DA: No criminal wrongdoing by deputies in 2018 fatal officer-involved shooting
No charges filed against deputies in the 2018 fatal shooting of 19-year-old Keyshon Parham.
Topic: Shelby County District Attorney’S Office
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October 2019
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Motel closed as nuisance will reopen after owners agree to security improvements
Red Roof Inn, a northeast Memphis motel closed as a public nuisance, will reopen after the owners agreed to hire security guards and install surveillance cameras.
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September 2019
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Motel closed as public nuisance after drugs activity, thefts and other crimes
Memphis police responded to 150 calls at the Red Roof Inn on Shelby Oaks Drive over the past year. After four fatal heroin overdoses, thefts, burglaries and other crimes, the motel was declared a public nuisance Friday, Sept. 27 and closed.
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Symposium for reduction in violent crime draws law enforcement from around the country
Memphis was chosen to take part in a federal program in which local and federal law enforcement work together to fight violent crime. This week, law enforcement officials are in town for a summit on violent crime.
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August 2019
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201 Poplar renovation progressing, but completion will take years
The renovation at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center, 201 Poplar Avenue, will take at least 10 years to complete but will upgrade everything.
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June 2019
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No charges to be filed against MPD officer in 2018 fatal shooting
Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said her office will not file charges against a Memphis police officer in the 2018 officer-involved fatal shooting of a man on Summer Avenue.
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Family of executed man seeks to have DNA in case tested
The daughter of Sedley Alley, the man convicted in the 1985 brutal murder and rape of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Marie Collins in Millington, is seeking to have the DNA evidence in the case tested, some 13 years after her father was executed for the slaying.
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December 2018
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The changing role of the district attorney
I recently heard a retired judge tell a gathering that he started his legal career as a prosecutor. -
January court date set for men charged in Wolfchase Galleria ‘hoodie arrests’
The two men charged in the Nov. 3 “hoodie arrests” at Wolfchase Galleria Mall will have their cases heard in January. -
‘Focused deterrence’ crime-fighting strategy offers hope to ex-offenders
On a recent weeknight when most people were just getting home from work, nine men sat side-by-side staring into the faces of law enforcement and community leaders.
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November 2018
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Memphis and Shelby County homicide victims remembered with ceremony
Jaylon Cohen was out with friends enjoying Fourth of July fireworks when he was shot in the parking lot of a Taco Bell in Bartlett.
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October 2018
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Shelby County DA’s office won’t prosecute many revoked driver’s license cases
For the last seven weeks, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office has quietly dismissed more than 3,000 cases where people were charged with driving on suspended, revoked or canceled driver’s licenses. -
V Live club called public nuisance to reopen
A Hickory Hill club closed down as a public nuisance following two homicides is reopening under court supervision and will no longer be a strip club.
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September 2018
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‘Every Day in School’ program works with schools, parents to reduce truancy
Siblings were truant at a Shelby County school last year because they had to share a uniform.
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