The unit has taken 18 cases to trial this year, resulting in 15 guilty verdicts. It’s seen an additional 12 guilty pleas from defendants. 

A thief stole multiple pairs of Nike shoes from Coach Penny Hardaway.

A teenager has been charged with aggravated assault, evading arrest with vehicle pursuit and possession of a machine gun.

Joshua Zimmerman, the subject of a manhunt for more than two months, is in custody Wednesday after a standoff in Chicago.

“Our plan is to start extradition, and we’re praying that ... he’s captured, and we can bring him back here,” DeSoto County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Justin Smith said.

Memphis police made 14,399 total arrests in 2023. Most of those, 90%, were adults.

The program operates on restorative justice principles, so sentences range from community service to restitution to even writing apology letters to parents.

A survey of Memphis residents finds 17% don’t know who Mayor Paul Young is, and 35% have never heard of Interim Police Chief C.J. Davis. 

Colby Towles, 34, was indicted on two counts, one for attempted murder and another for aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer stemming from his arrest in March.

The suit was filed by the family of Deion Byrd, an inmate at the Shelby County Jail who died after being stabbed by another inmate at 201 Poplar.

“This defendant allegedly used a brazen scheme to try to defraud the Presley family of their interest in this singularly important landmark,” said Kevin Ritz, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.

During his funeral service at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Johnson, 34, was remembered as a community servant with a big heart who died fulfilling his dream.

A DeSoto County grand jury returned nearly 60 indictments this month against registered sex offenders.

The Memphis Police Department hosted a Sea of Blue event Wed., Aug. 14, for Officer Demetrice Johnson, who died following a car crash earlier this month. Johnson, 34, died Aug. 2 after a car crash with a civilian, Rantavious Johnson, 22, who also died. A second officer, Bobby Fields, was critically injured.

The Republican district attorney general for Tennessee’s Crockett, Gibson and Haywood counties talks on “Behind The Headlines” about his defense of Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy, who is likely to face a Republican-led ouster attempt.

An officer reported shots fired by several suspects in a white Ford sedan at an EZ Shop, 2380 Frayser Blvd., around 4:15 p.m.

After more than 30 years with Memphis Police Department, a deputy chief is leaving to become top cop in a local suburb.

According to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, no one involved in the crash was wearing a seat belt. 

Frederick Agee, district attorney for Tennessee’s 28th judicial district, which covers Haywood, Crockett and Gibson counties in West Tennessee, talks about issues with the local bail bond process.

Memphis Police Department officers are responsible for 36% of the vehicle crashes in which they are involved, according to data provided by the department.

Of 30 major U.S. cities, Memphis had the highest increase in road deaths from 2019 to 2022, according to a recent analysis from the New York Times. 

The local judge also told reporters Friday, Aug. 2, that local bail reform efforts have been working.

The lawsuit stems from the department’s decision to create a second lieutenant position, a move that the sergeants say harms their career prospects. 

A Memphis police officer and a civilian died early Friday morning after a two-vehicle crash near Downtown, the Memphis Police Department said. A second officer is in critical condition at Regional One Health.

Local criminal justice reform nonprofit Just City has filed a federal lawsuit over a recently passed state law that changed Shelby County’s bail-setting procedures.