There are 14 article(s) tagged Desmond Mills Jr.:

• June 2025

  • 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.

    By Aarron Fleming June 10, 2025

  • 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.

    By Aarron Fleming June 09, 2025

  • 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.

    By Aarron Fleming June 02, 2025

• January 2025

  • Sentencing delayed for former Memphis police in Nichols case

    The five former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols are set to be sentenced in federal court this summer 

    By Aarron Fleming January 17, 2025

• October 2024

  • Sentencing delayed for officer charged in Nichols’ death

    Desmond Mills Jr. was set to be sentenced next month.

    By Aarron Fleming October 16, 2024

  • Former officer asks for delayed sentencing in Nichols case

    Desmond Mills Jr., who pleaded guilty last November for his role in Tyre Nichols’ death, is asking the federal court to delay his sentencing to allow “the defense additional time to prepare.”

    By Aarron Fleming October 15, 2024

• September 2024

  • Desmond Mills testifies he lied about Tyre Nichols beating

    “‘The radio sounds better than how the camera looks,’” Desmond Mills Jr. recalled Lt. Dewayne Smith saying of the Nichols footage.

    By Julia Baker September 26, 2024

  • Desmond Mills confesses to going along with ‘cover-up’

    Desmond Mills Jr. testified Wednesday he was afraid of telling the truth because, “I’d be sitting in the exact seat I’m sitting in now.”

    By Julia Baker September 25, 2024

• March 2024

  • Plea agreement reveals new details about Tyre Nichols’ death

    Details from the plea agreement reached in the federal criminal case against Desmond Mills Jr. shed more light on his role in Tyre Nichols’ death.

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    By Aarron Fleming, Julia Baker March 05, 2024

• January 2024

  • One year later: Where do the Tyre Nichols cases stand now?

    Five former Memphis Police Department officers received state and federal charges for their alleged roles in Tyre Nichols’ death. They were also named as defendants in a civil wrongful death suit Nichols’ family filed. Here’s where their cases stand.

    By Aarron Fleming January 10, 2024

• 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

• September 2023

  • Five indicted former officers won’t be a part of Tyre Nichols civil suit

    The five are defendants in both the criminal and civil cases. 

    By Samuel Hardiman, Aarron Fleming September 22, 2023

  • ‘A place where justice is done:’ DOJ announces federal indictment of former MPD officers

    “Effective policing requires public trust,” said Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

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    Five former officers in Tyre Nichols case federally indicted

    By Julia Baker, Ben Wheeler, Aarron Fleming September 12, 2023

  • Prosecutors ask court to keep former cops accused of killing Tyre Nichols together for trial

    Of the five officers charged in Nichols’ death, three so far have filed motions to separate their cases.

    By Aarron Fleming September 08, 2023