Crime watch: Man shoots self in arm, leg

An Antioch man drove himself to Murfreesboro, then was taken to Saint Thomas Rutherford Medical Center for treatment after accidentally shooting himself. According to a police report provided to The Daily News Journal by the Murfreesboro Police Department, Dontillo Lamars Toliver, 21, of Anton Cove in Antioch, thought someone was in his yard around midnight Sunday, so he got his gun. When trying to put the weapon under the seat of his car, he accidentally shot himself in the arm and leg, he told officers.

Scent of marijuana leads to charges

Three Murfreesboro men were arrested on various charges after police officers came to the apartment of one of the men and smelled marijuana.

According to the police report, an officer was sent to the Aspen Heights apartments on South Rutherford because someone reported seeing Emmanuel Easley, 20, and it was known he had an outstanding warrant.

Officers and the apartment manager went to the door of Easley’s apartment and knocked. The police reported that someone asked who was there, but when the officers and the manager responded, the door was not opened.

Officers waited, and after an hour, they said, one man was seen leaving from the back of the apartment. Jimmy Bolden Jr., 22, of Grape Leaf Way in Antioch, was detained. Officers entered the apartment and found Dominic Roberts, 20, of Leslie Lane in Jackson. A protective sweep was done and Easley was found under a bed, according to the report.

Officers got consent to search and found marijuana in bags, pipes, canning jars and floating in the toilet, according to the report. They also found digital scales, a gun that had been reported stolen in Jackson, and numerous checkbooks and credit cards that the three suspects said were not theirs.

Easley was charged with theft over $500, tampering with evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession schedule VI, according to the report. His bond was set at $46,500.

Roberts was charged with theft over $500, tampering with evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession schedule VI, the report stated. His bond was set at $31,500.

Shots-fired call leads to marijuana find

Officers responding to reports of shots fired found five bags of marijuana on the ground near several suspects. The incident occurred near the “O” building on North Rutherford on Sunday. Because officers could not determine ownership of the marijuana, no drug-related arrests were made, but the marijuana was confiscated. One of the individuals present, Kealyn Craddock, was arrested on an outstanding warrant, according to the report.

Sex offender charged with registry violation

An Ohio man was charged with violation of sex offender registry laws Friday afternoon. According to police reports, Aaron Troutman, of Weston Street in Toledo, Ohio, is on the sex offender registry for a child pornography conviction.

When he first arrived in Middle Tennessee, the report states, Troutman attempted to register with the sheriff’s department but was told he would have to do so at the Murfreesboro Police Department because he was staying in Murfreesboro. The report said Troutman was given a list of compliant motels, but he was staying at Best Western, which is not permissible because it is within 1,000 feet of a school, according to the report.

An appointment was made for Troutman to register with Murfreesboro police, but Troutman did not make it. He did, according to the report, move to a compliant hotel, Value Place, but did not register. He was charged with violation of sex offender registry and sex offender restriction violation. His bond was set at $12,000.