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Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon addressed the divide between what the data shows and what the community is feeling Wednesday, July 3, on the WKNO-TV program “Behind The Headlines.”
The announcement comes after reports that MPD Assistant Chief Shawn Jones lives in Georgia and has voted twice in the state this year.
“The idea that the No. 2 in command, who Chief Davis said she relied heavily on, could not be here in two hours is problematic,” Memphis City Council member Jerri Green said during a council discussion Tuesday on the topic.
Federal agents seized 938 grams of meth, 541 grams of fentanyl, 200 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and about 26 pounds of marijuana during the course of their investigation, according to the office.
A man accused of organizing the 2021 killing of Memphis rapper Young Dolph will remain out on bond despite a recent arrest in Mississippi.
Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon said he’s opposed to taking over management of the youth-detention facility from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office because the court does not have the budget to do so.
The Memphis Police Department has attempted to increase its presence Downtown in response to concerns about crime in the district.
MPD confirmed to The Daily Memphian the shooter and the victim were both security guards at the entertainment venue.
A 49-year-old inmate died at the Shelby County Jail Monday, July 22.
A shooting at Main Event was not its first. Because the victim and the alleged perpetrator were both guards at the facility, at least one security professional says the shooting gives his industry “a black eye.”
Local criminal justice reform nonprofit Just City has filed a federal lawsuit over a recently passed state law that changed Shelby County’s bail-setting procedures.
A Memphis police officer and a civilian died early Friday morning after a two-vehicle crash near Downtown, the Memphis Police Department said. A second officer is in critical condition at Regional One Health.
The local judge also told reporters Friday, Aug. 2, that local bail reform efforts have been working.
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is facing a second ouster petition after the first was dismissed in June.
In addition to the injured officer, the Aug. 2 crash, which occurred Downtown near Danny Thomas and Mississippi boulevards, killed officer Demetrice Johnson and a civilian.
Frederick Agee, district attorney for Tennessee’s 28th judicial district, which covers Haywood, Crockett and Gibson counties in West Tennessee, talks about issues with the local bail bond process.
Memphis Police Department officers are responsible for 36% of the vehicle crashes in which they are involved, according to data provided by the department.
The suit was filed by the family of Deion Byrd, an inmate at the Shelby County Jail who died after being stabbed by another inmate at 201 Poplar.
“This defendant allegedly used a brazen scheme to try to defraud the Presley family of their interest in this singularly important landmark,” said Kevin Ritz, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
The program operates on restorative justice principles, so sentences range from community service to restitution to even writing apology letters to parents.
Memphis police made 14,399 total arrests in 2023. Most of those, 90%, were adults.
The unit has taken 18 cases to trial this year, resulting in 15 guilty verdicts. It’s seen an additional 12 guilty pleas from defendants.
The change of plea comes after a federal judge ruled Tyre Nichols’ young son must be represented by someone besides his grandmother’s attorneys in the civil rights lawsuit against the City of Memphis.
Shelby County Circuit Court Judge Carol Chumney set the date during a Friday, Aug. 23, status conference.
Emmitt Martin III was facing a maximum of life in prison, but prosecutors are recommending he serve 40 years. U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris does not have to follow that recommendation.