Update on Harding Place Break-in

Here is the latest from police on Harding Place break-in Nov 23rd. Sorry it has taken me a couple of days to get this up.

December 2, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Gang Unit detectives this afternoon recovered the silver Toyota Highlander taken during a November 23rd home invasion robbery/kidnapping incident on Harding Place in West Nashville. Two persons are in custody being questioned. The vehicle has been impounded for processing.
Gang Detective Mark Anderson, while conducting surveillance in and around the Edgehill public housing development, spotted the Highlander turning into a public housing driveway off 11th Avenue South. As Anderson was driving up to the Highlander, the front seat passenger immediately bailed out. As other gang detectives arrived to flood the area, the driver and a rear seat passenger were taken into custody. It is believed that the front seat passenger ran into one of the Edgehill apartments. He was not located.
The driver of the Highlander and the rear seat passenger are being questioned by detectives from the West and South Precincts. South detectives are investigating whether the gunmen in the West Nashville case committed a similar home invasion shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday on Jessie Drive near Paragon Mills Park. In that case, the victims were robbed of their bank cards and certain items inside the home. The victims were held by two suspects at the residence while the two others went to an ATM to withdraw money.
In the West Nashville case, five masked gunmen entered the Harding Place home through an unlocked door between 9 p.m.-9:15 p.m. Sunday. They robbed the victims of computer equipment and money. They then forced the homeowner, his 19-year-old daughter and her 19-year-old boyfriend into the homeowner’s Highlander. Three of the suspects also got into the SUV. The victims were taken to two ATMs in the Green Hills area from where money was withdrawn. The victims were released unharmed in a subdivision near Hillsboro High School.
The Gang Unit, West detectives and South detectives have been jointly investigating these cases since last week.

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