Hernandez Govan is facing charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.

Booking and processing at 201 Poplar is taking days, leaving inmates to live in overcrowded holding cells with little phone access.

Joshua Zimmerman will not face additional charges related to his failure to appear in court last June, but he remains held without bail following a judge’s ruling this week.

Five children have been charged in connection to the incident. 

Local leaders have suggested a local crime lab would help solve crimes. But concerns persist about the feasibility and cost of such a project. 

Stephen Graham Russell, Jr., was at the Hernando courthouse Monday morning for a plea and sentencing hearing when he escaped briefly.

The trial date for the federal civil lawsuit about the death of Gershun Freeman has been delayed.

Jashawn Jefferson, who is currently being held at the Shelby County Jail for an incident in Memphis, is scheduled for a trial in DeSoto County for multiple felony charges.

A report from the U.S. Department of Justice found “serious concerns” with the Memphis Police Department’s “treatment of children and the lasting impact of police encounters on their wellbeing and resilience.” Officers arrested and handcuffed children as young as 8 years old. 

Issues that the Memphis Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team faces include using “unnecessary force” and escalating encounters during mental-health calls, according to the report. 

A Department of Justice investigation found the police department uses excessive force and discriminates against certain residents. Here’s what to know about the report and the city’s response.

Mayor Paul Young and City Chief Legal Officer Tannera Gibson disputed whether MPD treats Black residents differently than white ones. 

A roundup of all The Daily Memphian’s coverage of the report — including a synopsis of the Department of Justice’s findings along with the responses to it — can be found here.

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges the Memphis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the U.S. Constitution.

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The inmate, who died in July, was being held in the jail for the Germantown Police Department.

The City of Memphis does not plan on entering an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice following the department’s civil rights investigation into the Memphis Police Department, City Attorney Tannera Gibson said in a letter to the DOJ this week. 

One by one, row by row, families in the Michael D. Rose Theater at the University of Memphis hung an ornament in honor of their lost loved one on one of the four wreaths displayed in the front of the room. 

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has effectively dismissed the decade-long rape-kit backlog lawsuit against the City of Memphis.

The federal sentencing date for one of the former police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols has been rescheduled for early 2025.

Parental incarceration can influence millions of children nationwide to engage in criminal activity themselves, and Memphis is no exception. But there is hope. 

A federal grand jury indicted two Olive Branch residents on more than 50 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, preparing false tax returns and obstruction of justice.

The Memphis Police Department’s new fugitive task force has made around 614 arrests in the two months it has been operating, Col. Frank Winston told Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Nov. 26.

A police car was set ablaze in front of the Memphis Police Department’s North Main precinct Monday night, Nov. 25.

“Emmitt Martin and the state are playing games. They are pretending he is a co-defendant when he is in fact a cooperating witness,” said a lawyer representing one of the other officers charged.