Operation LeGend results in more than 200 arrests in Memphis
Former Attorney General William Barr touts Operation LeGend at the Memphis Police Department Ridgeway Station Oct. 21, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
As Operation LeGend ends, the federal violent crime initiative resulted in 266 arrests locally and seizure of 210 guns even as homicides in the city set a new record.
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Operation LeGend Michael Dunavant U.S. Attorney William BarrYolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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