NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A man was arrested after he forced his way inside a woman's home in South Nashville.
According to Metro Nashville Police officials, a man who was later identified as Dominique Van-Noy robbed a the woman at her on Dobbs Avenue Wednesday evening.
Around 5 p.m. the young mother noticed Van-Noy walking in the backyard as she was getting her 11-month-old daughter’s stroller. He approached the woman and demanded her keys. She turned and ran inside her, but wasn't able 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 woman gave him her keys and that's when he ran to her Volkswagen Passat, and drove it through the neighbor's fence to get away.
South Precinct detectives worked with Volkswagen in an effort to electronically locate her car. 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. The officer detained him and the woman identified him as the man who came into her home.
Van-Noy refused to be interviewed by detectives and was jailed on charges of robbery, aggravated burglary and two counts of vandalism. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $54,000.
According to police officials, Van-Noy committed the same crime in 2014.
In April 2014 a 25-year-old woman returned to her apartment on Plus Park Boulevard 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.
