County’s top public defender retiring
Phyllis Aluko, Shelby County’s top public defender, has announced her retirement. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
A replacement has not yet been named.
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Phyllis Aluko Shelby County Public Defender'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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