Two 18-year-olds remain in custody after Metro Nashville Police say they were spotted early Sunday morning breaking into several vehicles on Church Street, then fled in a stolen car before being tracked down by detectives.
According to the MNPD, Esean Harris and Dareon Henry were among five people who ran from a stolen Nissan Maxima after Vehicle Crimes Section detectives attempted to stop it. Police said the Maxima, stolen Friday morning from Nolensville Pike, had been used in a string of recent car burglaries. The car was located and followed by the MNPD Aviation Unit to Nolensville Pike, where Harris and Henry were arrested.
Detectives recovered a loaded handgun, a window punch, and an Autel key fob—commonly used to reprogram vehicles—along with a stolen backpack from a Range Rover broken into on Church Street. Police said the stolen Maxima itself had been reprogrammed as the owner still had the keys to her vehicle…