

May 9, 2012

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 9th, 2012

Mt. Juliet Police Discover Largest Marijuana Grow in City History

Case: 12-26856 

Date: May 7th, 2012 

Time: 11:00PM

Location: 1802 Meadow Glen Circle 

Mt. Juliet, Tenn. – Over one-million dollars of drugs headed for the streets of Middle Tennessee have been seized by the Mt. Juliet Police Department. A drug investigation that started in Nashville over an anonymous drug tip led the Mt. Juliet Police Department to the largest marijuana grow operation ever discovered inside the city. Members of the Mt. Juliet Police Department’s Crime Suppression Unit executed a search warrant and shut down a marijuana grow operation inside a home at 1802 Meadow Glen Circle located in the Park Glen subdivision on Monday night. The Metro-Nashville Police Department relayed information to Mt. Juliet investigators, which prompted the search warrant.

Located during the search were over 775 marijuana plants, an additional 10 pounds of processed marijuana, 5 grams of powder cocaine, and thousands of dollars in equipment that was used to grow marijuana. The total street value of the processed marijuana is worth over $100,000.00, and the potential street value of the growing marijuana plants would have been well over $1,000,000.00 if all of the plants had been ready for cultivation. All the illegal drug material, two vehicles, and over $3,000.00 in cash have been seized so far in this on-going investigation.

“It is humbling to know that law enforcement neighbors can work together in a joint effort to root out drugs and their collateral public safety dangers throughout our communities,” stated Deputy Chief James Hambrick.

Two people were arrested and booked into the Wilson County Jail during the course of this investigation and have been charged with various drug related offenses.

Charged:

Stephen Middleton, age 45 of Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

Manufacturing Marijuana

Possession of Schedule II (Cocaine) for Resale

Possession of Schedule VI (Marijuana) for Resale

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Susan York, age 39 of Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

Manufacturing Marijuana

Possession of Schedule II (Cocaine) for Resale

Possession of Schedule VI (Marijuana) for Resale

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Anyone with any information on current investigations or ongoing crime trends is encouraged to call the Mt. Juliet Police Department at (615) 754-2550. Information can also be given anonymously by calling (615) 754-TIPS (8477) or via the Mt. Juliet Police Department website at http://www.mjpd.org/ .

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Contact: Sgt. Chandler, Community Policing Director/PIO

Phone: (615) 773-6260 E-Mail: tchandler@cityofmtjuliet.org

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please call Sgt. Chandler at (615) 773-6260 or email at tchandler@cityofmtjuliet.org