NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The Metro Nashville Police Department released helicopter video of the arrest of a most wanted rape suspect in Nashville.
Police said that 26-year-old Kevin D. Haynes was wanted on a statutory rape indictment and was on the city’s Most Wanted list for months.
Haynes ran into an East Nashville neighborhood Sunday night after officers spotted him in a parking lot.
“Haynes quickly learned that a trash can is not a good place to hide when there’s an MNPD helicopter with a thermal camera above,” MNPD said.
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“So, you’ll see an HVAC unit just around the corner. And it could be a fence separating the backyard from the front,” the officer in the chopper radioed down to officers searching for Haynes.
“If you’re looking at the trash cans, once you see them, the one on the left side is glowing red hot.”
“I think we got him in the trash cans,” the officers respond as the suspect is arrested.
“Air 1, I owe you dinner,” the officers said to the chopper.
“I like ribeye steak,” the officer in the chopper replied.
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