Harris also told commissioners June 18 he is open to supporting a property tax increase to fund the lab. 

Families of people slain by Memphis police came together Saturday. They included those whose deaths were deemed unjust as well as others whose deaths were ruled justified.

The former officers charged in Tyré Nichols’ death could now be sentenced as late as October, nearly a year after three of them — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith — were convicted at trial.

“I know the conditions of the release. But he just wants to talk to him and I’m gonna ask the mayor, is he too busy?” the man’s uncle said. “(He’s) the mayor of the city. If he’s got a citizen that wants to talk to him, talk to him.”

The two men were charged after an April shooting that left two teens dead.

Wednesday’s signing won’t actually cause any changes at the jail as the facility has been implementing this policy since 2023.

Court documents reveal details about the man who was arrested for on suspicion of aggravated criminal trespassing, stalking and criminal attempted kidnapping.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris plans to sign an executive order that will adopt United Nations Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners, also known as the Mandela Rules, for county prisons.

The shooting happened after police approached “a large group of individuals in the parking lot of a business,” according to TBI. 

Pervis Payne, 58, was convicted in 1988 of stabbing to death Charisse Christopher, 28, and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie.

The U.S. District judge handling the case recused himself last week, though it’s still unclear why. 

Control of the Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center will shift from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to the Shelby County Division of Corrections.

The death of 14-year-old William McConnell, who died in 2022 while crossing East Parkway, inspired the William’s Walk event at Overton Park’s Old Forest.

A Memphis police officer shot and critically wounded the driver of a vehicle in Orange Mound late Friday night after the suspect allegedly accelerated into another officer with the car, officials said.

A federal judge has recused himself in the case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyré Nichols.

A new study shows potential locations for a new Shelby County Jail and highlights the deteriorating conditions of the current facility at 201 Poplar Avenue.

Desmond Mills Jr. was originally scheduled to be sentenced on federal charges June 17, but that date has been pushed to June 23.

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.

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.

According to local insurance agents, speeding tickets aren’t as big a deal as they once were.

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.

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.

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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