30-year-old Tia Alexis Hope Newman was observed violating the hands-free law near 101st Airborne Division Parkway and Trenton Road around 6:10 p.m. on June 1st. After noticing this, officers initiated a traffic stop and approached the driver’s side. Officers noticed Newman reeked of alcohol and had open beer cans on the passenger side floorboard. Newman told officers that she had been drinking since 11 a.m. Newman then consented to sobriety tests, which she performed poorly on. Newman was read implied consent and agreed to provide officers with a blood sample. During the traffic stop, Newman had her 7-month-old child improperly restrained in the backseat. The child’s car seat was only held down by the seatbelt of the backseat. Newman’s child was left with her sister. Officers then discovered that her driver’s license had been revoked since April 16th, 2023. Newman was then taken into custody for driving on a revoked license, driving under the influence, improper child restraint devices, and an open-container violation.
Tag: open container violation
DUI: Dianis Fletcher found passed out drunk in her car blasting music
21-year-old Dianis Fletcher was seen driving under the influence near a Lake Road residence on May 6th. Officers responded to a suspicious vehicle in the front yard of a Lake Road residence blasting music. Upon the homeowner’s initial observation, the driver was slumped over in the vehicle with the music blasting, appearing unresponsive to the music. When officers arrived on the scene, they spoke with the driver, Dianis Fletcher, who was slow to respond to officers upon contact. Officers asked Fletcher to step out of the vehicle due to the smell of marijuana. Officers noticed Fletcher was uneasy on her feet as she exited the vehicle. Officers then asked Fletcher where she was coming from. She stated she had a night out with her friends and was coming from La Vergne, Tennessee. While officers spoke with Fletcher, they also noticed the smell of alcohol coming from her person. Before, she admitted to officers that she had been drinking that night and that there was a can of alcohol in the back floorboard of the vehicle. Officers then asked Fletcher to perform sobriety tests, which she accepted but performed poorly on. Fletcher’s license was also suspended at the time of the stop. Officers deemed Fletcher to be intoxicated, and she was taken into custody for driving on a suspended license, open container of alcohol, and DUI.
DUI: Essence Thomas swerves on Fort Cambell Boulevard after leaving the bar
31-year-old Essence Shavon Thomas, a hospice aide, swerved while driving on Fort Campbell Boulevard in the early hours of May 12th. Officers watched as she nearly sideswiped a black sedan and conducted a traffic stop near The Vape Loft. When officers approached the driver’s side, they spoke with Thomas, who reeked of booze, showing signs of inebriation, advising them that she was traveling from “the bar.” She denied any alcohol consumption before refusing to take sobriety tests. They detained her and informed her of implied consent, which was when she declined to provide a chemical sample. During a subsequent search of her vehicle, they discovered she had a half-empty bottle of Don Julio on the passenger floorboard. Thomas was then taken into custody for driving under the influence and an open container violation.
DUI: Anastacio Urdiera drinks 24-ounce Modelo before leaving Circle K gas station
57-year-old Anastacio Urdiera was seen intoxicated at the Circle K on Dover Road on May 3rd. Officers arrived and made contact with Urdiera, who was backing out of a parking space in his green Chevy Tahoe. When officers spoke with Urdiera, they reported that he smelt like alcohol and demonstrated other signs of intoxication. Officers observed an open 24-ounce can of Modelo that was more than half empty. Urdiera was asked to perform sobriety tests, but he refused. Urdiera was then read implied consent, which he denied. A check of NCIC revealed that he did not have a valid driver’s license. Anastacio Urdiera was taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence, driving with no license, and possessing an open container of alcohol.
DUI: Tess Tillman crashes into utility pole, police find open container of alcohol in car
46-year-old Tess Tillman crashed into a utility pole at the Chapel and Market Street intersection on Apil 24th. Officers noticed a strong odor of alcohol as they approached Tillman. During the investigation, officers found an open container of an alcoholic beverage in Tillman’s vehicle in plain sight. Tillman agreed to standardized sobriety tests but performed poorly on all tasks. Tess Tillman was then taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence and possessing an open container of alcohol.
DUI: Letoya Vaughn kicks police officer in face at Circle K gas station
On April 29th, 38-year-old Letoya Vaughn was seen recklessly driving and assaulting officers at Circle K near Warfield Boulevard. The officer responded to a call concerning a reckless driver swerving into oncoming traffic before pulling into a Circle K gas station. When officers arrived, they noticed Vaughn walking toward her vehicle from the building. Officers approached Vaughn and immediately smelled alcohol on her breath. Officers also noticed her inability to balance, making her sway back and forth. When officers spoke to Vaughn, she denied driving the vehicle at all.
Officers then spoke with the person who made the call, and they successfully identified Vaughn as the driver. Officers then met with the manager of the Circle K, and he pulled up a video where Vaughn walked into the store with keys in her hand. Other employees at the Circle K informed officers that they believed Vaughn was under the influence of drugs. Officers asked Vaugn to perform sobriety tests, but she refused, so she was taken into custody. While placing her in the vehicle, Vaughn refused to listen to commands and stiffened her body with officers. This prompted officers to get more hands-on, and during this, Vaughn kicked an officer in the face. Following this, the officer searched the vehicle and found an open container of alcohol by the driver’s seat as well as a Styrofoam cup of alcohol in the center console cup holder. Vaughn was previously arrested on April 21st for an incident where she pointed a gun at a woman during an argument. Vaughn was charged with evidence tampering, assault against first responder, DUI, resisting arrest, and open container law on April 29th.
DUI: Ronda Martin falls asleep behind the wheel after drinking “one beer”
40-year-old Ronda Lee Martin, an employee at Gary J. Smith, M.D, was sitting in the Providence Boulevard Raceway parking lot around 2 a.m. on April 24th. Officers observed this and initiated a welfare check, during which she was sleeping in her driver’s seat. As officers shook her arm to wake her up, they noticed she reeked of alcohol and had an open beer can in the center console. Martin admitted to having one beer.
Officers asked Martin to provide her driver’s credentials, and she handed them her house key. She consented to sobriety tests, performed poorly, and after being informed of implied consent, agreed to provide a breath sample, which resulted in 0.187 BAC%. Martin was taken into custody for an open container violation and driving under the influence.
DUI: Joshua Maudlin crashes car into Exxon parking lot after drinking shot of Everclear
On April 18th, 35-year-old Joshua Maudlin was involved in a single-vehicle crash near an Exxon on Madison Street. When officers arrived, they spoke with Maudlin, who stated he had driven off the road near Golf Club Lane and crashed into a curb in the Exxon parking lot. While speaking with Maudlin, Officers noticed the odor of alcohol on his breath and his eyes being bloodshot. Proceeding this, officers asked Maudlin to perform sobriety tests, which he performed poorly. Officers then searched his vehicle, finding two open containers of alcohol. Maudlin admitted to officers that he mixed one shot of Everclear and two shots of coffee liquor. Officers took Maudlin into custody for driving under the influence, Open container of alcohol, and exercising due care on April 19th.
