The boost in the National Guard’s presence comes as State of Tennessee plans to appeal a Nashville chancellor’s blocking of the deployment to Memphis.

Tiffany Dukes is one of 11 inmates this year to die while in custody of the Sheriff’s Office.

Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis presented the latest crime numbers for the first full month of the Memphis Safe Task Force. She also talked about the MPD’s relationship with the task force including on immigration arrests.

A judge has blocked the current deployment of the Tennessee National Guard to Memphis as part of President Donald Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force, but the state still has time to appeal.

The incident happened on the mall’s second floor in front of a store called Village Mart, according to an affidavit in the case.

The state has contracts to feed and house the National Guard for well more than $6 million — to be paid by the federal government — according to court documents filed Friday.

Memphis police arrested eight people, mostly for drug charges, in a Thursday, Nov. 13, sweep that also included agents from the Memphis Safe Task Force.

Among the four leaders announced Friday is Beth Boswell, who has been promoted to First Assistant U.S. Attorney. 

“Over the next few days, we anticipate the total presence will increase to roughly 350,” the Memphis Police Department said in a statement. 

Shelby County doesn’t need more judges to help with additional Memphis Safe Task Force cases, according to a new letter from the chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Lindsey Whiteside is back in custody on charges of sexual activity with a minor after a federal judge overturned a magistrate’s decision to release Whiteside on bond.

A local woman was detained by federal law enforcement Tuesday night, Nov. 11, during a traffic stop in Midtown.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is disputing that two women who were allegedly assaulted at the Shelby County women’s jail last year were actually in their custody at the time.

Two female inmates are suing Shelby County after being allegedly sexually assaulted by a male inmate they were housed with last year.

Two people who wrote letters of support for Lindsey Whiteside have recanted their communiques after the former assistant basketball coach pleaded guity of sexual battery of a minor.

The head of school is on administrative leave as the matter is reviewed. Multiple students have been expelled.

The latest death marks at least the third such fatality in the last 10 days and the 10th so far this year.

A jury found Latoshia Daniels guilty of second-degree murder, reckless endangerment in connection with the shooting death of Brodes Perry, a former pastor at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church.

Cordero Ragland, who had all charges dismissed in a drag-racing death after being deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial, has been arrested again, records show.

Two days after former Memphis Grizzly Tony Allen was arrested for drug possession alongside an Arkansas highway, a clearer picture has begun to emerge.

Local gynecologist Sanjeev Kumar, who was indicted earlier this year on dozens of federal charges, has asked for his case to be dismissed again and this time for good.

Latoshia Daniels said she planned to end her own life on April 4, 2019, but instead, Brodes Perry, a former Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church pastor, died.

A man shot by a Memphis Safe Task Force officer Oct. 31 in front of a Corky’s BBQ faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and could serve up to life in prison.

Tony Allen released on bond, says drugs found in car weren’t his

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