Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said Thursday, Aug. 12, she is recusing her office from the investigation into a fatal shooting at a Kroger gas station because of a possible conflict of interest.
Authorities said 40 people have been indicted on drug trafficking charges for distributing drugs from three abandoned houses in a North Memphis neighborhood.
Allied Universal Security employed Gregory Livingston, the armed security guard who allegedly shot and killed 48-year-old Alvin Motley at an East Memphis Kroger Fuel Center on August 7. The company’s employees have been involved in multiple shootings across the nation in recent years.
“Alvin Motley had a right to exist, pump gas and play his music because this is America, and nobody has the right to kill a young Black man for playing music,” says civil rights attorney.
Sherra Wright, the ex-wife of slain basketball star Lorenzen Wright, has withdrawn her request to overturn her guilty plea in the death.
Attorneys for pretrial detainees at the Shelby County Jail claim the county has not satisfied the requirements of a consent decree.
“If you don’t have time to do it, I’m sorry. I need someone else who can do it,” Judge Paula Skahan tells psychologist.
The TBI began an investigation into the improper use of confidential information by someone in the district attorney’s office.
DeAndre Brown has been tapped to be the acting head of the county’s re-entry program.
An attorney representing a former Memphis police officer charged with vehicular homicide in a fatal June crash said Monday they are studying if the case can be resolved without a trial.
A common presence at the two July town hall meetings within two days of each other was the city’s new police chief, who is feeling her way through different discussions on what is the most effective response to violent crime.
The accused killer of young Jadon Knox is behind bars, and up to $50,000 in rewards from the U.S. Marshals Serve remains on the table for information leading to arrest in the homicides of eight youngsters last year.
The city is on track to exceed last year’s record 332 homicides. Violent deaths are up 14.6% in 2021 compared to the same time period last year.
Juni Ganguli will represent Latoshia Daniels, a Little Rock woman charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Brodes Perry. Perry was a pastor at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church.
A Memphis police officer charged last month with vehicular homicide has resigned.
Some criminal justice advocates say Gov. Bill Lee has not lived up to a commitment to use his clemency power.
Memphis police chief goes for a walk with a city council member who says residents of her district can’t sleep at night for fear of being shot in their beds.
Leslie Ballin, a Memphis-based criminal defense attorney, has represented Daniels since her arrest in 2019.
MPD’s Slow Down Memphis operation to combat speeding, drag racing and interstate shootings has revved up by partnering with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Pervis Payne, a death row inmate for 33 years, appeared in court for the first time in 14 years Friday for a hearing on access to records in determining his mental competency.
Veda Ajamu is about to get the chance to help with criminal justice reform as a Justice Reform Fellow for Families Against Mandatory Minimums.
MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis discussed meeting with President Biden Monday and plans to fight violent crime in Memphis.
During the Monday meeting at the White House with Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis and other police chiefs, President Biden said federal, state and local coordination is essential to his violent crime strategy.
The son of one-time topless nightclub kingpin Danny Owens drew a sentence below federal guidelines for drug conspiracy.
Despite the possibility of additional charges, a Sept. 13 trial date remains in place for now in the case against state Sen. Katrina Robinson on charges related to her business, The Healthcare Institute.