Inset: Jared Streich (Metro Nashville Police Department). Background: The apartment complex where Jared Streich allegedly murdered Miranda Gray inside her apartment (WSMV/YouTube).
A suspended Tennessee lawyer is accused of murdering his girlfriend while out on bond for threatening her with a knife, with cops saying he had a “history” of going after her — resulting in four arrests over a span of six months, records show.
Jared Streich, 40, has been charged with murder for allegedly strangling Miranda Gray, 46, on Monday morning inside her Nashville apartment on Hermitage Park Drive, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
The former Rutherford County attorney was suspended by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in June for six years following two different domestic violence arrests in February and April. The first incident led to Streich being ordered to stay away from Gray, which he allegedly refused to do.
“At 9:30 a.m. Monday, Streich called 911 saying that Gray was unresponsive and to send an ambulance,” police said in a press release. “The first responding officer saw that the victim was deceased and asked Streich how long she had been unresponsive. He declined to answer.”
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An autopsy determined that Gray had “numerous injuries” and died as the result of strangulation, per the release.
“Homicide detectives Monday noted that Streich was in violation of bond conditions resulting from a February aggravated assault arrest in which he was alleged to have threatened Gray with a knife,” the release says. “As a condition of posting bond, Streich was supposed to stay away from the Hermitage Park Drive apartment.”
An arrest affidavit for the February incident, which was obtained by Law&Crime on Thursday, details how Streich held Gray “at knifepoint” that night, Feb. 10, after she accused him of stealing money from her. Cops who responded found Streich sitting on the couch “doing a thousand-yard blank stare,” the affidavit alleges.
“Officers spoke with the victim, who stated she had gotten into an argument with the defendant over him taking money from her,” the affidavit says. “The victim stated the defendant went into the kitchen, grabbed a kitchen knife, and began to wave it around. The victim stated the defendant said to her, “We’re gonna do this? We’re gonna do this?’ as he was waving the knife around.”
Officers asked the victim if she “felt in fear” when Streich went after her with the knife and made his statements, to which she allegedly said yes. “The victim stated that she felt like the defendant was ‘challenging’ her,” according to the affidavit.
“While speaking with the officers, the victim revealed that the defendant recently broke her phone during an argument they had,” the document adds. “In addition, the victim stated she and the defendant got into an argument within the last few days where the defendant broke an apartment-installed keypad system. Officers used state systems to verify a completed incident report over the matter.”
Detectives arrested Streich on Monday night on the bond violation charge as the death investigation for Gray continued and an autopsy was performed. He was charged with murder after the results of the autopsy came back, according to cops.
In addition to the pending February case, Streich was arrested on April 29 and charged with aggravated assault, as well as violating bond conditions, after Gray reported that he pushed her head into a closet door and slammed a “patio door” on her arm. The charges were dropped, though, on May 1, according to police.
On July 26, Streich was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and violating bond conditions once again after Gray reported that he “cut her wrist with a knife” inside the apartment on July 20, the MNPD release says. Those charges were dropped, too, on August 1, according to police officials.
On August 3, Streich was taken into custody yet again — the fourth time in six months — for violating bond conditions after officers were called to Gray’s apartment for a domestic disturbance and found him there. Streich was indicted by a grand jury for the February assault and given an October court date, according to court records.
“In the February case, Gray relayed to a Domestic Violence detective that she was talking with the District Attorney’s Office about prosecution and planned to follow up at the Family Safety Center for an Order of Protection and counseling,” the MNPD release explains. “In subsequent police responses, Gray declined counseling, order of protection, prosecution or shelter services.”
Streich has allegedly refused to speak with police about Gray’s death. He was being held this week on a $75,000 bond, with an Aug. 28 court date scheduled.
