Man found hiding in dumpster after robbing woman of purse in Nashville hotel parking garage

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Authorities said they have arrested a man accused of assaulting and robbing a woman of her purse in a hotel parking garage near downtown Nashville.

According to an arrest affidavit, officers were sent to the Hyatt House Hotel in the 530 block of Rep. John Lewis Way at approximately 7:19 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16 to respond to a reported robbery.

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The victim reportedly told police that a man, wearing a white T-shirt, dark gray jeans and white sneakers, approached her from behind, grabbed her and claimed he had a gun.

She added she observed what “appeared to be the outline of a firearm” beneath the man’s shirt before he forcibly grabbed her purse…

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