Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian. He began at The Daily Memphian in 2022, covering education before moving to public safety the following year. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis.
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As recently as last week, ICE arrests made up nearly 19% of total Memphis Safe Task Force arrests. Where that stands now is unclear because the data is no longer being released.
The arrest of Evolve Bank & Trust CEO Robert “Bob” Hartheimer is the latest challenge for the embattled Memphis-based bank.
He replaces Deputy Chief Joe Oakley, who had been with the department for 36 years. Oakley oversaw the launch and use of the department’s Real-Time Crime Center and its data collection.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has been posting data daily on X about the Memphis Safe Task Force, which officially began Monday.
A local man charged in a drug trafficking scheme last year will serve nearly four years in federal prison.
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has denied the appeal of Cleotha Abston’s rape conviction last year.
Amid a surge in arrests from the Memphis Task Force, the federal public defender’s office is “straining.”
U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman dismissed 17 of 36 charges against a local gynecologist, court records show.
Local activists said Friday that immigrant arrests are likely higher than the figures circulated by the Memphis Safe Task Force.
The Shelby County Jail’s population is expanding amid a surge in arrests by the Memphis Safe Task Force. One judge told The Daily Memphian he saw 50 to 70 more cases last week than in a typical week.
A Memphis Police Department sergeant was arrested Tuesday by the Oakland Police Department.
Since the beginning of the Memphis Safe Task Force, routine traffic stops by state troopers have turned into high-speed pursuits, several which have ended in crashes.
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper allegedly spotted Corvettes driving at a “high rate of speed” on Winchester Road at 2 a.m. Sunday.
A trial date has been set in the civil lawsuit filed by the family of Ramon McGhee, who died last year at the Shelby County Jail.
Joseph “Rusty” McKinney died April 12, 2024, during a shoot-out between 13 officers and two teenage suspects.
The investigation into the operation is ongoing, and more charges could come.
Emmitt Martin III, the sole former Memphis police officer charged in Tyré Nichols’ death that remained in custody, will now be released.
The Memphis Safe Task Force has allegedly made hundreds of arrests since its launch last week. But how law enforcement is tracking those arrests is unclear.
“We’re coming in with all of our federal agents, and we are going to charge them federally whenever possible. We’re going to keep them in federal custody,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
The former Memphis police officer has faced “brutal” jail conditions while in federal custody, according to a filing by his attorneys.
The woman accused of attempting to sell Graceland in a fraudulent auction last year will now spend more than four years in federal prison for her crimes.
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, if it hears the case, will decide whether Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith will face a jury again or remain convicted of the various charges they were convicted of at trial last year.
DeAndre Brown and Vinessa Brown remain in custody following a bond hearing Friday, Sept. 19, that will carry into next week.
President Donald Trump said Memphis will be a “replica” of D.C. with the National Guard. What has it looked like in the nation’s capital?
Buddy Chapman led the police department in 1978, when the National Guard came as police and fire strikes left the city burning. This time, he says, it’s different.Related content: