Crime & Safety
Would-Be Evictee Burns Mattress, Slashes Tires: Police
Rather than being evicted, a man set fire to a mattress and slashed his neighbors' tires, Metro Police say.
NASHVILLE, TN -- A man set to be evicted burned a mattress and slashed his soon-to-be-former neighbors' tires early Tuesday morning, according to Metro Police.
Firefighters responded to a fire at a multiplex at Alameda Street and 33rd Avenue North near Hadley Park just after 3 a.m. Tuesday. The firefighters dragged the mattress outside and quickly extinguished the flames. Police said several cars in the parking lot had slashed tires, as well.
No one was hurt.
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The owner of the complex said the man had issues with another one of the tenants and was set to be evicted later Tuesday.
The suspect, of whom there is no description, fled before police arrived. The fire marshal's investigation is ongoing.
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