With 24,000 outstanding warrants in county, Memphis police form new fugitive unit
“We want to make sure we are taking the crime drivers off the streets,” MPD Col. Frank Winston (left) said Tuesday. Forrest Edwards is the new investigative counsel (right). (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis’ new fugitive task force, which has made 280 arrests since its launch, aims to arrest those with outstanding warrants.
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Memphis Police Department public safety shelby county district attorney general's officeAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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