43-year-old Marshall Bennett was caught driving with his license revoked while traveling the wrong way down a one-way on 20th Avenue South on August 14th. Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle and identified Bennett as the driver. They discovered that Bennett was driving with a revoked license. Bennett requested that his car be relocated, so officers called a towing company. When West Nashville Towing company arrived, Bennett became disorderly. Bennett then jumped onto the tow truck to prevent his vehicle from being towed. Officers instructed Bennett to get off the tow truck. Despite this, he repeated the action when the towing company attempted to tow his vehicle again. He also requested to speak with a supervisor. Bennett refused to get off the tow truck when the officer’s supervisor arrived. Officers then removed him from the truck and detained him. As officers tried to detain Bennett, he resisted during the placement of handcuffs and the search. Bennett was later charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and driving with a revoked license.
A few hours later, on August 15th, at Nashville General Hospital on Albion Street, Bennett was seen assaulting a nurse by spitting in her face while in custody. When more officers arrived on the scene, they spoke with Bobby Thames. She informed police that Bennett had turned his head and spit on her while she was trying to insert his IV. Officers then spoke with witnesses who confirmed Thames’s statement. Bennett was taken into custody and charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, driving on revoked license, and two counts of assault on a nurse on August 18th.