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    Woman indicted in vehicular homicide involving former basketball star

    Grand jury alleges Miracle Renee Rutherford was driving recklessly and crashed into the home of Leslie Galen Young, former basketball standout at Hillcrest High School.

    By Julia Baker April 19, 2022
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    Police chief updates Downtown security, citywide crime statistics

    Throughout the city, gun-related arrests, gun thefts, and gun seizures have increased for the year. 

    By Julia Baker April 19, 2022
  • Collierville

    Collierville Police Chief gives department update at Chamber

    Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane shares the challenges his department has faced and strategies implemented over the last two years.

    By Abigail Warren April 14, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Victim confronts former police official who destroyed evidence of her rape

    Rape survivor Debby Dalhoff has been searching for decades for answers in her still-unsolved 1985 home-invasion attack by a masked intruder. 

    By Marc Perrusquia April 13, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Local witness relocation program asks individuals to share crime info with authorities

    “That whole anti-snitch thing is destroying us right now. It was not meant to go all of these years and to morph into what it is now.”

    By Julia Baker April 13, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Two teens charged in theft of police chief’s handgun

    “C.J.” Davis’ second duty handgun was stolen from her car in the parking lot of a Cordova business in January. 

    By Julia Baker April 12, 2022
  • Shelby County

    As juvenile detention center doubles in cost, commissioner questions special meeting held to approve extra funding

    County Commission Chair Willie Brooks denied that the meeting was called to try to hide the 8-0 vote on emergency funding for the project. 

    By Bill Dries April 12, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Mental health professionals to join sheriff’s deputies on some calls

    The pairing is among the police reforms discussed nationally in the wake of the March 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis Police custody.

    By Bill Dries April 11, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    MPD launches Memphis Most Wanted website

    The Memphis Police Department hopes the site will aid in the hunt for fugitives.

    By Julia Baker April 11, 2022
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    Judge Lee Coffee strives to treat cases with ‘dignity, respect and civility’

    Judge Lee Coffee has been practicing law for 40 years and has served as a Shelby County criminal court judge for Division VII for 16 years since his election in 2006. 

    By Julia Baker April 11, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Gun violence a hot topic at town hall and on the streets

    While Pledge to Protect 901 hosted a march against gun violence Saturday in the Soulsville neighborhood, city leaders gathered in Hickory Hill for a community town hall.

    By Alicia Davidson April 10, 2022
  • Public Safety

    MPD employee charged with forgery

    Amber Colbert, a police services employee, was arrested Wednesday, April 6, for attempting to obtain a loan through fraudulent means.

    By Julia Baker April 07, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Man convicted for murder of Deborah Groseclose denied parole

    Ronald Rickman, 69, was denied parole after a March 23 hearing, which occurred three years after his latest parole hearing in 2019. 

    By Julia Baker April 07, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Seventh unity walk against gun violence set for Saturday

    The two-mile walk will begin and end at Metropolitan Baptist Church, at 767 Walker Ave., near LeMoyne-Owen College and Elmwood Cemetery. 

    By Julia Baker April 07, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Appliances stolen from new home of MPD chief

    Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis has again fallen victim to theft, this time when appliances were stolen from her new East Memphis home.

    By Julia Baker April 07, 2022
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    Police take a bus to curb distracted driving

    A busload of area police officers got a firsthand look Monday at the many dangerous distractions that capture the attention of drivers.

    By Julia Baker April 04, 2022
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    Motorist indicted in crash that killed Shelby County medical examiner

    The fatal crash occurred last September on Sam Cooper Boulevard near Mendenhall Road. 

    By Julia Baker March 29, 2022
  • Public Safety

    ‘Hands up! Don’t shoot': The forgotten Memphis police killing of Black teenager Larry Payne

    A half century later, family still fights for recognition to soften “a pain that will never go away.''

    By Laura Faith Kebede March 29, 2022
  • Public Safety

    December trial date set for suspects in Phil Trenary slaying

    McKinney Wright and Quandarius Richardson will begin trial together Dec. 5 in the 2018 shooting death of Phil Trenary. 

    By Julia Baker March 25, 2022
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    Billy Ray Turner found guilty for murder of Lorenzen Wright

    Turner was charged with first-degree murder for the 2010 shooting of Wright, a former Memphis Grizzlies player.

    By Julia Baker March 22, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Ex-state Sen. Katrina Robinson sentenced to one year probation

    Katrina Robinson was convicted for two wire fraud counts. She was granted the acquittal of two other wire fraud counts in January. A federal judge ruled Friday afternoon that she will not serve prison time.

    By Julia Baker March 18, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Memphis attorney pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge

    Memphis attorney Aaron Neglia pleaded guilty in conspiracy with former Shelby County Assistant District Attorney Glenda Adams to violate the Travel Act, according to court records. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 17, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Young Dolph shot 22 times, according to autopsy

    Autopsy results show Memphis rapper Young Dolph was shot dozens of times Nov. 17, 2021, as he bought cookies at his favorite bakery. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 15, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Youth Villages launches $60 million gun violence reduction initiative

    Memphis Allies, a gun violence reduction initiative, has launched through Youth Villages and hopes to reach 2,000 youth and adults over the next four years to get them out of the life of gun violence. The $60 million initiative has launched first in the Raleigh-Frayser area. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 14, 2022
  • Elections

    Crime Campaign: The search for simple answers to a complex issue

    The issue of crime — violent crime in particular — is center stage in the race for Shelby County Mayor, where the first stop is the May Democratic primary.

    By Bill Dries March 14, 2022

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