Sex Crimes Detectives Charge Convicted Felon With 2 Counts Of Rape For May 16th Attack

Press release from the City of Nashville:

June 1, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sex Crimes detectives today charged Amari Ayers, 21, with two counts of rape and aggravated kidnapping for the May 16th sexual assault of a woman at gunpoint outside her apartment building at 1501 Rosa Parks Boulevard.

The victim parked her vehicle in a gated area around 3:15 a.m. She was walking up a stairwell toward her apartment when the suspect grabbed her from behind. He told her that he had a gun and would kill her. She reported that he then forced her back into her car where she was sexually assaulted.

Investigation by detective Kimberlin Rothwell led to the identification of Ayers after he was seen in the victim’s apartment complex where he was known to stay with a friend. He was taken into custody this afternoon at a Simpkins Street residence.

Ayers was convicted in March 2019 of attempted aggravated kidnapping and theft of property in relation to a 2017 case in which he attacked a woman in a state employee parking garage near First Tennessee Park. He received a mostly probated six-year sentence.

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