There are 4 article(s) tagged Vinessa Brown:

• November 2025

  • Former county director to be released from jail

    DeAndre Brown, the former director of the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry, was indicted and arrested for multiple financial felonies related to alleged mishandling of money given to his nonprofit.

    By Aarron Fleming November 04, 2025

• September 2025

  • Bond set on day two of hearing for DeAndre, Vinessa Brown

    “I’m absolutely befuddled why the city government, why the county government and why the state of Tennessee would give money to a person to run a nonprofit organization when they had been convicted of stealing money from a nonprofit organization in the past,” said Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee.

    By Jody Callahan September 24, 2025

  • County reentry head, wife to remain behind bars for now

    DeAndre Brown and Vinessa Brown remain in custody following a bond hearing Friday, Sept. 19, that will carry into next week.

    By Aarron Fleming September 19, 2025

  • Pardoned for his crimes, DeAndre Brown built a life helping other former inmates. That changed abruptly this past week.

    Former public official DeAndre Brown and his wife Vinessa Brown were charged with misusing $1.38 million in public money. The pair ran the Lifeline to Success non-profit, which is now also under scrutiny.

    By Bill Dries September 04, 2025