Christopher Brazelton, Hobbs Act Robbery/Murder, Tennessee 2016

State: Tennessee
Category: Violent Crime
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdtn/pr/second-nashville-man-indicted-2016-robberymurder" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – May 23, 2019 – A superseding indictment has charged Christopher Brazelton, 24, of Nashville, Tennessee, with conspiring to commit and committing Hobbs Act Robbery, using, carrying, brandishing and discharging a firearm resulting in death, conspiring to tamper with a witness, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Brazelton was indicted alongside Brandon Hunt-Clark, 22, who was previously charged last month in connection with the same case. The indictment alleges that Hunt-Clark and Brazelton conspired with unnamed others to tamper with a witness who had knowledge of the robbery and murder.

The charges stem from the robbery and murder of Justin Lawton, who was found shot to death in Nashville on December 14, 2016. If convicted, both defendants face up to life in prison.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sunny A.M. Koshy is prosecuting the case.

Both defendants are in custody and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The charges in the indictment are merely accusations, and each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Christopher Brazelton, a Nashville man, is facing serious charges in connection with a 2016 robbery/murder. The superseding indictment alleges that Brazelton conspired to commit and committed Hobbs Act Robbery, used, carried, brandished, and discharged a firearm resulting in death, conspired to tamper with a witness, and was a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

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