NASHVILLE, TN – Detectives with the Nashville Violent Crimes Division in coordination with officers assigned to the Vehicle Crimes Reduction Initiative arrested a Smyrna, TN man wanted on ten vehicle burglary warrants from an incident on July 5. Reports from Metro Police show that 20-year-old Austin Chapman was identified as the suspect breaking into cars in a 4th Avenue North parking garage and stealing items from those vehicles.
Chapman was seen by witnesses after car alarms were set .
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A Lexington man already charged with multiple violent home invasions was charged with conspiring with other inmates to assault a guard with a weapon and escape from jail.
Alan Shane Hess, 33, of Lexington, was charged with two counts of felony conspiracy, felony possession of a weapon by a prisoner, and misdemeanor injury to real property.
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