Public Safety
‘Chauncy’s Chance’ teen charged in murder of neighbor
Chauncy Black, a Memphis teen for whom a viral fundraiser brought in nearly $350,000 to help Black's struggling family in 2016, has been charged with murder four years later.
Yolanda Jones
Reporter
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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Public Safety Records show increase, racial disparity in juvenile transfers to adult court
Children transferred from juvenile court to adult court is on the rise. Last year, 90 children were charged as adults and almost all are African American.
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Public Safety No trial date set for man accused of killing Lorenzen Wright
Billy Ray Turner is charged with first-degree murder in the July 2010 death of the U of M and NBA basketball player. The case was reset for Feb. 11.
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Metro Man indicted for allegedly stealing $1 million from Masons
Memphis man indicted after he was accused of stealing $1 million from Masons.
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Public Safety City’s violent crime rate continues decline but homicide count rises
The overall violent crime rate in Memphis dropped more than 8% in 2019 from the previous year. However, the number of homicides increased.
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Public Safety Number of Memphis, Shelby County homicides increased in 2019
The City of Memphis ended 2019 with 191 homicides — an increase of nearly 3% from the previous year, according to homicide data released by the Memphis Police Department.
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Metro I-40 near Whitten Road shut down after interstate shooting
Memphis police shut down a portion of Interstate 40 after a man said someone shot at him Wednesday, Jan. 22.
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Metro Juvenile Court Judge to hold State of the Court address
Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael will hold his annual State of the Court address to discuss plans for Juvenile Court in 2020.
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Public Safety Four interstate shootings continue 2019 trend
A highway shooting this week was the fourth of the year and continues a trend of 45 on Memphis roadways last year.
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Public Safety Transferring children to adult court is ‘hardest thing’ to do, judge says
Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael said during his annual State of the Court address Friday that the court does not "recruit children" and that transferring children to adult court is "the hardest thing I have to do.”
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Public Safety De-annexation and juvenile facility top issues for sheriff
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner discusses top issues he is facing in 2020.
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Metro Ex-Memphis police officer pleads guilty in robbery of drug dealers
Former Memphis police officer pleads guilty to robbing drug dealers.
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Metro Highway shots close portion of Tenn. 385 at Kirby Parkway
Memphis police shut down a portion of westbound Tenn. 385 near Kirby Parkway Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 28, after a report of shots being fired. -
Public Safety Police launch new strategy to handle interstate shootings
"Operation Safe Travel 2" MPD's latest initiative to handle interstate shootings, kicked off Tuesday.
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City of Memphis NAACP asks community for help with slain children’s funeral expenses
NAACP Memphis Branch board president Van Turner and concerned citizens call for an end to violence, financial support to bury three children killed this month in drive-by shootings.
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February 2020
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Public Safety Woman in Super Bowl ad for Trump seeks probation dismissal
Alice Marie Johnson, whose drug conviction was commuted by Trump, still seeks to get her probation dismissed.
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Metro Third public forum to be held in Memphis police spy case
Monitoring team to hold third public forum to discuss progress of court-ordered reforms against the Memphis Police Department in consent decree case.
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Public Safety Website connects low-income residents to legal help
Three community legal groups will work together through the new 901 Legal Connect website to help low-income area residents with civil legal matters.
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Public SafetyThe right to know vs. the right to privacy
Memphis police and the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, like other law enforcement agencies nationwide, are increasingly using sophisticated technology for surveillance.
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Public Safety Billy Ray Turner trial date set in Lorenzen Wright slaying
After numerous delays, a trial date has been set for Billy Ray Turner in the Lorenzen Wright slaying.
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Public Safety Journalists get what they want from Crime Commission lawsuit
Memphis Shelby Crime Commission settles lawsuit with journalists and agrees to release public records including donors and grant funding.
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Public Safety Darrius Stewart’s mother files new lawsuit against former officer
Mary Stewart, the mother of Darrius Stewart, the teen shot and killed in 2015 by Memphis police officer Connor Schilling, has filed a new civil lawsuit seeking $17 million in damages from the former officer.
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Public Safety Teen at center of 2016 fundraising drive in court for murder charge
Chauncy Black, the teen at the center of a fund-raising campaign, now faces voluntary a manslaughter charge in the death of his neighbor. A grand jury will decide if he will be indicted on the charge.
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City of Memphis Tomeka Hart breaks silence about serving as juror on Roger Stone trial
"I can’t keep quiet any longer," Tomeka Hart said Wednesday about breaking her silence on serving on a jury that convicted Trump ally Roger Stone last year.
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Public SafetyGrief group helps teens, parents who’ve had to ‘face death too soon’
The Shelby County Crime Victims & Rape Crisis Center has launched a pilot teen grief program to help young people affected by homicides get counseling.
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