Crime & Safety
Man Busts Into East Nashville Bible Study, Violates Eighth Commandment: Police
An 18-year-old was arrested after police say he was busted using a credit card stolen during the prayer-meeting stick-up.
EAST NASHVILLE, TN — Metro Police say they've arrested the man who robbed 11 people during an East Nashville Bible study.
According to investigators, 18-year-old Quint Williams Jr. busted into a home on McFerrin Avenue October 24 and ordered the Bible study group to the ground at gunpoint. Police say Williams had three accomplices, also armed. They have not yet been arrested or identified.
Williams and his cohorts allegedly purses, wallets and cell phones before the victims fled into a back alley. The next day, police say Williams was spotted on surveillance video using one of the nabbed credit cards and admitted to the theft the day after.
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Williams is charged with aggravated robbery and is being held on a $50,000 bond.
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