Citing extensive media coverage, the lawyer for the man accused of killing Eliza Fletcher would like to use jurors from outside of Shelby County for the upcoming trials. 

Attorneys for the U.S. government have argued the defense is looking to tarnish Tyre Nichols’ character during the May 2024 trial, while attorneys for the defense say Nichols’ state of mind that night is key. 

Turnaround times at the Jackson Crime Lab, which processes sexual assault evidence kits from Memphis, decreased from 51 weeks to 18 weeks between July 2022 and August 2023. Last year, the numbers were getting worse.

Craft approved Wright’s request to separate his trial from Richardson’s. Wright is still scheduled to begin his trial Oct. 23, but Richardson’s new trial date, which will occur later, has not yet been set.

The man accused in the Margolin Hebrew Academy shooting has a new attorney and has been indicted on an aggravated burglary charge.

The Sept. 7 shooting at a Lil Baby concert resulted in critical injuries to one man, who was later upgraded to noncritical. 

On the same day as an apparent suicide at the Shelby County Jail, the sheriff’s office talked about a program that would use peer-guided healing ciricles within the facility and the need for mental health facilities.

Lawyers for three of the five former Memphis officers involved in the death of Tyre Nichols had filed motions to sever their cases, arguing they could not receive fair trials if all five face a jury together.

“Memphis will continue losing population as it has for the last three years if we do not get a handle on out-of-control crime. And our policies are moving in the wrong direction.”

Robert Clark, 58, of Travis County, Texas, is charged with nine counts of mail fraud. Clark’s indictment alleges that he began the scheme around December 2019. 

MPD reported that three suspects armed with handguns robbed an employee who was putting cash into the ATM outside the bank.

The shooting happened during a Lil Baby concert Sept. 7 and resulted in critical injuries to one man.

Monica Timmerman cannot accept new cases and must stop representing existing clients by Oct. 27. District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said Timmerman has begun treatment and expects to be in compliance before the suspension begins. 

Whitehaven Elementary and Whitehaven High schools went on a precautionary lockdown as police investigated an off-campus shooting Wednesday afternoon.

Memphis Police Department officers are looking for a suspect following a robbery of a Wells Fargo branch in East Memphis.

The judge determined that Kelsey had raised a “substantial and close question that is integral to the merits of his convictions” and did not appeal for the sole purpose of delay.

Sgt. Louis Brownlee, a public information officer with MPD, said no foul play is suspected. 

“For our office to bring criminal charges, we must be confident that we can prove an actual violation of a criminal statute beyond a reasonable doubt,” Mulroy said. “We don’t have sufficient evidence to do that here.”

Here’s a look at major events surrounding the death of Gershun Freeman, from Oct. 25, 2022, to the present.

“Thank God, because the grand jury, the citizens of Shelby County, saw the same video we saw and said that that is not right,” Attorney Ben Crump said, standing with family of Gershun Freeman, who was killed at Shelby County Jail. 

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“The secrecy in which the Judicial Commissioners and judges work astounds me, since they are a primary party to the crime wave destroying Memphis.”

“Elected officials have chosen to turn villains into victims and victims into villains. Victims are burdened with the cost of broken windows, impounded stolen cars, missing work, therapy and the overall thought of safety.”

The alleged victim, Elvis Hester, filed a grievance against Jones after Jones reportedly made threats of a sexual nature and refused to feed Hester.