Police issued an arrest warrant Friday, June 4, on a charge of assault against the crew worker who berated and threatened Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer Tuesday in Health Sciences Park. 

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan ruled state prosecutors can hire an expert in the Pervis Payne case to determine if the death row inmate an intellectual disability.

Paul Whited, a choir teacher at Bartlett High School, has been indicted on a theft charge, accused of stealing at least $6,900 in choir fees. 

U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald plans to semi-retire by taking senior status on the court. She will still hear cases as a senior judge, but President Joe Biden will name a nominee to replace her. 

After a bullet shattered her jaw during a robbery, Alexis Chambers had to learn how to talk again.

Turner’s case was one of hundreds delayed when the coronavirus pandemic shut down Shelby County Criminal Court trials last year.

As the pandemic hobbles on, clients have filed a record number of orders of protection for situations that were “more violent than ever.”

Former executive director of Memphis charter school indicted on theft and forgery charges after she was accused of stealing $4,500 from the now closed school. 

Memphis police officer Scotty Triplett was killed in a crash Saturday afternoon in Hickory Hill. 

Fewer than 10% of detainees at 201 Poplar have been vaccinated and criminal justice advocates have filed a motion asking the court to get the Sheriff’s Office to do more to implement a vaccination program — one of the terms agreed upon in a lawsuit settlement agreement. 

A Memphis police officer, who was moonlighting as a Lyft driver, has been charged with raping and kidnapping a passenger. Travis Pride, an officer for three years with MPD, has been relieved of duty while police investigate. 

Former MPD officer indicted on murder charges after he allegedly killed a man while on duty. 

Michael Dunavant, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, has a new job with the state Comptroller’s Office.

Amy Weirich’s new unit targeting police brutality is off to a fast start, charging two officers so far, yet faces challenges ahead.

A former MPD patrolman escapes prosecution for the liberal use of his Taser, yet a new District Attorney unit aims to hold brutal cops accountable.

If we want to reduce gun violence, psychologist Robert Enright says, then forgiveness therapy, including teaching children from a young age about the “poison” of resentment, should be commonplace here and across the world.

Daily street homicides and highly publicized mass shootings have several things in common, and the easy access of guns is just one of them.

For the first time, a class of 17 Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy recruits and two Collierville police officers, toured the National Civil Rights Museum and wrote essays about the experience before taking their training to the streets. 

Attorneys for Pervis Payne have filed a petition in Shelby County Criminal Court, asking the court to recognize that Payne has an intellectual disability and under a new state law cannot be executed. 

A former MPD officer accused of pepper spraying a handcuffed, mentally ill man is the second law enforcement officer to face criminal charges brought by a new prosecution unit aimed at cracking down on police brutality.

Sedley Alley was executed in 2006 for the murder of Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins. Alley’s daughter sought to have DNA evidence tested to see if it would clear his name. 

Four teens have been charged after allegedly shooting a Memphis police officer and an ATF agent Friday, May 7, in North Memphis as the Violent Crimes task force searched the area for a carjacked vehicle. 

Personal injury lawyer Corey B. Trotz has been on television and billboards for so long, he’s now sort of a Memphis institution − and probably not at all who you think he is. 

The local personal injury law marketplace is not for the faint of heart, as legitimate firms spend millions of dollars on advertising and “bad actors” in the profession engage in illegal solicitation of clients that has triggered the attention of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. 

A MPD officer and ATF agent were injured in a shooting Friday. Police said they were searching for a carjacked vehicle when suspects opened fire on them in North Memphis.