NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Metro Nashville police department officer is still in a Mexico jail over a gun charge stemming from his travel.
Officials with MNPD said Mexico authorities arrested Lemandries Hawes for having a personally owned pistol in his checked luggage.
"Nevertheless, it is considered a federal offense to bring a gun into Mexico," MNPD spokesperson Noelle Yazdani said. "It is our understanding that he is to have a hearing in Mexico today."
The police department continues to be in contact with Hawes’ family while he is held in a Mexican jail, Yazdani said.
Hawes was hired as a lateral trainee from Memphis last October. He graduated from the MNPD Academy in February 2022.
