There are 17 article(s) tagged Shelby County District Attorney’S Office:

• March 2020

  • School district and DA’s office part ways with truancy program

    Shelby County schools and the District Attorney's office are no longer partners on a truancy reduction program. The school district will now oversee the program. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 02, 2020

• December 2019

  • Homicide victims remembered at ‘Season of Remembrance’ event

    Families and friends pay homage to homicide victims during the ninth-annual Season of Remembrance event hosted by Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich and her staff. 

    By Yolanda Jones December 02, 2019

• November 2019

  • Shelby County deputies justified in man’s shooting death, D.A. says

    The officer-involved shooting death of 40-year-old Jason Matthew Hill has been ruled justified by the Shelby County Dist. Atty. Amy Weirich. No charges will be filed against the deputies, who have not been identified. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 04, 2019

• October 2019

  • 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. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 17, 2019

  • 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. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 04, 2019

• September 2019

  • 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. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 27, 2019

  • 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. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 10, 2019

• August 2019

  • 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.

    By Linda A. Moore August 05, 2019

• June 2019

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones June 11, 2019

  • 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. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 03, 2019

• December 2018

  • 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.

    By Amy Weirich December 04, 2018

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones December 04, 2018

  • ‘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.

    By Yolanda Jones December 03, 2018

• November 2018

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones November 27, 2018

• October 2018

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones October 20, 2018

  • 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.

    By Yolanda Jones October 16, 2018

• September 2018

  • ‘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.

    By Yolanda Jones September 18, 2018