Jail employees are warning Shelby County officials of extreme heat, rising medical emergencies, and what they describe as “cruel conditions” inside the facility after month-long air conditioning issues.
Evaniel Johnson said he wants to see if video footage supports the narrative that his grandson, Tyrin Johnson, turned toward U.S. guard members with a gun.
Federal wiretaps captured Young Mob using GPS trackers, texts and FaceTime to stalk a rival in Memphis — with police twice racing in to stop planned robberies before the gang finally struck inside a tattoo shop.
Memphis Safe Task Force members killed 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson in Downtown Memphis early Sunday morning, marking at least the third death associated with the Task Force.
When a judge is absent for nearly 40% of the days he’s due to be on the bench, the ripples can affect the entire criminal justice system, including defendants who may have to spend longer in jail than they should have.
A former DeSoto County teacher will serve nine years in prison for possessing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi announced Tuesday.
Officers who were involved in a 2024 fatal shooting investigated by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation were cleared, the Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said.
This marks the second time since last month the trial has been delayed.
Hoaxers are calling zoos and aquariums nationwide, claiming to have planted bombs, likely just for “fun,” officials said.
The Senatobia Police Department has turned over the investigation of the police shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
Armed with about 50 letters from the community, prosecutors pushed for a harsher penalty, but legal parameters restricted the sentence.
Crime data and student voices suggest campus safety initiatives are making a measurable impact.
Where the pavement ends on Memphis’ western edge, a police Harbor Patrol Unit navigates the unpredictable Mississippi River as the city’s last line of defense.
Memphis police officer Daniel Adams killed in single-vehicle accident, officials say
Alvin Myles Jr. was sentenced after a four-day trial.
A federal magistrate judge denied Govan’s request for bail following a hearing that detailed explicit threats of violence, extortion and a criminal history spanning decades.
Yvonne Nelson, a Memphis community activist, was shot and killed near a middle school during an argument.
The Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk was seen in custody at the Odell Horton Federal Building.
Memphis police arrest an alleged child rapist who may have numerous victims over the past two decades or longer.
The man who was acquitted of being the mastermind behind the killing of a Memphis rapper has been arrested on stalking and harassment charges.
New filings in the case against Task Force officials allege personal intimidation and retaliation. Tyreece Miller, head of MSTF locally, said that “constitutional policing is at the core of everything we do.”
After recent news related to some charged with child sex crimes in DeSoto County, some have wondered the extent of the problem in the area. Here is what the data says.
Police found 17 abused or severely neglected dogs at the officer’s residence, as well as evidence that he was possibly involved in dogfighting.
Robert Hartheimer, 69, was arrested last year for using dating app Grindr to solicit sex with a 15-year-old boy, according to the criminal complaint.
The inmate was arrested May 27 after allegedly stealing $258.91 in merchandise from a local TJ Maxx.
Cities are encouraged to apply for a portion of $300 million in federal money to reduce crime, but that money comes with strings attached in terms of anti-immigration efforts.
The former seminarian now faces decades in prison.
Following the arrest of a DeSoto County teacher last week, a Mississippi state senator has proposed legislation aimed at combating child predators.
Allen entered a guilty plea in Poinsett County Circuit Court on May 27.