Woman accused of killing pastor ‘on notice’ for alleged bond violation
Samantha Marion appears in Judge Lee Coffee’s courtroom on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
“That tells me you don’t like your freedom and you want to be in custody until your case is over and I will absolutely accommodate that request,” the judge said.
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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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