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A convicted felon was arrested in Mt. Juliet Wednesday, leading to the recovery of a stolen handgun. Officers pulled a vehicle over for speeding on Lebanon Road near Highland Drive, arrested a 40-year-old Nashville man for the crime, and recovered a handgun that was reported stolen out of Nashville in 2017. No other information was released.,
“Tarp it or ticket” is Gallatin’s new motto to crack down on litter piling up on their roads. One of the reasons city officials believe the trash along roadsides is so bad is partly due to trucks driving with unsecured items along highways or side streets to the Sumner County Recycling Center and Transfer Station. In the Volunteer State, a vehicle carrying mulch, twigs, or trash must be secured with a tarp to ensure nothing will fall or blow out. Gallatin Mayor Paige Brown said without denying services or charging more for a tarp-less delivery at the dump, she feels tighter enforcement from police is the best way to keep the city clean.
Two people have been taken into custody in connection with the shooting deaths of a Clarksville couple earlier this month. 30-year-old Savannah Lumpkin and 26-year-old Glenn Nicholson were found shot to death on Martin Street just after 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 8. Detectives now believe 20-year-old Tyson Mullins and 25-year-old Tristan Riley are the prime suspects in the murders of Lumpkin and Nicholson. Riley was arrested on Friday, April 12 in Chicago with the help of the Chicago Police Department’s Fugitive Recovery Team. He is currently awaiting extradition back to Clarksville. Mullins was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Montgomery County jail. He was charged with two counts of homicide.
One Middle Tennessee city is bringing the first Safe Haven Baby Box to the Metro Nashville area. Hendersonville is adding a baby box to Fire Station No. 5 at 1166 Forest Retreat Rd. Father Austin Gilstrap and Father Thomas Kalam with Our Lady of the Lake and Carols Reyes, a Deacon with Long Hollow Baptist Church, blessed the new baby box on Wednesday. This baby box marks the sixth in Tennessee and the 221st location in the nation.