Man arrested for intentionally striking Opryland hotel security officer with his vehicle
Nashville TN Dec 26, 2021
30-year-old Anas Alhams is charged with aggravated assault after video captured him using his vehicle to strike a woman working as a traffic security officer at the Opryland Hotel Saturday. Alhams reportedly was upset that he was sitting in traffic and began to go around the traffic, turning into a non-public area of the property that was dead-end.
As he realized he had to come back out, he ignored both cross-traffic and the traffic officer responsible for the flow, and lunged his vehicle toward her, striking her in the leg as he fled past her at a high rate of speed.
He was booked into jail, charged with aggravated assault, and is free on a $15,000 bond.
Officers interviewed witnesses that stated that they observed the victim being struck by the defendant’s vehicle and that it looked intentionally.
Officers also viewed video footage from Opryland Hotel show that the defendant did strike the security officer with his vehicle while ignoring the security officer’s directions.
Officers then took Alhams into custody and have charged him with Aggravated Assault.
