‘Crime calamity’ spurs CrimeStoppers to raise rewards for murder tips
“We don’t want anyone that calls anonymously to think they are calling the police or they are calling anyone else,” said David Wayne Brown, executive director of CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County, at a July 28 press conference. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
With rising crime in the city, CrimeStoppers is doubling the amount of money it awards for tips that help solve murders.
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Memphis CrimeStoppersAarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.
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