Woman wanted for multiple car thefts, aggravated assault among Nashville's ‘Most Wanted' fugitives

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29-01-2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A woman wanted for multiple vehicular thefts and aggravated assault is among those considered the 'Most Wanted' in Nashville.
The list is updated each Wednesday on the MNPD Criminal Warrants Division's Facebook page. According to Metro detectives, those featured on the list are often considered to be some of the 'most violent' offenders in the city.
Since the list was first launched in October of 2022, more than 150 people featured have been apprehended or surrendered, including several apprehended out of county or out of state.
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Last week, one of those sought even voluntarily surrendered just before the list was published on the Facebook page, according to Metro police.
Below is a list of the suspects who made the department's 'Most Wanted' list for the week of Jan. 29, 2025.
According to police, Muhina, 24, is wanted after being indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple felony counts. His charges include first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, solicitation to commit first-degree murder, attempted murder and tampering with evidence.
Court records show the charges stem from a September 2021 shooting that killed 16-year-old Ja'Niya Birdsong and injured another 17-year-old. Family members told News 2 multiple young men were involved in an argument with the two teens before shots rang out.
Birdsong died at the scene in her grandmother's Paragon Mills driveway. She was a junior at Hillsboro High School and hoped to become a hairstylist, according to family.
While initially the only link to a suspect was a light-colored sedan seen leaving, six people—including Muhina—have since been identified.
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As their investigation progressed, detectives said they found text messages between the suspects regarding their plans to destroy the car used in the alleged homicide. Muhina and the other suspects are also accused of conspiring to hire someone to kill a witness.
At least one other suspect in the shooting was taken into custody. However, Muhina has remained at large. Anyone with information on Muhina's whereabouts is asked to contact the MNPD at 615-862-8600 or Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
Lagarrion Blacksmith, 35, has been toward the top of the department's 'Most Wanted' list for more than a year as police continue to search for him.
He was initially added to the list Nov. 29, 2023, after investigators were able to connect him to a deadly shooting that took place outside a Dickerson Pike bar in February 2023.
Officers found 35-year-old Chancellor Eddins lying on the ground just outside Trvth Lounge on Feb. 18, 2023. He had been shot and later died at the scene. Another man who had also been hit by the gunfire was able to give officers an account of what happened.
According to police, the injured man told them he and Eddins had gotten into an argument with the suspect inside of the bar. Then, shots were fired as they left the location. At the time, the identity of the alleged shooter was unclear.Months later, investigators announced Blacksmith had been identified as a suspect in the shooting. On Nov. 22, 2023, officials said arrest warrants had been issued against Blacksmith for criminal homicide, attempted homicide, and felon in possession of a handgun.
However, efforts to locate him have also reportedly been unsuccessful. His last location is unknown to authorities.
Raceme Crutcher, 22, has been on the run from police for more than a year, after he was named one of two suspects in a deadly Fourth of July shooting in 2023.
Officials said the shooting happened at the Fallbrook Apartments on Dellway Villa Road. Etabo Malanda, 16, was reportedly standing on the porch of an apartment when two armed individuals came from around the corner and confronted him.
Malanda allegedly tried to pull out a pistol that was inside his hoodie, but he was shot first. Police said he died shortly after he was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
According to investigators, four guns were recovered from the apartment, including one that was reported stolen. Crutcher and 17-year-old Jaylin Brown were reportedly connected to the crime through witness accounts.
Investigators also obtained surveillance footage and additional information from community members that they said pointed to Crutcher and Brown as suspects in the case. Officials believe the motive may have been an ongoing dispute between the suspects and Malanda.
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Brown was taken into custody on Aug. 31, 2023, after police said they caught him driving a stolen car. Crutcher, however, is still on the run. He was added to the 'Most Wanted' list more than a year ago, on Nov. 15, 2023. His last location is unknown.
De'tynn Smith, 21, is wanted for first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, aggravated robbery and committing a felony with a dangerous weapon.
He was previously featured on the 'Most Wanted' list in 2023, even earning the 'Top Most Wanted' designation from MNPD on March 8, 2023.
His last location is unknown to police.
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Devon Martak, 39, was added to the list at the end of 2024. According to Metro police, Martak is wanted for a grand jury indictment of three counts of rape of someone who is mentally defective or helpless and three counts of rape without consent.
Martak has an extensive criminal history in Nashville. He has previous convictions for drug possession, unlawful weapon possession, driving on a suspended license and reckless driving; he also has a 'no contest' plea for an aggravated sexual battery charge in 2022.
His last known location was in Madison, according to police.
Yudel Ordunez, 52, has now spent five weeks on the list. He was first added at the beginning of January. According to Metro Police, Ordunez is wanted on grand jury indictments for rape without consent and three counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.
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Ordunez was last seen in West Nashville, police said.
Entering his third week on the list this week is Marcellus Springer, 20. According to MNPD, Springer is wanted on a grand jury indictment for statutory rape.
His last location is currently unknown to police.
Walter Morel, 44, is currently in his fourth consecutive week on the list. According to police, Morel is wanted for four counts of aggravated arson-one or more persons, as well as four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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Morel was last seen in Murfreesboro, according to police.
Whitney Warren, 37, is new to the list this week. According to MNPD, Warren is wanted for a number of charges, including two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, child endangerment, theft of a firearm, theft of a vehicle worth less than $250,000, theft of a vehicle less than $60,000, theft of a vehicle less than $10,000, theft of property, and failure to give information/render aid.
Police say Warren was last seen in Midtown Nashville.
Ladirus Howard, 39, is now in his third week on the 'Most Wanted' list. Metro police said Howard is wanted on charges including strangulation, aggravated assault-violation of court order, aggravated burglary, and evading arrest.
His last location is also unknown to police.
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