Autopsy confirms inmate’s cause of death
Sherman Weakley, 22, died by suicide, according to his official autopsy.
Topic: Shelby County Sheriff's Office
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March 2025
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February 2025
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County Commission approves Regional One land purchase despite $240K increase
The commission approved more money to buy the property that goes with the old Commercial Appeal buildings. Deals on the three remaining adjacent parcels for the 16-acre site are still pending.
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County Commission to pick new judge to finish Bill Anderson’s term
Commissioners could also have more to say about the forensic audit of Memphis-Shelby County Schools they approved last month. Plus, the body will vote on several millions of dollars for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
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County Commission to vote on MSCS audit
The commission also votes Monday on a set of three resolutions buying four more parcels on land on the new site for a rebuilt Regional One Health campus.
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Two more Shelby County Jail inmates have died
Two Shelby County Jail inmates died on Thursday and Friday, bringing the total to four this week.
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Second jail inmate died over the weekend, SCSO says
The latest deaths mark at least the 55th and 56th death at the jail since 2019.
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January 2025
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Corrections deputy indicted for inappropriate relationship with inmate
Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner also said another inmate was found unresponsive at the jail Friday, Jan. 31, after experiencing a “medical emergency” overnight.
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Sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots person
The shooting is still under investigation, according to the TBI.
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Commission starting budget season early
The early start to county budget hearings is an attempt to resolve some of the friction between county elected officials and the Mayor Lee Harris’ office.
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December 2024
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Latest twist in Frayser and Cordova schools saga goes to County Commission
The last County Commission meeting of 2024 is likely to be a long one. The Monday, Nov. 16, agenda features 89 items including a set of 22 funding resolutions for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office totaling nearly $18 million — much of it for repairs to the county jail.
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November 2024
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Two corrections deputies charged with smuggling drugs into jail
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will hold a press conference Tuesday, Nov. 12, to discuss the arrests.
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October 2024
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16 arrested in major drug-trafficking bust
The sheriff’s office began an operation focused on McLemore Avenue’s Club Insight in February 2023. Over the more than year-long investigation, sheriff’s detectives found that the drug-trafficking operation spread throughout Memphis and Shelby County.
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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?
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Injured officer in Highway 64 motorcycle crash identified
The Shelby County Sheriff officer was injured in a crash near Lakeland Tuesday, Oct. 15, while responding to a separate motorcycle deputy-involved crash that occurred 20 minutes before.
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Woman killed at Shelby Farms Saturday, suspect arrested
Police arrested a suspect in the killing following a high-speed chase that left three deputies injured.
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Sheriff’s deputy on life support after Highway 64 crashes
An SCSO deputy who was responding to a separate crash involving a different deputy is currently in “extremely critical condition.”
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‘Last-minute’ change shifts Monday Juvenile Court hearings to virtual
Juvenile Court was scheduled to resume in-person proceedings after being closed for more than five months for mold and lead remediation. But those hearings will be virtual after Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says it will no longer transport youths.
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September 2024
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Lakeland wants Shelby County Sheriff’s Office command center
The proposed command center would be south of Interstate 40 off Canada Road.
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Nashville teen arrested for threatening Southwind school
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said detectives executed a felony warrant in Nashville for threats of mass violence at a school.
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Multiple threats caused lockdowns across MSCS, officials say
Three students have been detained in connection to a threat at Whitehaven High School, according to law enforcement, but active investigations remain into additional threats made to other Memphis schools on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
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Sheriff asks for $15.5M for ‘emergency’ jail repairs
More than 630 jail doors as well as light fixtures, a walk-in freezer and access-control systems damaged in a power surge this past March are said to need to be repaired or replaced.
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July 2024
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Shelby County Sheriff’s Office investigating jail death
A 49-year-old inmate died at the Shelby County Jail Monday, July 22.
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June 2024
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County Commission Scorecard: The making of the county budget
The Commission Scorecard tracks votes on keeping a stable property tax rate and returning funding to more than 400 vacant positions in the Sheriff’s Department. It also includes dollar figures on the county’s three major capital projects.
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Inmate escapes custody during transport, gets hit by car
According to a statement, the inmate, Elijah Jenkins, broke out a window on a transport van while he was being transported back to the corrections center located at 1045 Mullins Station Road.
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Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has 20K unserved warrants
The office has received approximately 2,000 a month from the county’s different courts but only serves around 1,600, leading to the backlog, said Lt. Joseph Fox, a spokesperson for the department.
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