There are 52 article(s) tagged Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy:

• December 2023

  • Midtown convenience store shut down due to repeated criminal activity

    Shelby County District Attorney General Mulroy said 600 calls for service have been made to the property in the last two years and 60 arrests have been made there this year alone. 

    By Aarron Fleming December 07, 2023

• November 2023

  • Plea deals reached for officer charged in Tyre Nichols’ death

    “I’m hoping that for Mr. Mills it was his conscience that allowed him to make this plea agreement and not because of his lawyers telling him it was the right thing to do,” RowVaughn Wells said.

    By Julia Baker, Aarron Fleming November 02, 2023

  • DA’s office won’t oppose requests for court fee waivers

    Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy announced the policy Tuesday, Oct. 31, during a press conference in the 10th-floor conference room of the DA’s office in the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center, 201 Poplar Ave.

    By Julia Baker November 01, 2023

• October 2023

  • Violent crime crackdown targets nuisance convenience store

    A Save a Stop 2 is one of several locations being investigated during a multi-agency operation that was announced by Kevin G. Ritz, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.

    By Julia Baker October 23, 2023

  • No charges for the officer involved in fatal traffic stop of Jarveon Hudspeth

    Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said the office wouldn’t charge Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Michael Conder Tuesday, Oct. 17.

    By Julia Baker October 18, 2023

  • Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports an inmate death

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a potential inmate suicide death inside the Shelby County Divisions of Corrections as of Saturday, Oct. 14.

    By Kambui Bomani October 17, 2023

• September 2023

  • No criminal charges for officers in Jaylin McKenzie case

    “For our office to bring criminal charges, we must be confident that we can prove an actual violation of a criminal statute beyond a reasonable doubt,” Mulroy said. “We don’t have sufficient evidence to do that here.”

    By Julia Baker September 26, 2023

  • Police footage released in the death of Jaylin McKenzie

    Jaylin McKenzie, a 20-year-old Atlanta native, was killed in December 2022 when visiting Memphis.

    By Ben Wheeler September 12, 2023

  • Where are cases going in Shelby County? Wherever it is, they’re not getting there fast.

    The most recent data shows that, in fiscal year 2022, 55.2% of criminal cases in Shelby County were either dismissed or the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office decided not to pursue charges.

    By Aarron Fleming September 11, 2023

• August 2023

  • ‘We have a crime crisis right now:’ DA’s office hosts public-safety summit

    “I think the consistent message from all of us and several others … is that we all recognize that we have a serious crime problem,” DA Mulroy said.

    By Julia Baker August 31, 2023

  • Two properties declared nuisances in South Memphis

    “These locations have been the site of repeated crimes in the neighborhood and have been the subject of numerous complaints from residents as being not only the site, but the drivers of crime in that neighborhood.”

    By Ben Wheeler August 08, 2023

• July 2023

  • Strickland on Mulroy: ‘Nothing he said changed my opinion.’

    “I just disagree,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said of Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy during a phone interview on Tuesday. “We have a different philosophy.”

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    Shelby County DA Mulroy fires back at Mayor Strickland’s criticism

    By Julia Baker July 26, 2023

  • Shelby County DA Mulroy fires back at Mayor Strickland’s criticism

    Strickland used his weekly email newsletter on Friday, July 21, to call out Mulroy’s office for dropping charges against a woman accused of firing a gun from a moving car in November 2022.

    By Julia Baker July 25, 2023

  • DA’s office hires new chief data officer

    Vishant Shah started with the DA’s office Monday, July 17. 

    By Julia Baker July 20, 2023

  • Judge: State law taking power from DAs is unconstitutional

    A local judge declared a new state law unconstitutional Monday. The law, signed in April, takes away power from local district attorneys to represent the state in some death penalty cases when the sentence is challenged.

    By Aarron Fleming July 18, 2023

  • Mulroy says judicial commissioners should set unaffordable bail, in certain cases

    “Some of those people who’ve reoffended ... there’s a small percentage of those that, I guess, maybe, we need to give up on and just talk about long-term incarceration,” Mulroy said. “But I think for a lot of them, there is a chance for rehabilitation.”

    By Julia Baker July 01, 2023

• June 2023

  • Mulroy discusses Germantown party-goers ‘brandishing guns’

    Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy addressed the nuisance party in Germantown and other crime and courts issues with town residents on Thursday, June 29, during the second of his town hall series at Germantown City Hall.

    By Julia Baker June 30, 2023

  • DA’s office increased charges on man accused in golf course assault

    Wesley Caldwell, 23, was indicted June 1 on charges of criminal attempt of second degree murder and aggravated assault. He was previously charged with aggravated assault. 

    By Julia Baker June 06, 2023

  • DA drops charges against three in alleged mistaken identity arrest

    A fourth man, Jamil Ibrahim, remains charged.

    By Aarron Fleming June 06, 2023

  • Judge to decide whether DA, state can challenge death penalty cases

    The motion was originally filed May 1 by Hutton on behalf of his client Larry McKay, who has been on death row since 1983. Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy joined the motion.

    By Julia Baker June 02, 2023

• April 2023

  • DA Mulroy launches town hall program in Frayser

    “This is part ... of an overall outreach program,” Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said. “I think it’s important for the DA to be out in the community as much as possible and get input from the community.”

    By Julia Baker April 27, 2023

  • Opinion: ‘Short-sighted officials with a liberal agenda’ help spread crime

    “We can’t solve the poverty and cultural issues that plague our community in the short or even medium term. But we can build more prisons, with an emphasis on reform.”

    By Shep Fargotstein April 13, 2023

• February 2023

  • TBI called to investigate officers in Shelby County 13 times in 13 months

    In 2022, the TBI investigated nine officer-involved shootings in Shelby County, the highest number since 2019. But at least part of the reason for the increase may stem from the District Attorney’s office. 

    By Julia Baker February 10, 2023

• January 2023

  • ‘Revolving door': Why are some defendants in — and right back out — of jail?

    “The challenge we have is that the city government does not control the courts,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said. “We don’t control the state laws. We don’t control, we can’t control, gun regulations and gun access.”

    By Julia Baker January 20, 2023

  • ‘She deserves respect.’ For transgender victims, closure can lie further out of reach

    Gender issues complicate the reporting of cold cases for transgender victims, but a Shelby County initiative offers hope to families.

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    Tennessee transgender legislation: A summary

    By Ben Wheeler January 15, 2023