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Glenn Funk

Texas man tied to hate demonstrations convicted of threatening to lynch Nashville DA

Tony GonzalezandThe Associated Press

May 9, 2025

A Texas man associated with a neo-Nazi group has been convicted of posting threats to lynch and kill Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk. The U.S. Department of Justice says the threats came after another member of the group was charged with aggravated assault in Nashville for fighting with a bar employee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Glenn Funk, hate groups, neo-nazi

NashVillager Podcast: Fallout from a major scandal

Nina Cardona

October 4, 2024

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Is Nashville’s criminal court docket headed for a major snarl? Plus the local news for October 4, 2024.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, davidson county district attorney, Glenn Funk

NashVillager Podcast: Two things can be true at once

Nina Cardona

September 30, 2024

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What happens when we’re faced with complicated public figures and their flaws? Plus the local news for September 30, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Glenn Funk, Ray Blanton

Nashville’s DA secretly recorded defense attorneys, investigation finds. Tennessee’s AG won’t prosecute.

Marianna Bacallao

September 25, 2024

Former members of District Attorney Glenn Funk’s staff told investigators that it was common practice to record criminal defense attorneys.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: davidson county district attorney, Glenn Funk, Jonathan Skrmetti, public defenders, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Vanderbilt police arrest local reporter covering pro-Palestinian student protest

Marianna Bacallao

March 26, 2024

A local reporter left a Vanderbilt University student protest that he was covering in handcuffs on Tuesday afternoon. Campus police arrested Nashville Scene reporter Eli Motycka, as students accused the administration of suppressing pro-Palestinian voices on campus.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Glenn Funk, Palestine, Vanderbilt University

Nashville’s Family Safety Center marks five years of working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence

Rose Gilbert

March 20, 2024

About 200 people gathered at Nashville’s Family Safety Center to observe its fifth anniversary working with victims of domestic and sexual violence, child and elder abuse, and human trafficking. Since opening in 2019, they’ve received over 55,000 in-person and remote visits from survivors.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: domestic violence, Freddie O'Connell, Glenn Funk, John Drake, Metro Nashville Office of Family Safety

What bipartisan interest in involuntary commitment means for the system’s most vulnerable

Marianna Bacallao

December 18, 2023

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In a rare show of bipartisanship, Tennessee’s statehouse and Nashville’s city hall are pushing for a change to state law that would make it easier to detain people who are deemed a threat to themselves or others. But experts say that could leave the criminal justice system’s most vulnerable at greater risk.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Cameron Sexton, Disability Rights Tennessee, Glenn Funk, gun violence, mental health, Zoe Jamail

MNPD ends investigation into leaked Covenant shooting documents — with no answers

Marianna Bacallao

December 8, 2023

Nashville police have ended the investigation into who leaked documents related to the Covenant School shooting — without an answer as to how three pages of the assailant’s journal ended up in the hands of a conservative YouTuber.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, Glenn Funk, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD

Guitarist, singer, Beatles fan: Remembering Belmont University student killed by stray bullet

Marianna Bacallao

November 9, 2023

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A Belmont University student who was struck by a stray bullet near campus on Tuesday afternoon has died from her injuries. The Metro Nashville Police Department announced her death Thursday morning.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Belmont University, Freddie O'Connell, Glenn Funk, gun violence, Jillian Ludwig, William Edmondson

Nashville DA calls for a change to Tennessee law after the shooting of a Belmont student

Marianna Bacallao

November 8, 2023

The man accused of fatally shooting a freshman near Belmont University’s campus Tuesday was tried earlier this year for aggravated assault.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Belmont University, Glenn Funk, gun violence

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