There are 12 article(s) tagged Memphis Shelby County Juvenile Court:

• October 2024

  • Agree to disagree: Sheriff’s office, juvenile court disputes continue

    The sheriff’s office and juvenile court are still at loggerheads over who should run the new youth detention center and how to get detainees to court. Where will it end?

    By Julia Baker October 28, 2024

• June 2024

  • Commission votes down call for mediation in juvenile detention center dispute

    Commissioner Mick Wright said the sheriff and Juvenile Court judge need to talk about who will run the juvenile detention center. But his nonbinding resolution suggesting arbitration got voted down Monday.

    By Bill Dries June 04, 2024

• April 2024

  • Sugarmon questions Bonner’s timeline for juvenile facility transfer

    Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon anticipates the transition process will not be completed this year due to the “intricate nature of the transition process,” according to an emailed statement. 

    By Julia Baker April 18, 2024

• June 2023

  • Juvenile Court wants almost $5M for ‘rapid engagement’ strategy

    The new county funding would be for 40 new counselors with the goal of preventing a “cross over” of children coming to the court for child welfare issues and then moving to delinquent behavior.

    By Bill Dries June 14, 2023

• August 2022

  • Shelby County Commission returns to County Clerk ‘no confidence’ resolution

    At the Monday, Aug. 8, commission meeting, the body also votes on a new bail courtroom. And it takes a final vote on a minority business contracting program as well as transferring Orgill Park and Golf Course to the city of Millington.

    By Bill Dries August 08, 2022

• February 2022

  • County Commission Scorecard: COVID tests, CHOICES playground and Juvenile Court

    The County Commission Scorecard finds basic ideological differences remain on the 13-member body, as it moves into the home stretch of its four-year term.

    By Bill Dries February 03, 2022

• January 2022

  • Sugarmon to run again for Juvenile Court Judge

    Memphis City Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon will run against incumbent Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael. Meanwhile, Marcus Mitchell is running for Juvenile Court Clerk County Commissioner Brandon Morrison is running in a new district.

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2022

• September 2021

  • Ford out as County Commission budget committee chairman

    After two contentious budget seasons, commission chairman Willie Brooks has changed up what is the most critical committee assignment in county government. 

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2021

• August 2021

  • Juvenile court transfers decrease but concerning trends remain

    Virtually all the youths whose cases were transferred to adult court in Shelby County the past two years were Black.

    By Yolanda Jones August 31, 2021

• October 2020

  • Teen who spent 40 days in adult prison savors second chance

    Rosalyn Holmes, charged as an adult in 2018 on kidnapping and robbery charges, was kept in adult prison for 40 days without being convicted of a crime. Charges were dropped against her recently and she is moving forward with her life.

    By Yolanda Jones October 25, 2020

• September 2020

  • Late Curtis Person Jr. known for state Senate, Juvenile Court

    Former Republican state Senator and Juvenile Court Judge Curtis Person Jr. died Friday at the age of 85. He began his political career as a Democratic state Representative and ended it 48 years later with a single term as one of only three elected Juvenile Court Judges in Shelby County over the past 55 years.

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2020

• July 2020

  • Juvenile Court courtrooms closed next week after employees test positive for COVID-19

    At least two employees in the clerk’s office and Juvenile Court protective services test positive for coronavirus.

    By Yolanda Jones July 16, 2020