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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
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    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
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    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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    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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    DOJ dismissal won’t affect civil suit, Nichols family attorney says

    Attorney Ben Crump made his remarks at a celebration for what would have been Tyré Nichols’ 32nd birthday at I Am A Man Plaza in Downtown Memphis.

    By Aarron Fleming June 05, 2025
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    The plan for a focused crime lab run by Shelby County government

    A new plan for a local crime lab would focus on three specific areas with an estimated annual cost of $5.5 million. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy took the plan to Shelby County Commissioners Wednesday, June 4.

    By Bill Dries June 04, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Memphis ranked No. 2 for car thefts nationally, data shows

    Memphis came in second behind San Francisco, which saw 764 car thefts per 100,000 people.

    By Aarron Fleming June 05, 2025
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    Olive Branch park robber sentenced to 35 years

    A man who robbed a woman in an Olive Branch park a year ago has pleaded guilty to numerous charges and faces a sentence totaling 35 years.

    By Brandon LaGrone II June 03, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Federal sentencing dates set for former cops charged in Tyré Nichols’ death

    The sentencing dates come less than a month after Bean, Haley and Smith were acquitted of all charges at the state level.

    By Aarron Fleming June 02, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Three dead in fiery crash on Interstate 240, police say

    Five cars were involved in the deadly collision on Interstate 240 near the Hollywood exit that backed up traffic for four hours, police say.

    By Jody Callahan May 31, 2025
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    Retired judge has new challenge: Getting people out of jail

    As jail population management coordinator, retired Criminal Court Judge Bobby Carter’s goal is to reduce the number of people in Shelby County’s overcrowded jail. 

    By Aarron Fleming May 30, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Inmate dies at 201 Poplar

    He is the fifth inmate at the Shelby County Jail, also known as 201 Poplar, to die this year. He is at least the 62nd since 2019.

    By Aarron Fleming May 29, 2025
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    Four of 5 suspects named in latest MPD operation are not in jail

    Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in 160 arrests, including 50 known gang members, according to the Memphis Police Department. But MPD only revealed names of 49 people who it said were arrested during the operation.

    By Aarron Fleming May 25, 2025
  • Bartlett

    TBI identifies man killed in Bartlett police shooting

    TBI’s investigation into the shooting is still ongoing, at the request of Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.

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    TBI investigating fatal shooting by Bartlett police officer

    By Michael Waddell May 23, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Trial date for Ezekiel Kelly delayed

    The man accused in a citywide shooting spree in September 2022, in which he allegedly killed three people and wounded three others, will return to court in July to receive a new trial date.

    By Aarron Fleming May 23, 2025
  • Bartlett

    TBI investigating fatal shooting by Bartlett police officer

    A Thursday evening confrontation between a person armed with a knife and Bartlett police led to a fatal shooting, officials said.

    By Jody Callahan May 23, 2025
  • Public Safety

    ‘Precision policing’ effort results in arrest of 50 gang members

    Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in the arrest of 160 people and the seizure of guns, drugs and cash.

    By Aarron Fleming May 21, 2025

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