43-year-old Hazelwood Elementary teacher Michelle Kramer told deputies she drank “Jack Daniel’s straight” before starting her school day on Monday, May 20, 2024. During that day, she was in charge of multiple classrooms and students throughout the day, while “heavily intoxicated,” according to multiple staff members who alerted administration. Officers say her level of intoxication was “very high,” and she was a danger to herself and others in the building. After observing the strong smell of alcohol coming from her breath, Kramer was taken into custody and charged with both public intoxication and reckless endangerment.
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DUI: Ebony Cue jailed after having “a few beers and a few shots” before driving on expired tags
45-year-old New Providence Middle School Teacher’s Assistant Ebony Cue was jailed on December 26th. Police observed a black Kia sedan driving down Dover Road with a dysfunctional tag light. The officer followed the vehicle and made a traffic stop on Ashley Oaks Drive, where officers discovered that the vehicle’s tags had expired on July 31st, 2023. The driver, Ebony Cue, was observed smelling strongly of alcohol and having a difficult time holding her bloodshot eyes open while speaking to the officers. She admitted to drinking “a few beers and a few shots” and taking several different medications, one being Lexapro. Ebony was asked to perform field sobriety tests, on which she performed poorly and was taken into custody. Once at booking, Ebony blew a .033% on a breathalyzer. Officers later discovered that Ebony had a prior DUI in 2017.
VIDEO: Student assaulted with a tire iron at Northwest High School in Clarksville
VIDEO: A student at Northwest High School assaulted another student with a tire iron Friday morning. A school resource officer was then able to disarm the tire iron from the student, as seen in the video below.
Kenwood High School “slumped” Instagram account features principal sleeping in class
A series of unofficial Kenwood High School Instagram accounts that students use for fun and to bring awareness of things around campus have popped up this school year. There’s KHS confessions, and even KHS Damages – which is used to document all the broken things in the school.
Currently gaining the most attention, though, is KHS Slumped – which documents people slumped over or sleeping at school. While it’s mostly fun and entertaining, a student says they have captured the best picture of all. The photo, taken in early November, appears to show Kenwood High School Principal Dr. James K. Bailey asleep at a desk in a classroom while students say he was doing a teacher observation.
Kenwood High Teacher Brandon Stewart charged with DUI
36-year-old Brandon Allen Stewart, who teaches at Kenwood High School, was charged with DUI just before daylight Saturday morning. A DUI investigation began after an initial traffic stop for failing to maintain his lane of travel. He performed poorly on field sobriety tests and smelled of alcohol, according to officers at the scene. A Tennesse Titans thermos was in the front cup holder and reportedly smelled of the same liquor on Stewart’s breath. Stewart had a prior DUI charge in 2013, which was reduced to reckless driving during a plea.
Former School Nurse Leon Hensley pleads guilty to child pornography charges Wednesday
A former Clarksville school nurse pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to 25 counts of attempting to produce child pornography. Leon B. Hensley, 41, pleaded guilty prior to the start of a bench trial which was scheduled to begin today. Hensley faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison on each count and up to life when he is sentenced on February 3, 2023.
Nathen Dailey jailed after spending the night with a runaway juvenile at Stokes Ball Field
Days before his 19th birthday, Nathen Dailey was jailed this week after Clarksville police responded to a domestic in progress call at Northwest High School Friday at 2:06 p.m. The involved parties were Daily and a runaway juvenile female, who he spent the previous night with at Stokes Ball Field. Daily, also had two warrants for outstanding citations on which he never appeared in court, each for an instance of having a tobacco-based vape pen on school property.
Kenwood vice-principal Garry Chadwell forced teen to penetrate him sexually, per rape indictment
49-year-old Kenwood High School Assistant Principal & Athletic Director Garry James Chadwell was jailed Tuesday evening, charged with forcing a 17-year-old to penetrate him sexually. The indictment, a copy of which is in the story, alleges one count of forcing the child to penetrate him without the child’s consent, and another count of adding the statutory rape charge. The incident occurred on January 22, 2022.
CMCSS Teacher Christy Fogarty “snapped” before assaulting her fiance, per report
46-year-old Moore Magnet School Teacher Christy Fogarty was jailed this week after an argument with her fiance, Michael Martin. An arrest warrant states she “snapped and began to try to harm” him by scratching and grabbing at him. Marin was able to defend himself from most injuries but had some pinkness around his neck as documented by officers.
Woman charged with stalking & sending private sex videos to her ex’s new lover —Nicole Krause
43-year-old Nicole Krause faces multiple charges after police say she mailed a package containing used undergarments to her ex-husband’s new girlfriend, Dian Wallace. Her ex-husband, Ryan Krause, also filed charges after she created a group chat with him and his new girlfriend and shared explicit and intimate videos and photos of the former lovers having sex.
Mother faked autistic child’s death to leave him alone in a Clarksville motel — Vanessa Blanchard
In October of 2021, New Providence Middle School SRO Dwayne James contacted Vanessa Blanchard to inquire why her 12-year-old son was not at school, he was informed the child had died as the result of a seizure two days prior. The school announced the child’s death and had a fundraiser to pay for funeral expenses, which Blanchard said would be at Sykes Funeral Home. When the school contacted the funeral home to donate the money, they had no record of the family or any arrangements.
The school reached out to Blanchard again, and she explained the child’s body was at Tennova, awaiting an autopsy. Two weeks later, the child’s school-issued laptop was realized to be active at the Vacation Motor Motel.
Deputies responded to the location and found the boy in the room, but otherwise alive and well. Vanessa Blanchard admitted to leaving the child there alone and checking on him every other day, or so. Blanchard is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child, and fraud – false impression of death. She remains jailed on a $5,000 bond.