Metro crews have cleaned the storm drains that were causing Dwain Davenport’s parking lot in Whites Creek to flood every time it rained.
Check out the before and after pictures below.
Read the story from August 23, 2010.
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In regards to the story on April 7, 2010:
Ed and Auston McClain had a settlement hearing on April 21. According to Susan Niland, communications director for the district attorney’s office, the case now is set for a hearing on July 1 first before Judge Moreland.
We have a new development for those of you who have been following our gun story about Leonard Embody.
The state suspended Embody’s handgun carry permit on March 10th, 2010. This suspension was a response to a complaint from the Belle Meade Police department alleging that Embody “poses a material likelihood of risk to the public.”
According to a letter sent from the Department of Saftey,
“Mr. Embody must surrender his permit to the Department of Safety within ten (10) days of the notice, dated March 10, 2010.
It is a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one (1) year in jail for the permit holder to knowingly fail or refuse to surrender the permit to the department within the ten (10) day period. He has thirty (30) days from the date of the notice to either petition the General Sessions Court in his county of residence for judicial review or make a written request for a departmental hearing regarding the suspension of the handgun permit.”
Messed Up asked Embody how he felt about these actions. This is his response:
“I have done nothing wrong. It appears this is an attempt by the Belle Meade Police to retaliate against me. Open carry is legal in Tennessee see Attorney General Opinion 05-154. I fully complied with Belle Meade City ordinance 11-602 which requires I open carry an army or navy handgun openly in my hand. I fully complied with any applicable State Laws including TCA 39-17-1314(a) which allows cities with laws or regulations concerning firearms which were in effect before April 8, 1986 to be exempted from any State preemption. I’ve not been charged with a crime, and have not committed a crime, nor have I been arrested.”
Belle Meade Officer Thomas Sexton stated in a letter to the TNDPS that Embody is a risk to the public for the following reasons: Embody (1) carried a weapon in Belle Meade, (2) carried it in an unsafe manner, (3) carried it in an unsafe location, and (4) carried it in an unsafe condition.
Here is that letter:
When we asked Embody whether or not he plans to fight the suspension, he responded:
“Yes, I will fight this and will add it to the list of reasons for a federal lawsuit against the city of Belle Meade. The ommision in their letter to the department of safety of the Belle Meade ordinance and of any detail concerning the unsafe manner in which they say I carried the pistol are telling. The Department of Safety suspended my permit w/o due process on the word of a police officer who didn’t detail why my permit should be revoked.”
We have some good news to report.
The wall at the Nashville National Cemetery is finally being repaired after it was destroyed in two separate auto wrecks in the summer of 2009.
Kim Mahone’s grandparents are buried in a grave site next to the wall. She felt that the garbage, debris, rock and crime tape left at the crash site were disrespectful to her grandparent’s memory.
Mahone called Messed Up and we called the cemetery’s director, Paul Martin, who agreed.
The problem was allocation of funds to do the job.
We stayed on the issue and as of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, it looks like there is resolution.
Martin said work crews started fixing the wall, and it should be done by the end of the month.
“Of course we care about what happens in the cemetery and how it affects the next of kin of our soldiers,” Martin told Messed Up by phone.
He added, “We know the entire wall needs to be replaced but we wanted to fix this section first.”
“We hope everyone is satisfied with what we are doing, and this will resolve the issue. We apologize for the length of time it has taken to get there, but now, we hope all are pleased.”
Martin told Messed Up the rest of the cemetery wall will be fixed in 2011.
We met Hal Ferry at the bottom of the Broadway off ramp. He was carrying a sign saying he was a finance grad and needed a job. Many people honked and gave him a thumbs up on that cold morning. Messed Up did an entire segment on him, and posted his resume on our site. We called him recently and asked for an update.
Here is what Hal wrote:
Hey Andy,
Thanks again for the story. I have taken the job at the security company, and the one at domino’s pizza, but I still don’t have anything in my field yet.
However, there are some better prospects now. Edward Jones contacted me about being a financial adviser, and I am currently starting the interview process with them. Additionally, the Sara Cannon Research Institute contacted me for a financial assistant and I interview with them on Monday.
Things are beginning to look up.
Thanks once again,
Hal
Response to Wednesday’s story, Neely’s Bend Walking Track, from property owner Phillip Mitchell:
Hello Andy: I am the owner of the property on 700 Marlin Pass that has been encroached upon by the school walking track and playground. Upon taking ownership of the property in question and preparing its clean-up and restoration from the small landfill and brush pile it had become, the encroachment was discovered. After contacting Mr. Edgings with the Metro school systems engineering/construction dept., after notifying him of the problem, he met with me and brought a survey plan that showed the known discrepancy years earlier. I had also contacted my councilman (Jim Forkum) in the matter and offered to sell Metro Schools AT MY COST (Est. $4500.00 to $5000.00), lease, or partial trade for similar property connected to my property, the portion of property that the track was on so that the school and community could keep the track and surrounding equipment. Jim Forkum asked Mr. Edgings to work out the deal with me on the property. Instead Mr. Edgings decided to demolish and spend who knows how many thousands of TAX PAYERS dollars on the proposed track and playground demolition and relocation. The fence alone, currently installed was estimated by my local fencing contractor to cost over $4,000. Although my major concern was liability, the Metro schools legal dept. would not provide me a waver of liability for use of the property until the problem was resolved, thus the fence was installed. I was told that the fence installed was temporary until a resolution was reached. What’s messed up is that with the failing economy and budget shortfalls in the school system, the Metro school administration is willing to spend big money instead of taking the simple road to fix the problem. I was told by Mr. Edgings that the proposed purchase paperwork to acquire the property was “TOO MUCH WORK” and would have to be voted on three times by council members and the planning commission. NOW THAT’S MESSED UP!!
Bill Penn, Asst Metro Codes Director, sent us the following Messed Up update to a story we brought you in December about an abandoned home in Madison. The owner died, and neighbors are havnig a hard time getting the city to act on the abandoned property.
The health and safety of Nashville and its citizens continues to be our priority. However, the reality of the situation makes this a very difficult case. The owner of the property is unresponsive. From all indications, the property has been abandoned, but we are unable to determine whether or not a financial institution is pursuing foreclosure. Couple this with very limited resources for demolition and we are unable to proceed in the direction we intended. We continue to work within the confines of the laws which govern these situation and we will continue to work to compel the responsible parties to be just that…responsible.
We have brand new developments to the auto burglary story you saw exclusively on That Is Messed Up.
On January 18th we told you Franklin police were investigating a rash of car burglaries.
Franklin Police have now posted the following surveillance photo of two men who could be connected.
This image was taken at Walmart, and the men in the photo used a credit card that was stolen during that rash of car burglaries.
Franklin police released the following statement.
Franklin, TN – Detectives investigating a rash of recent auto burglaries have a new lead and are asking for help from the public to identify two suspects. The men pictured here used a credit card taken during an auto burglary that occurred in the Franklin Green Subdivision. The credit card was used at Franklin’s Walmart a short time after the early morning break-in on 01/14/2010. The suspects were seen driving away from store in a small grey 4-door vehicle.
Information about the identity of these suspects or the recent rash of auto burglaries in Franklin is worth cash by simply calling Crime Stoppers at (615) 794-4000. Information can also be provided by texting 615FPD, along with your tip to 847411. All tips are guaranteed 100% anonymous. Police want your information, not your name.
We encourage you to call if you believe you could be of help to this investigation.
According to the Metro Health Dept, the Kirkpatrick Elementary re-inspection (11/9/09) found the following:
There score improved significantly. You can read our past stories drawing attention to the school’s condition:
You remember our story about the 1000’s of rockers who pack River Front Park for Buzz Fest 2009? Part of the show was cancelled due to rain.
We have an update: Alice in Chains is coming back to Nashville to do teh fans right.
Buzzfest Fan Appreciation Show with Alice In Chains - March 1st, 2010 @ Municipal Auditorium
Tickets go on sale 11/20 @ 10am at all Ticketmaster locations or the Municipal Auditorium Box office.
All Buzzfest 09 ticket holders have a 30 day window to exchange their Buzzfest ticket stub for a free ticket to the show. The window is from November 20, 2009 - December 20, 2009 to do their exchange.
 
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