Man accused of trying to kidnap mayor had list of other officials’ names
Trenton Abston, right, appears in Judge Taylor Bachelor’s courtroom June 20. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A man accused of attempting to kidnap Memphis Mayor Paul Young also allegedly possessed a list with the names of other local public officials as well as their spouses and children.
The list was discovered in a storage unit the accused man, Trenton Abston, owns, according to testimony from Memphis Police Department Sgt. Lucas McNair during a Tuesday, June 24, bond hearing for Abston.
It’s unclear what the list was for, but McNair said it included five names. He did not identify the officials who were listed.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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