Edmund Ford Jr. placed on leave from city job
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford, Jr. (center) enters the Odell Horton Federal Budling Feb. 28, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., who was indicted last week, has been placed on leave without pay from his city job, the City of Memphis said Tuesday, March 4.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He is a native Rhode Islander who lives Downtown. He has covered Memphis since 2018.
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