![]() 4, 2020, Friedmann was stopped in a secure area while police were called. Surveillance video showed the same person who took the keys entering the jail numerous times and doing some type of work on the walls. Prosecutors said Friedmann had already been going in the building for several months when a sheriff’s office official first noticed in December 2019 that two keys were missing from a set of keys at the new $150 million Downtown Detention Center. Speaking to reporters after his testimony Tuesday, Hall said they were just “two weeks away from a massive loss of life.” ![]() The theft of the keys was discovered just weeks before the facility was scheduled to open. Nashville's sheriff, Daron Hall, has suggested Friedmann was planning a massive jailbreak. The government also argued that Friedmann’s vandalism includes more than $300,000 in personnel costs incurred when sheriff’s officers reviewed thousands of hours of surveillance video. ![]() To arrive at a charge of vandalism over $250,000, prosecutors said the entire facility had to be rekeyed at a cost of just over $291,000.įellow defense attorney David Raybin noted that an early news release from the sheriff’s office said that between 85 to 100 locks would need replacement, while the final total included rekeying 1,800 locks. ![]() He urged the jury to look to the law and only hold Friedmann responsible for the actual physical damages to the jail. Ben Raybin, an attorney for Friedmann, argued that the state was overcharging his client through its calculation of damages. ![]()
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