April 18, 2022

Deb Smith
Assistant District Attorney
Office of the District Attorney
222 Second Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37201

Emily Todoran
Assistant District Attorney
Office of the District Attorney
222 Second Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37201

Re: State of Tennessee v. Enrique Lambrey-Tinoco

SCE-317944 criminal trespass

Booking Date: May 9, 2022

Dear Generals:

I hope you both are well.

I am writing to request that you consider withdrawing this citation prior to the booking date.

Mr. Tinoco is 25 years old. He is from Mexico City. He is a university student studying hotel
management. At present, he is doing an internship at the Opryland Hotel. He began the one-year
internship in January, 2022. He works on the front desk at the hotel. He has a J-1 visa. He reports that
some 80 to 85 percent of the staff on the front desk hold J-1 visas.

On Saturday, April 16, Mr. Tinoco and a friend from the internship program purchased tickets to the
movie ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ at the Opry Mills theatre. They purchased their
tickets online. Then, at 4:30, they went to the mall. They attempted to enter. The doors were blocked by
security guards. The mall has had problems with large crowds of teenagers congregating on weekends.
This sometimes leads to fights. To address this, the mall is requiring that on Fridays and Saturdays after
3:00 p.m., all minors be accompanied by someone over 21 years of age. The security guards were
checking identification for all person who appeared to be under 18 years of age.
Though Mr. Tinoco is 25 years old, he looks younger. Security guards singled him out. They asked him for
his identification. He told them he had lost his wallet and did not have his identification with him. He
told them he had a photograph of his drivers license on his i-Phone. He offered to show it to them. The
security guards told him this was not sufficient. Mr. Tinoco explained that he had purchased a ticket to a
movie. He explained that the movie was about to start. He offered to show the security guards the
movie ticket on his i-Phone. They were not interested.

The security guards told Mr. Tinoco to leave the mall. He attempted to reason with them. They took that
as non-compliance with their orders. They detained him in handcuffs and called police. Mr. Tinoco
reports that he was embarrassed and humiliated in front of colleagues from his internship program.
When police arrived, they issued Mr. Tinoco a citation for criminal trespass.

Mr. Tinoco should not have been detained by security guards. He had an identification on his cellphone.
He was willing to show it to security guards. I suspect this happened due, in part, to language issues. Mr.
Tinoco speaks excellent English, but he does have an accent.

Mr. Tinoco is worried that this criminal charge will affect his visa status and his internship. I hope you
will agree to dismiss this citation prior to the booking date. I look forward to speaking with you about
this matter.

Very truly yours,

BERNARD F. McEVOY