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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Ezekiel Kelly, who carried out a city-wide shooting spree in 2022, was sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars. He isn’t the first to see that much time. Related story:
A Memphis-based wing chain restaurant must pay Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, a judge ruled Friday.
The Daily Memphian explains what happened during that day of mayhem and attempts to answer a question many Memphians may be asking: What took so long to close this case?
The trial starts Monday for Hernandez Govan, who allegedly arranged the 2021 hit on rapper Adolph Thornton Jr.
“We getting fed up with playing. We gone get someone,” said Cornelius Smith as he explained how he attempted to kill another rapper before allegedly shooting Young Dolph.
The first day of trial for the man accused of organizing the Memphis rapper’s murder ended with the testimony from a key witness: one of the self-confessed shooters.
The long-time girlfriend of the self-confessed shooter of the Memphis rapper took the stand for the first time and jurors also heard from two investigators.
Prosecutors used cellphone data to attempt to tie the man accused of organizing the Memphis rapper’s 2021 murder to the crime. But his lawyer said the evidence proved something else.
Jurors will decide the fate of Hernandez Govan, the man accused of organizing Young Dolph’s 2021 murder.
Hernandez Govan faces life in prison on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Man accused of masterminding Young Dolph slaying is set for trialRelated story:
Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday morning, Aug. 20, in the trial for the man accused of planning Young Dolph’s death in 2021.
Here’s what both the defense and the prosecution said in closing statements before the jury left to deliberate Wednesday afternoon.
Hernandez Govan was acquitted of being behind the 2021 death of Young Dolph.
A jury acquitted Hernandez Govan, 45, of charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder Thursday.
Former acting U.S. Attorney Reagan Fondren is serving the public in a new way and from a new office.
State Sen. Brent Taylor and state Rep. John Gillespie say they have heard about instances of felony crimes being reclassified as misdemeanors. They say an audit is “critical to maintaining transparency, accountability, and the public’s trust in our justice system.”
A new jail may address some issues that currently plague 201 Poplar. But Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner admits it won’t fix everything.
DeAndre Brown and his wife Vinessa Brown allegedly misappropriated more than $600,000 in public funds, a comptroller’s investigation found. The office also identified more than $750,000 in “questionable charges.”Related content:
Gov. Bill Lee has appointed two replacements for vacant Shelby County Circuit Court and Criminal Court seats.
Judge Sheryl Lipman also granted a motion from The Daily Memphian to unseal records in the case, which included the reason Mark Norris recused himself.
A chain of events that eventually led to the three men being granted a new trial centers on comments allegedly made by the judge who formerly presided over the case as well as the carjacking and attempted murder of one of that judge’s former law clerks.
Ricky Floyd, senior pastor of Pursuit of God Church, was killed early that morning outside Momma’s bar south of Downtown Memphis in the early morning of March 12.
A new study says the problems at the Shelby County Jail are less about the building and more about facility management.
On Tuesday, The Daily Memphian obtained an MPD report that gives more details on the shooting that ultimately led to U.S. District Judge Mark Norris’ recusal. A 14-year-old is charged in that shooting.
One of the three former officers charged in the death of Tyré Nichols wants out of custody after he was granted a new trial.