Eliza Fletcher’s family, Mulroy speak out as Abston pleads guilty
“No legal resolution and no sentence can diminish the anguish of Liza’s murder,” Eliza Fletcher’s family said in a statement.
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“No legal resolution and no sentence can diminish the anguish of Liza’s murder,” Eliza Fletcher’s family said in a statement.
Officers seized about $110,000; 52 grams of fentanyl; 17 firearms, including seven AR-15 weapons; and 2.15 pounds of marijuana.
The sheriff’s office and juvenile court are still at loggerheads over who should run the new youth detention center and how to get detainees to court. Where will it end?
The Wraparound District 6 strategy, which received an initial $600,000 investment that will be managed by the School Seed Foundation, will address public safety, public health and public education in north Shelby County.
In two closely watched categories, Memphis saw a 2.6% drop in its major violent crime rate and a 20.3% decline in its major property crime rate from January to September, according to the Crime Commission.
Patrol officers usually carry semi-automatic handguns, which fire once for each pull of a trigger. But those weapons make them ill-equipped to encounter a person with a converted pistol.
Restrictions on Tennessee gun owners have loosened in the past decade, and the state Legislature shows no signs of changing that trajectory.
Local and state leaders hope the fourth annual Stomp the City Iconic Awards Show will help reduce crime and gun violence in Memphis.
The Shelby County Sheriff officer was injured in a crash near Lakeland Tuesday, Oct. 15, while responding to a separate motorcycle deputy-involved crash that occurred 20 minutes before.
How Memphians will vote on the referendum, and whether it will ultimately impact Tennessee’s gun laws, was a hot topic for local reporters this week.
Arica Hutchison’s conviction serves as a turning point for the former officer, who in 2010 was featured in the TLC TV series “Police Women of Memphis.”
An SCSO deputy who was responding to a separate crash involving a different deputy is currently in “extremely critical condition.”
Juvenile Court was scheduled to resume in-person proceedings after being closed for more than five months for mold and lead remediation. But those hearings will be virtual after Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says it will no longer transport youths.
Officers leaving the force cite various reasons, including better pay and working conditions in other towns. One said, “We’re only reactive there (in Memphis), unfortunately, because crime has ballooned out so big, you can’t be proactive.”
Shelby County Criminal Court Division 10 Judge Jennifer Mitchell set the date for Hernandez Govan. She also set a Nov. 22 deadline for a potential plea deal.
The ruling reverses a trial court decision on a 2023 Tennessee law by Shelby County judge Paula Skahan.
Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court Division 8 Judge Lee Wilson and Lead Judicial Commissioner John Marshall discussed bail setting during a Memphis Shelby Crime Commission virtual discussion Thursday, Oct. 3.
Defense attorneys representing the three defendants made their closing arguments Wednesday afternoon and continued through 7:20 p.m.
Rev. Autura Eason-Williams was described as “a bridge” between people as her friends and family told the court Monday what her death meant to them.
“He’s always shown a character of humility, and that’s always stuck with me,” Bryant McKinney said. “Because no matter how good he did at something, he always was humble about the situation.”
A retired police chief from the Gallatin Police Department testified one former MPD officer went through the appropriate use-of-force continuum the night of Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating.
The prosecution in the federal trial against three officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols rested its case after hearing testimony from its 19th and final witness, a former ER nurse at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis.
Demetrius Haley moved for acquittal Thursday, joining Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean who filed their motions for acquittal earlier in the afternoon.
The Juvenile Court building, 616 Adams Ave., has been closed since April 25 for asbestos, lead and mold remediation.
Testimony on Thursday, Sept. 26, unveiled texts and statements, one in which a former Memphis officer charged in the case said he felt it was his fault Tyre Nichols died.