The man is charged with aggravated robbery, carjacking, two counts of aggravated assault on a first responder, employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony and evading arrest in auto.
“I do keep telling myself that, 100 years from now, this will be another great Calvary story in the lore.”
Memphis Police officers were responding to a call about a carjacking of a Chevrolet Trailblazer in the 700 block of Eastern Drive.
Those who died this weekend were a man at a Downtown Exxon gas station and a man in North Memphis. Two children, a 2-year-old and a 15-year-old, were among those wounded.
Cameras installed across Memphis and Shelby County can identify and alert law enforcement to vehicles connected to crimes, like missing person cases. Critics say the cameras, which are tied into a national network of surveillance, threaten the privacy of citizens.
Protestors made familiar demands Saturday, chanting “no justice, no peace” and holding neon signs.
Chase Harris, 19, has racked up charges for events dating back to December, and he also has a juvenile delinquent history that includes three alleged acts involving deadly weapons.
The suit comes from a July 2022 incident at the Memphis Grizzlies star’s home in Eads, where a pickup basketball game turned sour and allegedly resulted in an altercation between Morant and his guest, Joshua Holloway.
A senior judge is likely to be appointed to handle the court’s docket in Boyd’s absence.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation served a court-authorized search warrant at an address associated with Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. Thursday morning.
The indictment was obtained Tuesday, according to court records. Harris is indicted on charges of theft of property $10,000-$60,000 and theft of property $2,500-$10,000.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to The Daily Memphian deputies conducted a wellness check on Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant on Wednesday after social media posts raised concern.
”We don’t have the capacity to pick up children and take them where they need to go,” Davis said, after announcing that the Greenlaw Community Center won’t be used to hold curfew breakers. MPD to share Greenlaw Community Center with city parks department.Related story:
The Parks and Recreation Department’s website shows that open youth and adult gyms currently operate out of the center. MPD will also run its ongoing community programming from the center.
Switches, small steel or plastic squares that affix to a semi-automatic weapon and engage the firing pin, can make a gun capable of firing dozens of rounds of ammunition in seconds.
Tony Allen pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, according to court documents.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on March 17 filed the motion to intervene in State of Tennessee v. Haley and the other defendants in the Tyre Nichols case.
“Whenever Morant returns, and no matter what sort of discipline he serves, he should consider embracing a new role as a spokesperson against guns and gun violence.”
The “Critical Conversations” in-person and livestreamed town hall series is just one of three new or renewed police efforts to reach the public.
City attorney Jennifer Sink says a settlement should be discussed during a private attorney-client meeting.
He has been out on bond since Nov. 14, 2019, the day he was booked.
The initiatives are part of an effort to address the issue of crime in Memphis and discuss solutions to move the city forward, according to a press release.
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“In Tennessee, those ages 18-20 can carry a handgun without a permit, and without fear of prosecution from the state attorney general’s office or citation by the Tennessee Highway Patrol,” reads an email to ADAs from Ernest Brooks II, associate deputy district attorney and senior policy adviser in the DA’s office.
Memphis Police Department officers responded to an aggravated assault at the restaurant, 51 Harbor Town Square, where multiple shots had been fired, according to an incident report narrative.