Undercover detectives assigned to the department’s seven precincts charged 138 persons this week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.

South Precinct detectives charged 28 persons as the result of investigations on Trimble Street, Spence Lane, Terragon Trail, Murfreesboro Pike, and Sidco Drive. Seized were 40 grams of marijuana, 21 grams of cocaine, three grams of heroin, six pills, four guns and $12,023 cash.

Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 23 persons as the result of investigations on Lafayette Street, Charles E. Davis Boulevard, Perkins Street, Murfreesboro Pike, Old Hickory Boulevard, Lebanon Pike, Dabbs Avenue, and Trinity Lane. Seized were 20 grams of marijuana, five grams of cocaine, nine pills, one vehicle and $122 cash.

West Precinct detectives charged 14 persons as the result of investigations on Charlotte Pike, Patterson Street, Murphy Road, and White Bridge Road. Seized were ten grams of cocaine, 12 Lortab pills, 165 oxycodone pills, 67 Soma pills, 121 Xanax pills, 65 morphine pills, 90 various pills and one vehicle.

North Precinct detectives charged 13 persons as the result of investigations on Trinity Lane at Brick Church Pike, Dickerson Pike at Marie Street, the 1300 block of 14th Avenue North, and 24th Avenue North at Osage Street. Seized were three grams of cocaine and two grams of heroin.

Madison Precinct detectives charged 16 persons as the result of investigations on Rio Vista Drive, Gallatin Pike, Palestine Avenue and Argyle Avenue. Seized were five pounds of marijuana, five grams of cocaine, 20 oxycodone pills, ten morphine pills, one gun and $630 cash.

East Precinct detectives charged 21 persons as the result of investigations on Gallatin Pike, Dickerson Pike, Pennock Avenue, Stainback Avenue, South 6th Street, and Litton Avenue. Seized were 1.9 grams of cocaine, 120 Lortab pills and 6.6 grams of marijuana.

Central Precinct detectives charged 23 persons as the result of investigations on Spring Street, Jefferson Street, and Monroe Street. Seized were 38 grams of marijuana, 15 grams of cocaine, 35 pills, three vehicles and $1,700 cash.

Persons suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.

Undercover detectives assigned to the department’s seven precincts charged 132 persons last week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.

South Precinct detectives charged 25 persons as the result of investigations on Trimble Street, Lewis Street, Wallace Road, Murfreesboro Pike, and Foster Avenue. Seized were 49 grams of marijuana, 27 grams of cocaine, four guns and $322 cash.

Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 19 persons as the result of investigations on Murfreesboro Pike, Stewarts Ferry Pike, Harding Place, Fain Street, Lewis Street, and 2nd Avenue South. Seized were 130 grams of marijuana, 12 grams of cocaine, 104 various pills, one gun, one vehicle and $382 cash.

West Precinct detectives charged 20 persons as the result of investigations on Charlotte Pike, Patterson Street, Kittrell Road, and Maudina Avenue. Seized were 113 grams of cocaine, 1.1 pound of marijuana, 148 Adderall pills, 58 morphine pills, five grams of MDMA, 20 various pills, two handguns, two vehicles and $180 cash.

North Precinct detectives charged 20 persons as the result of investigations on Jefferson Street, Underwood Street, 21st Avenue North, Jackson Street, Trinity Lane, and Brick Church Pike. Seized were 2.6 grams of cocaine, eight grams of marijuana and .5 grams of heroin.

Madison Precinct detectives charged 15 persons as the result of investigations on Gallatin Pike, Dickerson Pike, Briley Parkway, Cabin Hill Road, and Madison Boulevard. Seized were 5.5 grams of cocaine, 16 grams of marijuana, two grams of heroin, one gram of methamphetamine, 18 oxycodone pills, three vehicles, three guns and $900 cash.

East Precinct detectives charged 17 persons as the result of investigations on Gallatin Pike, Dickerson Pike, North 9th Street, Dellway Villa Road, and Pennock Avenue. Seized were 4.1 grams of cocaine, one ecstasy pill and $236 cash.

Central Precinct detectives charged 16 persons as the result of investigations on Spring Street, 10th Avenue North at Jefferson Street, and the 1100 block of Broadway. Seized were 96 ounces of marijuana, 28 grams of cocaine, one vehicle and one gun.

Persons suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.

Undercover detectives, assigned to the department’s seven precincts, charged 114 persons this week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.

South Precinct detectives charged 26 persons as the result of investigations on 2nd Avenue South, Antioch Pike, Tampa Drive, Lyle Court, and Harbor Landing. Seized were 455 grams of marijuana, six grams of cocaine, 100 pills and $397 cash.

Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 16 persons as the result of investigations on Lebanon Pike, Lewis Street, Central Pike, Tulip Grove Road, and Atrium Way. Seized were 217 grams of marijuana, 80 pills, and two weapons.

West Precinct detectives charged 15 persons as the result of investigations on Charlotte Pike, Wedgewood Avenue, White Bridge Road, and Bradford Avenue. Seized were three grams of marijuana, 28.5 grams of cocaine, 319 grams of MDMA powder, 40 Lortab pills, 92 carisoprodol pills, nine morphine pills, three grams of synthetic marijuana, one vehicle and $300 cash.

North Precinct detectives charged 20 persons as the result of investigations on Trinity Lane, Curtis Street, the 1400 Block of Jefferson Street, and 28th Avenue North at Meharry Boulevard. Seized were 11.6 grams of cocaine, 149.6 grams of marijuana, ten pills, one vehicle and $1,624 cash.

Madison Precinct detectives charged 18 persons as the result of investigations on Old Hickory Boulevard, Gallatin Pike, East Palestine Avenue, and Conference Drive. Seized were 1.5 grams of cocaine, 60 grams of marijuana, one handgun and $445 cash. East Precinct detectives charged five persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, Gallatin Pike, and Trinity Lane. Seized were 3.7 grams of cocaine, 411.2 grams of marijuana and one vehicle.

Central Precinct detectives charged 14 persons as the result of investigations on 2nd Avenue North, Spring Street, and Poplar Court. Seized were 30 grams of cocaine, 31.2 grams of marijuana, 3 doses of MDMA, one gun and $70 cash.

Persons suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.

Undercover detectives, assigned to the department’s seven precincts, charged 159 persons last week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.

South Precinct detectives charged 19 persons as the result of investigations on 2nd Avenue South, Shepherd Street, Linbar Drive, and Edmondson Pike.  Seized were 15 grams of marijuana, three grams of cocaine and 24 pills.

Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 25 persons as the result of investigations on  Old Hickory Boulevard, Tulip Grove Road, Rayon Drive, Lafayette Street, and the 1200 block of Murfreesboro Pike.  Seized were 35.6 grams of cocaine, 62.2 grams of marijuana, 14 pills, one vehicle and $5,293 cash.

West Precinct detectives charged 19 persons as the result of investigations on West End Avenue, Patterson Street, Charlotte Pike, and 40th Avenue North.  Seized were 2.7 pounds of marijuana, 92.1 grams of cocaine, 240 OxyContin pills, 54 Dilaudid pills, four Xanax pills, two vehicles and $1,656 cash.

North Precinct detectives charged 22 persons as the result of investigations on the 1400 block of Arthur Avenue, 14th Avenue North, the 800 block of 32nd Avenue North, the 1000 block of Jefferson Street, and Herman Street at Ireland Street.  Seized were 6.8 grams of cocaine, 27.2 grams of marijuana, two guns and $610 cash.

Madison Precinct detectives charged 23 persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, Gallatin Pike, East Palestine Avenue, Kate Street, Old Hickory Boulevard, and Due West Avenue.  Seized were 3.5 grams of cocaine, 15 grams of marijuana and 20 units of LSD.

East Precinct detectives charged 25 persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, North 2nd Street, Berry Street, Lischey Avenue, and Shelby Avenue.  Seized were 1.1 grams of cocaine, 59.7 grams of marijuana, one gram of heroin, four Lortab pills, eight morphine pills, nine Dilaudid pills and $564 cash.

Central Precinct detectives charged 26 persons as the result of investigations on Garfield, Lafayette, and Jefferson Streets.  Seized were 15 grams of marijuana, ten grams of cocaine and one vehicle.

Persons suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.

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For the second time in less than two months, undercover detectives have put a stop to the activities of a drug organization that has been distributing heroin throughout the Nashville area.  This group was well stocked.  The heroin seized carries an estimated wholesale value of $500,000.

After several undercover buys and countless surveillance hours, narcotics detectives assigned to the Specialized Investigations Division today identified and arrested the organization’s “dispatcher” who would take orders from heroin customers, and the primary courier who would make the deliveries.

Adrian Gonzalez Ortega, 35, also known as dispatcher “Alejandra,” and a man claiming to be Juan Alvarez Garcia, the courier, were arrested today inside a unit at Mission Priest Apartments on Bell Road.  Recovered from the apartment were seven ounces of brown powder heroin, a large number of small balloons filled with heroin ready for street distribution, several phones, electronics and $13,500 cash. 

A search of the vehicles used by the organization yielded another 3.3 pounds of brown powder heroin, making today’s total seizure approximately 4 pounds.

After this morning’s arrests of Ortega and Garcia, detectives used their phones to receive heroin orders from 13 customers.  Undercover officers posing as couriers met those persons in various Nashville neighborhoods today and issued them state misdemeanor citations for attempting to purchase heroin.

Another courier tied to this organization, Alberto Ruiz, 31, was arrested by West Precinct undercover detectives on the afternoon of March 9th after making a heroin delivery on Todd Pries Drive.  A total of 38 small heroin-filled balloons were recovered from Ruiz.

He is jailed in lieu of $90,000 bond.

Garcia has been identified through his fingerprints as Oscar Martinez-Gonzalez, 24, who was arrested by Metro police for distributing heroin in August 2011.  He was convicted last October and received a nine-year probated sentence to be served through the Community Corrections Program.  This man’s true name has not been determined, as the FBI knows him to be Jose Eduardo Ramirez.  Regardless, this person is now in the custody of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, as is Adrian Gonzalez Ortega.  Both will be prosecuted federally given the amount of heroin involved.

In January, three men were arrested for running a similar heroin distribution operation out of a home on Saturn Drive.

Adrian Gonzalez Ortega

Juan Alvarez Garcia(Oscar Martinez-Gonzalez)

Alberto Ruiz

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Undercover detectives assigned to the police department’s seven precincts charged 108 persons with mostly drug and prostitution offenses last week as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.

Madison Precinct detectives charged 17 persons as the result of investigations on Neelys Bend Road at Forest Park Road, Welworth Street, and E. Palestine Avenue at Argle Avenue. Seized were 2.5 ounces of hydroponically grown marijuana, 10 grams of crack cocaine, $1,259 cash and 1 vehicle.

Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 10 persons as the result of investigations on Royal Parkway, Glenrose Avenue, Shadowood Court, Lewis Street, and Lafayette Street. Seized were 3 grams of cocaine, 25 grams of marijuana and 140 pills.

South Precinct detectives charged 27 persons as the result of investigations on Murfreesboro Pike, Bell Road, Antioch Pike, Edmondson Pike, and Sheila Drive. Seized were 35 grams of marijuana, 3 grams of cocaine, 1 pill and 1 gun.

Central Precinct detectives charged 9 persons as the result of investigations on Lafayette Street and N. 1st Street. Cocaine weighing 3 grams was seized.

East Precinct detectives charged 13 persons as the result of investigations in the 4800 block of Gallatin Pike, S. 7th Street at Crutcher Street, Douglas Avenue at Jones Avenue, the 300 block of Riverside Drive, the 500 block of S. 5th Street, the 800 block of Oneida Avenue, the 1900 block of Upland Drive, and Dickerson Pike at Hillhurst Drive. Seized were 11.5 grams of marijuana, 2 pills and $200 cash.

North Precinct detectives charged 11 persons as the result of investigations in the 3200 block of Viking Drive, the 100 block of Welworth Street, Clarksville Pike at Fairview Drive, the 200 block of Haynes Park Drive, and the 5000 block of Brewer Court. Seized were 424 grams of crack & powder cocaine, 314 grams of marijuana, 66 Xanax pills, 6 guns and $2,924 cash.

West Precinct detectives charged 21 persons as the result of investigations on 13th Avenue South, Argyle Avenue, Charlotte Pike and Highland Park Court. Seized were 7.5 pounds of marijuana, 22 grams of heroin, 7 grams of cocaine, 2 vehicles and $2,548 cash.

Persons suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.

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Undercover detectives, assigned to the department’s seven precincts, charged 124 persons this week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.

South Precinct detectives charged 21 persons as the result of investigations on Murfreesboro Pike, Ocala Drive, Wallace Road, and Lenox Village Drive. Seized were ten grams of marijuana, two grams of cocaine and ten pills.

Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 20 persons as the result of investigations on Massman Drive, Brook Valley Court, Truxton Court, Andrew Jackson Parkway, and Old Hickory Boulevard. Seized were 100 grams of marijuana, nine grams of cocaine, 334 various pills, four handguns and $3,699 cash.

West Precinct detectives charged 20 persons as the result of investigations on West End Avenue, Wade Avenue, Charlotte Pike, and 14th Avenue South. Seized were one pound of marijuana, three pounds of synthetic marijuana, 20 various pills, two grams of cocaine, two vehicles and $2,808 cash.

North Precinct detectives charged 10 persons as the result of investigations on Eastmoreland Street at Dickerson Pike, Dove Place, Arthur Avenue, and 15th Avenue North. Seized were 19.7 grams of cocaine, 30.1 grams of marijuana and 13 various pills.

Madison Precinct detectives charged 13 persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, Gallatin Pike, East Palestine Avenue, Berkley Drive, and Due West Avenue. Seized were 73.5 grams of cocaine, 40 Lortab pills, four synthetic methamphetamine pills, eleven grams of marijuana, one vehicle and $2,185 cash.

East Precinct detectives charged 24 persons as the result of investigations on Noonan Drive, Gallatin Pike, Crockett Street, Mansfield Avenue, North 6th Street at Douglas Avenue, Dellway Villa Road, Dickerson Pike at Hancock Street, and Trinity Lane. Seized were .2 grams of cocaine, three grams of marijuana and one handgun.

Central Precinct detectives charged 16 persons as the result of investigations on Jefferson Street, North 1st Street, and Buchanan Street. Seized were 180 grams of marijuana, one gram of cocaine, one dose of DMT and $200 cash.

Persons suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.

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Undercover detectives, assigned to the department’s seven precincts, charged 119 persons last week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.

South Precinct detectives charged 25 persons as the result of investigations on Murfreesboro Pike, 3rd Avenue South, Thompson Lane, and Welch Road.  Seized were four grams of marijuana, 17 grams of cocaine, ten pills and $680 cash.

Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 17 persons as the result of investigations on Henry Drive, Dodson Chapel Road, Fairfield Avenue, Glenrose Avenue, Allen Road, Elm Hill Pike, and Burning Tree Road.  Seized were 25.4 grams of cocaine, 31 grams of marijuana, 37 pills and $2,100 cash.

West Precinct detectives charged 14 persons as the result of investigations on Charlotte Pike, 9th Avenue South, Hillsboro Pike, and Patterson Street.  Seized were 32 grams of cocaine, 30 ecstasy pills, 333 grams of synthetic marijuana, 132 grams of MDMA, one vehicle and $3,181 cash.

North Precinct detectives charged 16 persons as the result of investigations on Judd Drive, Hummingbird Drive, Clarksville Pike, Dickerson Pike, Trinity Lane, the 1700 block of Lewis Street, and the 1900 block of 15th Avenue North.   Seized were 6.6 grams of cocaine, 33.4 grams of marijuana and six pills.

Madison Precinct detectives charged 12 persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, Gallatin Pike, and East Palestine Avenue at Argyle Avenue.  Seized were 14 grams of cocaine, 18 OxyContin pills, one vehicle and $276 cash.

East Precinct detectives charged 15 persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, Spring Street, and Ben Allen Road.  Seized were 16 amphetamine pills, 16.4 grams of cocaine, 36 grams of marijuana, 14 Valium pills, 3.5 Soma pills, 3.5 Xanax pills, two methadone pills and $961 cash.

Central Precinct detectives charged 20 persons as the result of investigations on Delta Avenue, Garfield Street, 8th Avenue South, and Lafayette Street.  Seized were 31 grams of marijuana, five grams of cocaine, 2.5 grams of MDMA powder, 39 MDMA pills, two vehicles, one gun and $2,526 cash.

Persons suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.

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Undercover detectives, assigned to the department’s seven precincts, charged 124 persons last week with mostly drug and prostitution offenses as the result of investigations in various Nashville neighborhoods.

South Precinct detectives charged 15 persons as the result of investigations on Bakertown Road, Glenrose Avenue, Nolensville Pike, and Bell Road.  Seized were 13 grams of marijuana, three grams of cocaine, two vehicles and $162 cash.

Hermitage Precinct detectives charged 20 persons as the result of investigations on Central Pike, Frist Boulevard, Arlington Avenue, and Murfreesboro Pike. Seized were 14 pounds of marijuana, 86 pills and two guns.

West Precinct detectives charged 21 persons as the result of investigations on Charlotte Pike, Twin Oak Drive, Dakota Avenue and Croley Drive.  Seized were 18 grams of cocaine, 100 ecstasy pills, one morphine pill, two handguns, one vehicle and $3,765 cash.

North Precinct detectives charged 10 persons as the result of investigations on Alta Loma Road, Gallatin Pike, Jefferson Street, Brick Church Pike, Murfreesboro Pike, and 12th Avenue North.   Seized were 21.6 grams of crack cocaine, 16.3 grams of marijuana and 20 Percocet pills.

Madison Precinct detectives charged 14 persons as the result of investigations on the 300 block of Rio Vista Drive, Neelys Bend Road at Forest Park Road, the 300 block of Gallatin Pike, and Argyle Avenue.  Seized were 10.5 pounds of marijuana, 3.5 grams of crack cocaine, two grams of cocaine, 15 hydrocodone pills, 19 Xanax bars, eleven Adderall pills, four oxycodone pills, four guns and $669 cash.

East Precinct detectives charged 23 persons as the result of investigations on Dickerson Pike, Cahal Avenue, North 5th Street, Duke Street, Queen Avenue, McGavock Pike, Haysboro Avenue, and Meridian Court.  Seized were 4.9 grams of cocaine, 130 grams of marijuana, 40 morphine pills, 45 Xanax pills, six various pills, three guns and $181 cash.

Central Precinct detectives charged 21 persons as the result investigations on 12th Avenue North at Porter Street, Rosa Parks Boulevard at Jefferson Street, and Lafayette Street.  Seized were 17.5 grams of marijuana, three ounces of cocaine, three grams of crack cocaine, 24 Xanax bars and 4.5 grams of MDMA.

Persons suspecting drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to call the police department’s 244-DOPE hotline. Callers to the hotline can remain anonymous.

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Outstanding investigative work by Central Precinct undercover detectives with assistance from East Precinct detectives led to Friday’s arrest of convicted robbers Anthony “A.J.” Zonneville and James “Kool-Aid” Sims, both 25, for felony drug possession.

Seized during the execution of a search warrant at Zonneville’s 875 Granada Avenue residence were .7 grams of cocaine, 385 grams of marijuana, one shotgun, one vehicle and $427 cash. Both men were taken into custody.

Zonneville and Sims, of Connare Drive, are now charged with a crooks with guns law violation and felony cocaine and marijuana possession. They were also served with outstanding aggravated robbery warrants for the armed Halloween hold-up of a man on North 8th Street. In addition to robbery, both men have previous burglary and theft convictions. They are being held in lieu of $100,000 bond each.

James “Kool-Aid” Sims