Joel I. Thompson
Date of Birth: 04/29/1989
57 Melville Road
Rochester, NY 14609

Franklin, TN –Last night, FPD Flex Officers arrested a New York band member who was visiting Nashville to play a gig.

Joel Thompson, 25, of Rochester, NY was wanted for a 2013 felony theft from Walmart in Franklin. On 06/01/2013, he shoplifted more than $4,000 in cords and adapters for small electronics, like iPads and cameras. Thompson, who got away that night, was identified during an investigation, and a felony warrant was obtained for his arrest on 03/16/2014.

Using the Internet, Flex Officers discovered that Thompson would be in TN to play a show on Tuesday. Officers spotted him taking equipment from a van into the The End on Elliston Place in Nashville, and arrested him.

Thompson, who is being held in the Williamson County Jail on a $25,000 bond, is wanted in Maury, Henry, and Cheatham Counties as well.  He is scheduled to appear in Williamson County Court on 08/21/2014 at 1:00pm.

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or call Franklin Police at (615) 794-2513
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