Crime Report: Gang member back in custody

Davidson County

A high-ranking gang member who told police he has been involved with gangs since he was 14 has been arrested again for parole violation, police said.

Terrance D. Crutcher, 28, is a member of the Rollin 40s Crip street gang, police said. He was released from prison last July after serving four years of a 10-year cocaine possession sentence.

But he violated parole when police found him in the 1500 block of Ninth Avenue North with keys to a Chevrolet Tahoe that contained a loaded 9 mm pistol, 28 grams of cocaine and a scale with cocaine residue on it, police said.

The police department's Gang Unit has been monitoring known gang leaders for law violations or outstanding warrants.

— RACHEL STULTS (Tennessean)