From Metro Police January 28, 2023: Friday night’s street racer enforcement initiative by Metro Nashville Police Department Traffic officers led to charges against two men and the recovery of a stolen car. Both Police Department and Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopters were involved in spotting the locations of reckless activity and monitoring vehicles that fled from ground officers.
Austin Horner, 21, of Howenwald, is charged with aggravated reckless driving and felony evading arrest after he was spotted doing donuts in a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro in a parking lot on Logistics Way. He fled from officers who were attempting to stop him. A Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter pilot relayed his location to ground units. Horner was taken into custody after he pulled into a Murfreesboro Pike strip mall. He is being held on $5,500 bond.
Mateo Pineda Vallejo, 19, of Nashville, was observed by an Metro police helicopter pilot doing donuts with two people hanging out the windows of a 2012 Ford F150 in a parking lot at 3640 Trousdale Drive. He was issued a misdemeanor citation for aggravated reckless driving.
Another large group of vehicles formed in a business park on Linbar Drive. As these persons left the area, one of the vehicles crashed into a utility pole. The occupants fled prior to police arrival.
A Dodge Charger was seen doing burnouts in the parking lot of an Old Hickory Boulevard gas station. Officers attempted to stop the driver and it fled. A Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter pilot followed. The car was located abandoned and unoccupied at a condominium complex. The Charger had been reported stolen in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The investigation continues into identifying drivers/occupants of vehicles who fled from police.
There were a total of 24 traffic stops during the initiative resulting in 19 violations and five warnings.
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