Criminal case against Youth Villages staffers dropped, DA’s office says
Attorney Ben Crump hugs Shaona Garner-White, the mother of Alegend Jones. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Following an agreement to resolve any disputes about the death of a teenager at a local Youth Villages residential facility in 2023, the criminal cases against several of the facility’s staffers have been dropped, according to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office.
Four Youth Villages staffers previously had been indicted for facilitation of aggravated child abuse and facilitation of reckless homicide in the death of 17-year-old Alegend Jones.
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Aarron 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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