Smashed-Ville: The Best And Worst Arrests From Nashville's Intoxicated Weekend

NASHVILLE, TN — Buddy's Boys weren't the only ones having a big time in Nashville this weekend. Metro Police estimated more than 50,000 peopled jammed into downtown to watch the Predators defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final and mixed and mingled with the assorted and sundry bachelorette parties, tourists and general merrymakers who crowd Lower Broadway on a normal June weekend — if such a thing exists in The City Saturday Nights Built.

MNPD said they only made 11 arrests during the Broadway Smash party itself, with seven of those for public intoxication (three were for counterfeit tickets and one for flying a drone over a crowd), but citywide? Well, there were more than that. Here's a rundown of some of the more interesting booze-related affidavits from the weekend. Names have been removed to protect the hungover. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

• A 24-year-old woman was found inside a men's restroom at Bridgestone Arena. "When officers asked what section she was sitting in she advised section 700," according to a police report, "however there is not section 700." Maybe the men's room is Section 700. She was arrested for public intox.
• At least she made it to the bathroom, even if it wasn't the right one. A 46-year-old woman on Broadway wasn't so lucky. "Defendant had approached officers on a fixed post and took her pants off," an officer wrote in an affidavit. She was charged with public intox.
• A 26-year-old man refused to leave the McDonalds at 12th Avenue and Broadway early Sunday. When police arrived, he apparently told them he was "drunk" and had been "drinking for some time," and employees told the officers the man was trying to start a fight. He was arrested for public intox.
• A 25-year-old woman roused the attention of security at CrazyTown for being just a bit too crazy shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday. She was unable to tell police where she was staying, nor could she stand. She was arrested for (wait for it) public intox.
• When in doubt stay in one place. A 21-year-old man was arrested after stumbling around the intersection of Second Avenue and Broadway, capturing the attention of police. When the man was unable to stay on the sidewalk without stumbling back into the road or using the building to brace himself upright, he was arrested for...public intox.
• Maybe she meant someone was going to get stabbed? Police arrived at Riverfront Park Saturday because witnesses heard a woman yelling that someone had been stabbed. Instead of a stabbing victim, they found a 36-year-old woman yelling and unsteady on her feet. She was arrested for, you know, public intox, but there's more. The woman was wearing a "blue bra-type shirt" and "what appeared to be a dress," according to police. When she arrived at the jail, the intake deputy discovered she had a pair of shorts on under the dress and in the pockets of the shorts? "A white oval plastic container with approximately 2 grams of marijuana inside of it. ... (and) a pocket knife in her other pocket," according to an affidavit. She was also charged with possession of contraband in the jail.
• Hey, you don't have to go downtown to get into trouble. You can go to Rolling Mill Hill, like a 48-year-old man "observed passed out on picnic tables near ... Pinewood Social," as officers wrote. The man was surrounded by "several empty beer cans" and, yes, was arrested for public intox.
• Maybe just stop talking, huh? Security guards flagged down a Metro Police officer as they worked to subdue a 31-year-old woman at Rosa Parks and Broadway Saturday. One of them told the officer they saw the woman "slumped over in the driver's seat as the car started to roll backward in the middle of Broadway." The woman allegedly told the security she had already hit another car and then told the police officer she had driven from Second Avenue before "parking" in the middle of Broadway. The officer asked the woman to consent to a breath test and she responded "F--- off" and was subsequently charged with violation of the state's implied consent law and DUI.
• A 24-year-old man was found naked at the intersection of 18th and West End early Sunday — maybe he thought Goten was going to get on that "naked sushi" trend. He was intoxicated, police said, and "was naked but was not believed to be for sexual gratification," so while he did catch the PI, he did not get charged with indecent exposure.

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