There are 21 article(s) tagged Southaven Police Department:

• November 2025

  • 2 men electrocuted at xAI’s Southaven power plant

    The September event sent one of the men to a hospital, where he remains.

    By Samuel Hardiman November 05, 2025

• November 2024

  • Mississippi clears two officer-involved shootings

    Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said the use of force was justified in both a 2022 incident in Horn Lake, as well as a shooting in 2023 involving an officer with the Southaven Police Department.

    By Rob Moore November 04, 2024

• September 2024

  • Southaven Police moving to new Silo Square precinct

    The new station is a part of the city’s plan for “aggressive growth of our police operation,” said Mayor Darren Musselwhite.

    By Rob Moore September 18, 2024

• April 2024

  • Former Southaven police officer accused of assisting in auto thefts

    Tony Herring Jr. is charged with one count of felony vehicle theft and one count of conspiracy to commit vehicle theft, although law enforcement believes he is connected in multiple open cases. 

    By Rob Moore April 10, 2024

• March 2024

  • Two in custody following shootout, standoff in Southaven

    Two men were arrested following a shootout and chase with law enforcement that spanned two DeSoto County cities and ended with a standoff at a Southaven warehouse. 

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    Two individuals barricaded in Southaven warehouse

    By Rob Moore March 26, 2024

  • Southaven woman charged in her child’s murder

    DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton confirmed that Jessica Tabor is currently charged with one count of capital murder.

    By Rob Moore March 22, 2024

  • Southaven considering fining businesses deemed a nuisance

    To alleviate the strain on the Southaven Police Department, the city wants to charge businesses $1,000 after a third nuisance offense.

    By Rob Moore March 20, 2024

• February 2024

  • Memphis man sentenced to 38 years in Southaven attempted-murder case

    The case was the first DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton tried since being elected in November when he ran on taking a strict approach to crime committed by Memphians in North Mississippi. 

    By Rob Moore February 29, 2024

• January 2024

  • Brent Vickers named Southaven’s new chief of police

    Before being chosen for the top law enforcement position, Brent Vickers acted as Southaven’s deputy chief of police. 

    By Rob Moore January 30, 2024

  • Southaven aldermen to vote Brent Vickers appointment for police chief

    Vickers currently serves as the city’s deputy police chief. He has been with the Southaven Police Department for nearly 25 years. 

    By Rob Moore January 22, 2024

  • Southaven police chief to retire

    Macon Moore was chosen to lead Southaven’s police department in 2019 following a national search. 

    By Rob Moore January 03, 2024

• September 2023

  • Jury decides in favor of Southaven police officers who killed man in 2017

    A federal jury has ruled in favor of two Southaven police officers in lawsuit regarding the shooting death of a man six years ago.

    By Beth Sullivan September 15, 2023

• August 2023

  • Southaven’s ‘Operation: Close the Door’ will target traffic from Memphis

    In an effort to curb crime in Southaven, Mayor Darren Musselwhite is directing the police department to increase patrols on north-south access streets into Memphis.

    By Beth Sullivan August 25, 2023

• June 2023

  • Workers find ‘military grade munitions’ in Southaven home

    Officers were called to a residence after construction workers found a “small amount of what appears to be old military ordnance.” 

    By Beth Sullivan June 30, 2023

  • Southaven Police Department investing in new video tech

    The Southaven Police Department has earmarked almost $92,000 in new technology equipment to help the department in its work.

    By Beth Sullivan June 28, 2023

  • Two suspects are in custody, but not charged, in Southaven car burglaries

    Two people are in custody in connection with scores of vehicle break-ins earlier this week at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto and nearby hotels.

    By Beth Sullivan June 23, 2023

  • Southaven pursues new police precinct at Silo Square

    A land swap with Silo Square developers will provide Southaven police with a new precinct in hopes of improving the efficiency of officers’ duties.

    By Beth Sullivan June 22, 2023

  • Southaven Police Department achieves state accreditation

    “It’s a big deal,” Mayor Darren Musselwhite said of the Southaven Police Department being accredited with the Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission.

    By Beth Sullivan June 20, 2023

  • 81 cars broken into overnight at Baptist DeSoto, nearby hotels

    “We take every precaution to minimize and deter theft and provide a safe campus for our patients, visitors and employees,” BMHCC public relations manager Kimberly Alexander said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we are not immune to crime.”

    By Beth Sullivan June 20, 2023

• January 2023

  • Southaven Police Department seeks state accreditation

    The Southaven Police Department is in the process of the final stages of seeking qualifying for state accreditation of the force.

    By Beth Sullivan January 24, 2023

• November 2022

  • Ezekiel Kelly indicted on charges related to Southaven carjacking

    Ezekiel Kelly has been indicted on charges related to a carjacking in Southaven, Mississippi, at the end of a Sept. 7 shooting spree that occurred mostly in Memphis.

    By Julia Baker November 15, 2022