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Retiring judge has ‘had enough’
Four people have applied to be appointed to the remainder of Judge Paula Skahan’s term, which ends in 2030.
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Public Safety Man arrested for allegedly bringing gun into 201 Poplar
Video shows the man, who was in a wheelchair, being checked with a metal detector wand by a security officer before being waved through the checkpoint.
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Public Safety Downtown shooting critically injures man
Officers responded to the shooting in the 200 block of Union Avenue at 11:34 p.m.
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Public Safety Recused judge in Nichols case in ‘completely uncharted’ territory
The federal judge formerly presiding over the Tyré Nichols case could be deposed over his recusal from the case earlier this month.
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Public Safety Police officer fatally shoots man in Parkway Village
At 5:48 a.m., officers responded to an armed party call at a Shell gas station at South Goodlett Street and Winchester Road.
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City of MemphisMan accused of trying to kidnap mayor had list of other officials’ names
The list was discovered in a storage unit the accused man, Trenton Abston, owns, according to testimony from a Memphis Police Department sergeant.
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Public SafetyWith state stretched thin, Memphis area pushes for local crime lab
Harris also told commissioners June 18 he is open to supporting a property tax increase to fund the lab.
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Public Safety Judge recusal adds turmoil to sentencing of former MPD officers
The former officers charged in Tyré Nichols’ death could now be sentenced as late as October, nearly a year after three of them — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith — were convicted at trial.
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Public Safety Federal sentencing hearings in Nichols’ death canceled
The U.S. District judge handling the case recused himself last week, though it’s still unclear why.
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Public Safety US Marshals arrest two Memphis shooting suspects in Murfreesboro
The two men were charged after an April shooting that left two teens dead.
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Public Safety Pervis Payne must serve life sentences one after the other, state supreme court rules
Pervis Payne, 58, was convicted in 1988 of stabbing to death Charisse Christopher, 28, and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie.
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Public Safety Man dies after being shot by Memphis police officer
The shooting happened after police approached “a large group of individuals in the parking lot of a business,” according to TBI.
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Public Safety Juvenile detention center transfer to occur by October
Control of the Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center will shift from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to the Shelby County Division of Corrections.
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Public Safety Judge recuses himself in Tyré Nichols case
A federal judge has recused himself in the case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyré Nichols.
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Public Safety‘Leaks, rust, mildew’ — Study highlights 201 Poplar conditions, suggests new locations
A new study shows potential locations for a new Shelby County Jail and highlights the deteriorating conditions of the current facility at 201 Poplar Avenue.
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Public Safety Former cop convicted in Tyré Nichols case gets sentencing date delay
Desmond Mills Jr. was originally scheduled to be sentenced on federal charges June 17, but that date has been pushed to June 23.
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Public Safety Trial date set for codefendants in Ghost Mob gang killing
The case began with the Jan. 10, 2019, murder of the “supreme elite chief” of the Unknown Vice Lords Ronald Terry and his girlfriend, Candid Sanders.
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Public Safety Former cop convicted in Tyré Nichols case wants sentencing date delayed
The former officer pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2023 to using excessive force against Nichols and conspiring to witness tamper after his beating. He also agreed to plead guilty to some of his charges in state court.
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Public Safety DOJ dismissal won’t affect civil suit, Nichols family attorney says
Attorney Ben Crump made his remarks at a celebration for what would have been Tyré Nichols’ 32nd birthday at I Am A Man Plaza in Downtown Memphis.
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Public Safety Memphis ranked No. 2 for car thefts nationally, data shows
Memphis came in second behind San Francisco, which saw 764 car thefts per 100,000 people.
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Public Safety Federal sentencing dates set for former cops charged in Tyré Nichols’ death
The sentencing dates come less than a month after Bean, Haley and Smith were acquitted of all charges at the state level.
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Public SafetyRetired judge has new challenge: Getting people out of jail
As jail population management coordinator, retired Criminal Court Judge Bobby Carter’s goal is to reduce the number of people in Shelby County’s overcrowded jail.
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State Government The rape-kit lawsuit against Memphis is effectively over
The Tennessee Supreme Court has allowed to stand a lower court ruling which effectively dismissed Janet Doe’s claims against the city.
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Public Safety Inmate dies at 201 Poplar
He is the fifth inmate at the Shelby County Jail, also known as 201 Poplar, to die this year. He is at least the 62nd since 2019.
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Public SafetyFour of 5 suspects named in latest MPD operation are not in jail
Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in 160 arrests, including 50 known gang members, according to the Memphis Police Department. But MPD only revealed names of 49 people who it said were arrested during the operation.
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