Nashville man with 105 past charges arrested for kidnapping and raping Amazon delivery woman

The suspect, 34-year-old Carl Jerome Hamilton, was subsequently hit with charges of aggravated rape, aggravated kidnapping, and robbery.

According to WKRN, the incident took place around 4 am on the 700 block of President Ronald Reagan Way. The 25-year-old victim, whose identity has not been made public, was delivering packages in the mail room of an apartment building when Hamilton allegedly entered and shut the door behind him. He then allegedly forced her to take off her clothes and sexually assaulted her.

After that, Hamilton demanded the victim get in her delivery van and drive him to a nearby ATM on Murfreesboro Pike. Once there, she withdrew $100 via her debit card. He then drove her around for another hour or so before leaving her and her vehicle and fleeing.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department arrived at the apartment building a short time later, and began looking for evidence. Surveillance footage showed a man attacking the driver, and officers were able to create a description of the suspect.

Minutes later, however, Hamilton walked right past the office where police were viewing the footage wearing the same clothing as the suspect in the video. He was promptly apprehended and taken into custody, where he remains. The building manager recognized Hamilton because he had been arrested there twice this year already for criminal trespassing.

This is not the first time Hamilton has been charged with kidnapping and robbery. In 2020, he was taken in after allegedly attacking a 24-year-old woman, and subsequently convicted. In 2022, he was sentenced to six years in prison, but got out early.

"You would think somewhere along the way, he would have been held accountable," Police Chief John Drake said, per FOX17. "It would still have been a little harsher probation. Maybe some wraparound services if he was mentally incompetent or had some issues or spending more time incarcerated."