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    Crime victims’ safety net unraveling with continued cuts

    A change in how federal criminal cases are processed has left violence hotlines, domestic violence shelters and child-abuse counseling centers struggling — and looking to the State of Tennessee for help.

    By Jane Roberts March 16, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Memphis’ group violence-intervention program still work in progress

    Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis talks on “Behind The Headlines” about getting group violence-intervention right by looking at Detroit’s approach, the pressure that comes with last year’s drop in crime and more.

    By Bill Dries March 14, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Frayser pastor shot and killed early Wednesday

    A local pastor was shot and killed on Kentucky Street outside of Momma’s early Wednesday morning, March 12.

    By Aarron Fleming March 13, 2025
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    Trump pardons former state Sen. Brian Kelsey

    Kelsey pleaded guilty in November 2022 to charges related to his attempts to funnel campaign money from his state legislative seat toward his failed 2016 congressional bid and he reported to federal prison last month. 

    By Bill Dries March 12, 2025
  • Public Safety

    What’s next for Valerie Smith’s former judgeship?

    Two Shelby County judgeships have been eliminated in the recent past rather than appointing new judges to the bench. 

    By Aarron Fleming March 11, 2025
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    Reel vs. Real: Experts talk ‘Hollywood effect’ on crime scene investigations

    “Everyone has this thing that crime scenes are this complicated thing. But really and truly, they’re not,” one expert said.

    By Aarron Fleming March 10, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Trial pushed for jail deputies charged in inmate death

    The trial for two of the corrections deputies charged in the 2022 death of Gershun Freeman at the Shelby County Jail has been delayed seven months.

    By Aarron Fleming March 07, 2025
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    MPD consultant: ‘It’s not about throwing a net and grabbing everybody’

    Looking at a city spanning 300-plus square miles, public safety consultant Fausto Pichardo has some thoughts about traffic stops, consent decrees and what needs to be done next. 

    By Samuel Hardiman March 07, 2025
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    With ruling, dozens of MPD second lieutenants could revert to previous ranks

    A Shelby County judge ruled Thursday, March 6, that the City of Memphis violated its contract with the Memphis Police Association when it created the controversial rank of 2nd Lieutenant. 

    By Samuel Hardiman March 07, 2025
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    Memphians ‘too hard on themselves,’ city crime consultant says

    In his first interview since he came to Memphis last year, public safety consultant Fausto Pichardo said citizens should expect a further reduction in violent crime as the the police department builds cases against gang members.

    By Samuel Hardiman March 07, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Autopsy confirms inmate’s cause of death

    Sherman Weakley, 22, died by suicide, according to his official autopsy.

    By Aarron Fleming March 04, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Former board chair of inmate oversight indicted on rape charges

    Vanessa Murtaugh, 46, was indicted Feb. 27 for statutory rape by an authority figure and aggravated statutory rape. 

    By Aarron Fleming March 03, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Memphis gynecologist charged with conducting unnecessary medical procedures

    The gynecologist did not tell patients that he was re-using the devices, prosecutors said, and also billed Medicare and Medicaid as if the procedures were necessary.

    By The Associated Press March 03, 2025
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    Girl, 11, stabs 10-year-old at school, MPD says

    An argument about a phone led to an 11-year-old girl stabbing a 10-year-old girl in the back with a kitchen knife at Hamilton K-8 Friday, police said.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 28, 2025
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    Edmund Ford Jr. turns himself in to federal authorities

    Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. entered the Odell Horton Federal Building in Downtown Memphis at about 9:35 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 28, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Mother of inmate who died at 201 Poplar files lawsuit

    The inmate, Ramon McGhee, 42, died in the hospital Jan. 12, 2024, two days after being found in his cell at 201 Poplar unresponsive and covered in bedbugs.

    By Aarron Fleming February 25, 2025
  • Health Care

    Health Department pushes for HIV testing in hospital ERs

    The Shelby County Health Department recommends local hospitals adopt the “opt-out” approach, in which an HIV test will be part of a patient’s medical visit unless they decline. 

    By Aisling Mäki February 25, 2025
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    Mississippi lawmakers to unveil new legislation following controversial bounty hunter bill

    DeSoto County officials have adjusted the wording of legislation in hopes of Mississippi law enforcement assisting with detaining illegal immigrants.

    By Brandon LaGrone II February 25, 2025
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    Memphis-area legislators file bills to restructure juvenile courts, more

    A large volume of court-reform bills filed by Shelby County legislators will appear in Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate committee hearings in coming weeks.

    By Benjamin Smith February 23, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Former Memphis woman named Trump’s ‘pardon czar’

    Former Memphian Alice Marie Johnson, who spent 21 years in prison for drug trafficking before being released in 2018, has been named the new presidential administration’s “pardon czar.”

    By Jody Callahan February 21, 2025
  • Developing Public Safety

    Ethics complaint against fire chief Gina Sweat dismissed

    The city ethics board members voted unanimously Friday, Feb. 21 to dismiss a complaint filed earlier this month against the Memphis fire chief.

    By Aarron Fleming February 24, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Former officer charged in Tyre Nichols’ death taken into federal custody

    Emmitt Martin III, who pleaded guilty last year at the federal level to his role in Nichols’ death, turned himself in Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

    By Aarron Fleming February 20, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Cold case heats up: Police make arrest for 2015 murder

    Memphis police arrested a suspect in the shooting of Calvin Wilhite Jr. in 2015. A second suspect is still being sought.

    By Jody Callahan February 20, 2025
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Ja Morant’s home burglarized in December 2024

    Morant was targeted by Chilean thieves, who allegedly took $1 million in property from the Grizzlies star’s Eads home.

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    FBI charges seven Chilean men with burglarizing star athletes, including one Grizzly

    By Jody Callahan February 20, 2025
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    MPD officers at fault for half of officer-involved crashes so far in 2025

    Officer-involved crashes are common because of how much driving the job requires, according to a police best-practices expert.

    By Aarron Fleming February 20, 2025

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