Two serial shoplifting suspects found themselves behind bars after Robbery Operations detectives moved in on Gallatin Pike South. What started as a sprawling paper trail of warrants across Nashville culminated in a Wednesday night arrest that brought a combined sixty charges crashing down on the duo.
Dainyale Moore, 31, and Darius Patterson, 34, spent the past year methodically targeting major home improvement retailers, with investigators tracking the pair repeatedly hitting big-name stores like Home Depot and Lowes. The operation wasn’t casual or opportunistic. According to local law enforcement, the suspects routinely walked out with hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of power tools during each run.
Patterson had built up 29 outstanding warrants prior to the sweep, a ledger that includes 27 separate felony and misdemeanor theft charges. He is currently being held in lieu of a $98,500 bond. Moore carried an even heavier administrative burden with 31 outstanding warrants, the vast majority tied directly to theft allegations.
Prolific shoplifting suspects Darius Patterson & Dainyale Moore are the latest alleged serial thieves to be prosecuted by our Organized Retail Crimes Unit. Patterson had 29 outstanding warrants, Moore 31. They are accused of stealing hundreds if not thousands of $ worth of power… pic.twitter.com/93cL8ezOR6
The Child Endangerment Charges and Prior Incidents
Beyond the retail theft investigations, Moore’s arrest record pulls in a separate, more alarming incident from late last year. Records show she faces two counts of misdemeanor child endangerment stemming from a November 2025 incident at a local Dollar General store, where investigators say she left her two young children unattended in a car while she shopped. Her bond has been set at $99,000.
Both suspects remain locked up as the judicial process grinds forward, leaving behind a trail of high-dollar inventory losses for local hardware giants and a complex web of court dates. The arrests highlight the persistent operational friction retailers face from repeat property offenders who accumulate dozens of warrants before law enforcement agencies manage to consolidate their cases and execute coordinated takedowns.
