Man charged in Memphis crime ring gets lengthy prison sentence
Carl Turner, 26, pleads guilty before Shelby County Criminal Court Division 7 Judge Lee Coffee Monday, June 3. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
Carl Turner, one of the original defendants indicted last year for his involvement in a citywide theft ring, pleaded guilty.
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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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