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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 21, 2023

Nearly half of the people arrested this year in Nashville were already on bond or awaiting trial for other crimes, new data from Metro Police shows. The data shows that 40% of the more than 17,742 people arrested through the end of September were on bond for other offenses or in some pre-trial release status. The most recent, and perhaps most notable, case is the man accused of shooting Belmont University freshman Jillian Ludwig. He had been arrested this spring for aggravated assault but was found incompetent to stand trial. He was released after doctors determined he did not meet the state’s criteria for involuntary commitment. News Channel 5 reports on the numbers.