Georgia man used gay dating app Jack'd to meet and rob Nashville victim, police say

Natalie Neysa Alund | The Tennessean

Metro police on Sunday arrested a 28-year-old Georgia man who they say used a gay dating app to meet and rob another man in Nashville over the weekend.

Desmond S. Clements, who has a lengthy criminal background and lives in Atlanta, is charged with robbery, criminal impersonation and vandalism following the weekend incident and, as of Monday, was being jailed in Nashville on $11,500 bond.

According to an arrest affidavit, Clements met the man on Jack'd, a dating app for gay men, and arranged for him to come to the home where he was staying. When the man arrived, the affidavit states, Clements demanded $100 from him causing the man fear.

When the man told Clements he didn't have the money, Clements jumped into the man's car and "honked the horn repeatedly stating he had friends with guns inside."

He then drove the man to an ATM at a liquor store in the 800 block of Main Street in East Nashville and when the man got out of his car, the affidavit continues, Clements told him to hurry up and that the longer he took the more damage he would do to his car.

Clements then reportedly keyed the man's car.

At some point, the man went to the ATM and told a witness he was being robbed. The witness called police, officers arrived and arrested Clements.

According to the affidavit, while being transported to jail, Clements began to laugh and said "you don't even have the real me, because that isn't me."

He then gave police his real name, and the officer soon learned the man had an outstanding warrant out of Georgia. It was not immediately known what charge Clements was wanted on.

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