A paroled felon found himself back behind bars for the second time this year after he was picked up for a litany of crimes early Thursday morning, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD).
An MNPD release says that 43-year-old Chance Mongeon was behaving strangely after wrecking his Audi Q5 on I-40 East.
“He was wearing a ski mask, had money falling out of his pockets, and was trying to retrieve items from the Audi,” the release says.
When police arrived at the scene, Mongeon (pictured above)allegedly tried to flee, only to be apprehended quickly by officers.
“A check of the SUV led to the discovery of a loaded pistol with no serial number, a window punch and burglary tools, crystal meth, suspected fentanyl, nearly 200 various pills, three digital scales, four bags of synthetic marijuana, and other drug-related items,” according to the release.
He was also carrying $5,500 in cash.
He was taken to General Hospital to treat minor injuries and later booked into Metro Jail.
Mongeon was out on bond after a similar occurrence in May.
During that incident, he crashed his motorcycle and asked witnesses to the crash not to call the police before fleeing on foot, discarding items from his pockets while he ran.
Those items allegedly included a loaded pistol, cash, marijuana, meth, heroin, cocaine, and pills.
He was also allegedly drunk and was carrying a fake Texas license.
That incident landed him in Metro Jail, where he was booked “on a number of drug and gun charges.” He was freed on a $71,000 bond, and those charges remain pending.
He is currently being held without bond due to a parole violation.
Nashville has been working for years to implement strategies to reduce crime, all while the number of police officers in the city has declined and crime rates have risen.
Metro Nashville Council Member Jeff Eslick joined The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy on Thursday to discuss crime and a “shocking” drop in law enforcement downtown.
Eslick confirmed that a small number of persistent criminals are committing a large portion of the crimes downtown, but they are not being punished harshly.
He told Leahy:
Well, some of them have been arrested eight to 13 times already in 2023. Most of the charges that I just threw out there carry a 30-day sentence.So how can you be arrested 13 times and get a 30-day sentence each time? You can’t, not in a year.
So what I’m finding is they’re basically “time served.”
They get arrested one day, the next morning when the prosecutor comes through, they get “time served” and they’re out.
Some of it derives from the mental incompetence, which is what we saw with the guy that shot the Belmont Student and that he had been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial or to understand the punishment, and so every time he’s arrested, he’s released. And that’s what’s happening. That’s the same thing.
So my question was, if the police aren’t going to do this, then is it up to the business owner, the security guy at the business, or even the tourist to protect themselves?
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter/X.
Gosh! A felon violated his parole? I am shocked, I say. Just shocked.
What does it take to get NASHVILLE voters to demand that violent criminals, including carjacking & shoplifters get prosecuted & incarcerated. Stealing & Destroying Property are Violent Crimes. There are Real Victims. By excusing Evil behavior, with no consequences, we are allowing crime to expand.
It all starts with voting!!! If you vote for a Corrupt DA, funded by the most evil man in America, George Soros, what do you expect?
I’m concerned about the quality of Leadership & Training in our Police Department & other government institutions, when DEI & CRT are the methods for selecting employees who carry out the Justice System, from Mayor, Police Officers to DA & Judges, rather than using Meritocracy in order to get the best of the best.
If you are a man, & dress like a woman, you are not a WOMAN. This is a Marxist Lie to distort reality.
Nashvillians just elected a Marxist for Mayor. You get what you vote for. YOU PAY THEIR SALARIES & THEY DONT THINK CRIME IS SUCH A BAD THING. IT WONT DESTROY YOUR RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
MENTAL INCOMPETENCE is an excuse to murder? So the answer is ” he couldn’t help it bc he’s a mental case? Mental incompetence is such a broad term, it could encompass 99% of criminals.
Murder is not shoplifting. It’s the worse crime possible. A MURDERER who us so psychopathic that killing is a sport, Iike the POS that killed an innocent college student, & must be removed from society. Since the murderer was Black & his VICTIM was white & unarmed, it probably should be considered a HATE CRIME, & thus give the Death Penalty. He is not going to be rehabilitated. He has no conscience.
Could it be DEI? Diversity, Equity & Inclusion? DEI is RACISM. Or CRT? Critical Race Theory? White bad, Black good? CRT IS RACISM. DEI & CRT are Marxist tools to destroy all American institutions which make America Great. It can make GOOD things into BAD things. It makes all White people bad, Black people good. The scary thing is the number of people who buy into this BS.
We already had a Civil War to rid this Country of Racism. A lot of people died to bring equality to ALL CITIZENS.
Marxist are taking this Civilization backwards.
Why do you think they do this? It’s not for the good of people or the Community or the Country. They are evil Dividers. Because they know if you keep the voters divided against one another & dumb them down with their Marxist Ideology in Education, you can control through fear.
We saw this during the plandemic. For the first time in American History, churches were forced to close their doors while Strip Clubs & Liquor Stores were considered “ESSENTIAL” HOW STUPID ARE WE AS A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY, TO FALL FOR THIS DESTRUCTION OF OUR LIBERTY? Our First Amendment us being trashed everyday. FEAR causes PANIC & SUBMISSION TO A TYRRANY.
THIS IS WHY ELECTIONS MATTER. We aren’t guaranteed Liberty, We have to Defend it everyday. A Republic cannot stand without morals. Judea-Christan morals.
The opposite of Good is Evil. Political Correctness is a Marxist Weapon. He can be She. Drag Queens are great examples for our children. Teach Children that its ok to believe there are 50 different sexes. & Grooming & Mutilating children is great. Pedophilia is not all that bad. You can solve your problems by allowing Doctors to remove your genitalia. These are lies the Marxists are trying to convince voters to believe.
DONT Sit back & Let Evil Win. We are in a Holy War.
Just because he wrecked his car, had money stuffed in his pockets, a loaded pistol, drugs, prison tatts on his face, and tried to flee police doesn’t make him guilty.