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    Death penalty trial begins in 2015 killing of Memphis police officer Sean Bolton

    Jury selection began Monday, Oct. 29, in the death penalty murder trial of Tremaine Wilbourn, the man charged in the 2015 killing of Memphis Police Department officer Sean Bolton. He is at least the fourth defendant since 2011 to face a capital-murder trial in Shelby County Criminal Court.

    By Yolanda Jones October 30, 2018
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    Judge issues sanctions against city for violating consent decree

    U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla ruled Friday that the ACLU of Tennessee had legal standing to sue the city of Memphis, saying that there was "clear and convincing evidence" that the city conducted political intelligence against activists in violation of a 40-year-old consent decree.

    By Yolanda Jones October 26, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Police reports of camera infractions raise questions

    A report memorializing procedural mistakes appears among hundreds of pages of records released Friday by the Memphis Police Department in answer to a public records request by the Institute for Public Service Reporting.

    By Marc Perrusquia and Yolanda Jones May 17, 2019
  • Public Safety

    Memphis police force increases for first time since 2011

    Over the last five years, the Memphis Police Department has seen officers leaving every year, but grant funding from private donors has allowed the department to recruit and retain more officers, and for the first time the police force has seen something it has not experienced since 2011 — growth.

    By Yolanda Jones October 26, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Attorney for one of suspects in Trenary case said others may be involved

    The two men accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary will be back in court Monday when their attorneys will seek to get a preliminary hearing date set in the case.

    By Yolanda Jones October 26, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Court orders Memphis skin and hair care company to stop operations of some products

    A 92-year-old Memphis company that makes skin care and hair care products has been ordered by a federal court to stop making its over-the counter products after the company was found in violation of several Food and Drug Administration safety measures, the U.S. Department of Justice said this week.

    By Yolanda Jones October 24, 2018
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    MPD releases names of 51 officers violating body camera policy, withholds details

    The Memphis Police Department has released the names of 51 officers accused of violating the department’s body camera policy but is withholding specific details about the infractions.

    By Marc Perrusquia October 25, 2018
  • Public Safety

    No mental evaluation for teen accused in Phil Trenary homicide

    Ranisha Wright, one of three people charged in connection with the death of Phil Trenary, will not undergo a mental evaluation her attorney told a Juvenile Court judge during a brief hearing Tuesday morning.

    By Yolanda Jones October 24, 2018
  • Shelby County

    Justice Department ends federal oversight of Juvenile Court

    The Department of Justice said Friday it has ended its six-year federal oversight of Shelby County Juvenile Court.

    By Omer Yusuf October 20, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Playback Memphis troupe helps bridge gap between police and ex-felons

    Gabrielle Cole served 21 months in jail. When she got out, her anger and frustration consumed her.

    By Yolanda Jones October 21, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Shelby County DA’s office won’t prosecute many revoked driver’s license cases

    For the last seven weeks, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office has quietly dismissed more than 3,000 cases where people were charged with driving on suspended, revoked or canceled driver’s licenses.

    By Yolanda Jones October 20, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Trial set for August 2019 for mother charged in deaths of 4 children

    Shanynthia Gardner, charged with killing her four young children at her Shelby County apartment in 2016, will go to trial next summer, but whether it will be heard by a jury or the judge has not been decided.

    By Yolanda Jones October 18, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Fairgrounds TDZ plan goes to Nashville next month

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's administration will take its Tourism Development Zone plan for the Fairgrounds to the Tennessee Building Commission for approval next month.

    By Bill Dries October 18, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Victim in officer-involved shooting was wanted in recent interstate shooting

    The man shot and killed by Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies early Wednesday was wanted in connection with one of several recent interstate shootings, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

    By Yolanda Jones October 18, 2018
  • Public Safety

    V Live club called public nuisance to reopen

    A Hickory Hill club closed down as a public nuisance following two homicides is reopening under court supervision and will no longer be a strip club.

    By Yolanda Jones October 16, 2018
  • Public Safety

    New initiative reduces court dates for misdemeanor citations

    Thousands of people issued misdemeanor citations each year in Memphis and Shelby County will now have to make one trip instead of two to 201 Poplar to be processed for their initial court date.

    By Yolanda Jones October 16, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Memphis police beef up patrols after three interstate shootings

    As Memphis police call for extra patrols after three recent interstate shootings, there have been at least six other roadway shootings this year. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 12, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Man shot by Memphis police officer awake and talking, his attorney says

    Martavious Banks, the man shot Sept. 17 by a Memphis police officer, is awake and talking about the night he was critically wounded, an attorney representing him said during a press conference Thursday.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Lawsuit filed against city, police after man’s body was left in van for 49 days

    Attorneys representing the family of the man whose body was left in a van for seven weeks at the Memphis Police Department impound lot have filed a wrongful-death and negligence lawsuit against the city of Memphis and police director Michael Rallings.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Memphis attorney Art Horne gets 30 days, probation on assault charge

    Memphis attorney Arthur “Art” Horne, acquitted of aggravated rape, aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, was given a sentence Thursday of 11 months, 29 days’ probation and 30 days in jail on the misdemeanor assault charge he was convicted of during his August trial.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018
  • Public Safety

    18 undocumented immigrants charged in ICE sweep in Memphis and Shelby County

    More than a dozen undocumented immigrants have been indicted, including some with previous arrests and convictions, during a recent sweep by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

    By Yolanda Jones October 10, 2018
  • Public Safety

    FBI: Memphis ranks as 3rd most violent big city in US

    Memphis’ homicide rate was the third highest among the country’s 50 largest cities last year, according to the FBI’s latest data. In 2017, there were 181 homicides in Memphis, 28 deaths per 100,000 people in the city, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting statistics released last month.

    By Yolanda Jones October 09, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Banks shooting pulls MPD into national fray over reliability, proper use of bodycams

    One by one, police dashboard cameras malfunctioned that chilly night in Chicago.

    By Marc Perrusquia October 08, 2018
  • Public Safety

    DNA technology helps MPD solve 1997 rape case

    In 1997, a 14-year-old Memphis girl was raped inside her home after a man broke in and armed with a gun, held her and four women captive.

    By Yolanda Jones October 05, 2018
  • Public Safety

    Sherra Wright deemed mentally fit to stand trial in death of Lorenzen Wright

    Sherra Wright is mentally fit to stand trial in the 2010 fatal shooting of her ex-husband, NBA player Lorenzen Wright, Judge Lee Coffee said at her report hearing Friday.

    By Yolanda Jones October 05, 2018

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