The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission reported the major violent crime rate in Memphis declined 6.1% during the first three quarters of this year. However, major property crime was up 21.6% in the same period.

Advocacy group leaders question why Memphis Police and the state failed to investigate and prosecute Cleotha Henderson for a kidnapping and rape that occurred September 2021. 

The NIH grant will provide services for pregnant women trying to overcome substance abuse addiction. The director of Serenity Recovery Centers says she hopes it can end the practice of incarcerated women with such issues giving birth in prison and immediately losing custody of newborns.

Varsity Brands and Memphis-based Varsity Spirit are among several defendants named in federal lawsuits that accuse multiple cheerleading coaches of a range of misconduct and illicit sexual behavior with minors.

From January through October 2022, there were 201 murders and 244 homicides. During the same time period in 2021, there were 241 murders and 274 homicides.

Currently, MPD employs 1,911 officers, according to the city’s data hub. 

The U.S. government issued $800 billion in PPP loans, but studies show that up to 15% — or $76 billion — in loans may have been awarded improperly, making it likely one of the widest abused federal programs in the modern era. 

Judge Julia Smith Gibbons, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a pioneering female judge in Tennessee, received the Edward J. Devitt Award Friday, Oct. 28, for distinguished, lifetime service to the judiciary.

After the Tennessee Legislature adjourned for the year, Brian Kelsey continued to tweet his views on national and state political issues with no reference to the criminal charges he faced. As of Thursday, it appears his Twitter account has been deleted.

The victim alleges he was sexually abused by a Varsity and USASF-approved choreographer and by coaches at Cheer Extreme gyms in Raleigh and Kernersville. He was a teenager at the time of the alleged abuses. 

Past victimization and having a parent who’s incarcerated are among the main drivers of violent behavior, according to a report. But acknowledging the importance of education and schoolwork reduced inmates' sense of hopelessness.

Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said she hoped yesterday’s event would spread awareness that car theft is up more than 90%. 

Memphis activist Pamela Moses is suing the state of Tennessee, former Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich and current Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy.

Demetria Frank, Mike Carpenter, Lorna McClusky and Mike Working are heading up reform efforts on disproportionate minority contact, restorative justice, post-conviction justice and juvenile justice, respectively. 

Matthew Bledsoe, a Memphis businessman and former Cordova resident, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.

As rape survivors pursue a lawsuit accusing the Memphis Police Department of negligence, the city is asking a judge to exclude testimony of a former sex crimes detective who claims MPD failed to properly investigate numbers of cases.

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis announced the start of the Take-Home Vehicle Program for qualifying MPD officers.

Several sexual assault survivors showed up Thursday at the Shelby County Courthouse to listen to arguments in a lawsuit accusing MPD of negligence in the handling of thousands of rape cases over the course of decades.

Hearings will be held this week in a lawsuit filed in 2014 accusing the Memphis Police Department of negligence in the handling of thousands of rape kits.

A judge ruled Wednesday, Oct. 19, that there is enough evidence to send the first-degree murder charge against Eduard Tabora to the grand jury.

Despite 53 disciplinary infractions, Cleotha Henderson served only 19 years of a 24-year sentence

Lorna McClusky has nearly three decades of experience practicing criminal law, including extensive work on capital cases. 

Three witnesses testified about what they saw the September morning Dewayne Tunstall was killed. 

Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon has appointed Stephen Bush, a former Shelby County Public Defender, to serve as the court’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Sugarmon also tapped a Chief of Strategy & Innovation.

Regional One responded to a resolution approved this week by the Memphis City Council that urges the Shelby County Commission to persuade the hospital to allow the intervention program’s counselors access to the hospital and victims of violent crime.