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    US Marshals arrest two Memphis shooting suspects in Murfreesboro

    The two men were charged after an April shooting that left two teens dead.

    By Aarron Fleming June 19, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Harris signs ‘Mandela Rules’ to limit solitary confinement

    Wednesday’s signing won’t actually cause any changes at the jail as the facility has been implementing this policy since 2023.

    By Jody Callahan June 18, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Alleged trespasser was ‘angry’ with Mayor Young

    Court documents reveal details about the man who was arrested for on suspicion of aggravated criminal trespassing, stalking and criminal attempted kidnapping.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 18, 2025
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    Mayor to limit solitary confinement in Shelby County prisons

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris plans to sign an executive order that will adopt United Nations Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners, also known as the Mandela Rules, for county prisons.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Man dies after being shot by Memphis police officer

    The shooting happened after police approached “a large group of individuals in the parking lot of a business,” according to TBI. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 16, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Pervis Payne must serve life sentences one after the other, state supreme court rules

    Pervis Payne, 58, was convicted in 1988 of stabbing to death Charisse Christopher, 28, and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie.

    By Aarron Fleming June 16, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Federal sentencing hearings in Nichols’ death canceled

    The U.S. District judge handling the case recused himself last week, though it’s still unclear why. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 20, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Juvenile detention center transfer to occur by October

    Control of the Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center will shift from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to the Shelby County Division of Corrections.

    By Aarron Fleming June 14, 2025
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    Sorrow after losing son spurs parents’ quest to prevent pedestrian deaths

    The death of 14-year-old William McConnell, who died in 2022 while crossing East Parkway, inspired the William’s Walk event at Overton Park’s Old Forest.

    By Jody Callahan June 14, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Memphis police shoot man in Orange Mound

    A Memphis police officer shot and critically wounded the driver of a vehicle in Orange Mound late Friday night after the suspect allegedly accelerated into another officer with the car, officials said.

    By Jody Callahan June 15, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Judge recuses himself in Tyré Nichols case

    A federal judge has recused himself in the case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyré Nichols.

    By Aarron Fleming June 13, 2025
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    Study highlights 201 Poplar conditions, suggests new locations

    A new study shows potential locations for a new Shelby County Jail and highlights the deteriorating conditions of the current facility at 201 Poplar Avenue.

    By Aarron Fleming June 13, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Former cop convicted in Tyré Nichols case gets sentencing date delay

    Desmond Mills Jr. was originally scheduled to be sentenced on federal charges June 17, but that date has been pushed to June 23.

    By Aarron Fleming June 10, 2025
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    TBI crime lab to add two scientists specifically for Memphis cases

    The arrangement between the state and the City of Memphis is separate from an independent crime lab for Shelby County being pursued by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Trial date set for codefendants in Ghost Mob gang killing

    The case began with the Jan. 10, 2019, murder of the “supreme elite chief” of the Unknown Vice Lords Ronald Terry and his girlfriend, Candid Sanders.

    By Aarron Fleming June 10, 2025
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    Everybody Speeds: What auto insurers really care about

    According to local insurance agents, speeding tickets aren’t as big a deal as they once were.

    By Jody Callahan June 10, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Former cop convicted in Tyré Nichols case wants sentencing date delayed

    The former officer pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2023 to using excessive force against Nichols and conspiring to witness tamper after his beating. He also agreed to plead guilty to some of his charges in state court.

    By Aarron Fleming June 09, 2025
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    Shifting gang alliances make policing more difficult

    Police brass have frequently said that it has become more difficult to stem gang violence because underlings in the gangs will often team up, sometimes with members of rival gangs, to commit crimes.

    By Bill Dries June 09, 2025
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    Anatomy of a gang murdering one of its own

    Ronald Terry and Tim Johnson were in the same street gang and died five days apart in 2019. The investigation led to a guilty verdict in Memphis federal court last week and told the story of violence within the gang known as the Ghost Mob.

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    The changing political backdrop for the Ghost Mob case

    Shifting gang alliances make policing more difficult

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2025
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    The changing political backdrop for the Ghost Mob case

    The trial that ended last week in Memphis with the conviction of Ghost Mob gang member Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of another gang member unfolded against a backdrop of political change in the nation’s capitol.

    By Bill Dries June 09, 2025
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    Everybody Speeds: ‘You never know what you’re going to encounter’

    A retired Memphis police officer reveals what a traffic stop is like from the officer’s perspective.

    By Jody Callahan June 10, 2025
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    Everybody Speeds: Where HAL 9000 meets the Highway Patrol

    The way to curb speeding at first glance might be to put more police officers on the street. But it’s not that simple.

    By Jody Callahan June 10, 2025
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    Everybody Speeds: Memphis-area tickets are down, but traffic deaths are up

    The number of speeding tickets dropped in 2020 and has never increased back to pre-pandemic numbers. The number of fatalities have gone the other way.

    By Jody Callahan June 10, 2025
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    Ghost Mob gang leader convicted of federal racketeering murder charge

    The weeklong jury trial in Memphis federal court ended with the conviction of Ghost Mob leader Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of a fellow gang member.

    By Bill Dries June 06, 2025
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    Nichols’ attorneys want stay lifted for former cops

    Attorneys for Tyré Nichols’ family and estate want a federal judge to remove a stay that has protected five former Memphis officers from parts of the civil lawsuit over Nichols’ death. 

    By Samuel Hardiman June 06, 2025

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