Man Who Forced His Way into the Home of a Nashville Mother Wednesday Did Virtually the Same Thing 5 Years Ago

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Dominique Van-Noy, 26

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The man arrested Wednesday evening for forcing his way into a Dobbs Avenue home and robbing the female resident was arrested for doing virtually the same thing in 2014.

South Precinct officers responded to the 31-year-old victim’s residence just before 5 p.m. Wednesday. She told them that she noticed the robber, subsequently identified as Dominique Van-Noy, walking in the backyard as she was getting her 11-month-old daughter’s stroller. Van-Noy approached the woman and demanded her keys. She turned and ran inside her home, but was unable to shut the door before Van-Noy got to it. He overpowered the victim and forced his way inside. He continued to demand her car keys, money and credit cards. The victim surrendered her keys to Van-Noy, who ran to her Volkswagen Passat. He drove it through the neighbor’s fence as he fled.

South Precinct detectives worked with Volkswagen in an effort to electronically locate the late model Passat. It was found unoccupied in the 2900 block of Selena Drive at 6:37 p.m. At 6:45 p.m., South Precinct Flex officers spotted Van-Noy near the intersection of Murfreesboro Pike and Glengarry Drive and saw that he closely matched the description of the robber given by the victim. Van-Noy was detained. The victim positively identified him as the man who came into her home.

Van-Noy, 26, refused to be interviewed by detectives. He is presently jailed on charges of robbery, aggravated burglary and two counts of vandalism. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $54,000.

In April 14, 2014, a 25-year-old woman returned to her Plus Park Boulevard apartment at 8 p.m. to find Van-Noy standing behind the door (he had broken in through the balcony entrance). That victim said Van-Noy grabbed her by the throat and began choking her, causing her to go in and out of consciousness. A neighbor heard the victim’s screams and helped her escape. Van-Noy fled and was ultimately apprehended that night on Plus Park Boulevard near Pavilion Boulevard.

Van-Noy was allowed to plead guilty in June 2014 to aggravated assault and aggravated burglary. He received a six-year sentence and was released from custody in February 2017.

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