‘Precision policing’ effort results in arrest of 50 gang members
The Memphis Police Department, in collaboration with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and Bartlett and Germantown police departments, seized more than $42,000, 7 pounds of marijuana and other drugs during Operation Rolling Thunder. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in the arrest of 160 people and the seizure of guns, drugs and cash.
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Memphis Police Department public safety Law EnforcementAarron 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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