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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH) presents its requests to law enforcement leaders, housing officials, legislators, and school board officials during the group’s fourth annual public meeting Sunday at Memphis Islamic Center in Cordova.
MPD Police Chief Cerelyn Davis discussed subjects ranging from violent crime to drag racing during a virtual meeting with local media.
Judge follows in footsteps, even sharing the same office, as first female U.S. District Court Judge Julia Gibbons.
The fight for reform continues today, a half-century after Elton Hayes was beaten to death.
An Orange Mound postal facility where three people including the gunman died earlier this week was back in operation Thursday.
Federal and local law enforcement introduce a new plan to tackle violent crime by holding community summits throughout the city.
Three people, all U.S. Postal Service employees, are dead after a shooting at an Orange Mound postal facility Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Attorneys for state Sen. Katrina Robinson have filed a motion asking for a new trial or acquittal after she was found guilty last month of four wire fraud charges.
Police said five people were in the home when three to four men kicked in the front door and ordered those in the home not to look at them.
MPD officer accused of sexual assault is back on the force after charges were dropped and record cleared.
U.S. Marshals arrest man accused in fatal shooting of Rhodes student Drew Rainer.
A woman was also injured during the robbery.
Three MPD officers have died in vehicle crashes this year.
State Sen. Katrina Robinson was found guilty Thursday, Sept. 30, on four of five counts of wire fraud.
The jury in state Sen. Katrina Robinson’s trial, where she is accused of wire fraud ,will deliberate on Thursday. If convicted of the charges, Robinson faces up to 20 years in prison.
Katrina Robinson testified Tuesday, Sept. 28, in the federal wire fraud and embezzlement case against her.
U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman says calculation of money allegedly misspent by state Sen. Katrina Robinson from grant funds was flawed.
In a ruling filed Sunday, U.S. District Court Judge Sheryl Lipman granted a motion for acquittal on 15 counts against state Sen. Katrina Robinson in the federal theft, wire fraud and embezzlement trial, but denied a motion on 5 other counts.
Six victims of the Collierville shooting remain hospitalized at Regional One Health, doctors said Friday.
The prosecution concluded its case against state Sen. Katrina Robinson Thursday, Sept. 23. The defense will begin Monday.
A fraud investigator for the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General testified he had a hard time finding students who attended the nursing school.
Defense attorneys cross-examined a FBI forensic accountant Tuesday morning in the federal trial of state Sen. Katrina Robinson.
An FBI agent testified about money spent by state Sen. Katrina Robinson as her trial continued Monday.
The federal trial against state Sen. Katrina Robison resumed Friday with testimony from a federal agent who led a team executing a search warrant at a Robinson-owned business.
The Multi-Agency Gang Unit was trying to serve an arrest warrant, issued out of Sumner County, to a home in northeast Memphis.