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Public Safety The Shelby County Sheriff's Department is searching for Blocboy JB, a Memphis rapper scheduled to appear at the Beale Street Music Festival in May. -
Public Safety Shelby County expungement practices questioned by Tennessee Supreme Court
The state Supreme Court agreed to give the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk's office 30 days to draft a policy on how it handles expungement filings after his staff failed to handle a case properly.
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Public Safety Judge dismisses Connor Schilling from Darrius Stewart civil suit
A federal judge has dismissed former Memphis police officer Connor Schilling from the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Darrius Stewart, meaning the trial slated to start later this month in the case will not move forward.
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Public Safety Former U of M basketball player Robert Dozier charged with domestic assault
Robert Dozier, a former University of Memphis basketball player, will be in court Wednesday to face charges of domestic assault.
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Public Safety Just City program trains volunteers to be eyes and ears in court
Just City's Court Watch wants to have 100 volunteers trained by the end of year to observe court proceedings, from arraignments to trials, at 201 Poplar.
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Public Safety Judge tells Sherra Wright attorneys not to sell Shelby jurors short in setting May 28 court date
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee Friday told attorneys for Sherra Wright and Billy Ray Turner not to sell Shelby County jurors short in requesting a jury from another county to hear the murder case against them in the death of Wright's ex-husband, Lorenzen Wright Jr.
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Public Safety TBI releases name of man killed in officer-involved shooting involving Shelby County Sheriff Office
TBI release name of man fatally shot by Sheriff's deputies outside a Shelby County hotel.
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Public Safety Journalists sue Memphis Shelby Crime Commission over public records access
Marshall Project and MLK50 journalists file lawsuit against the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission after they were denied access to records they say should be open to the public.
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Public Safety Memphis police oversight board calls bill to limit power of groups ‘over reaching’
Memphis' civilian review board wants to challenge proposed state legislation that would restrict the power of police oversight boards.
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Public Safety Personnel files show history of Memphis police officers involved in fatal Whitehaven shooting
Personnel files of three Memphis police officers involved in a fatal Whitehaven shooting Jan. 2 shed light on their work history with the department.
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Public Safety Officers identified in fatal shooting of 20-year-old man in Whitehaven
Brandon Jones, Carlos Donaldson and Timothy Hamilton have been identified by authorities as the three Memphis police officers in the deadly shooting of a 20-year-old man in Whitehaven on Jan. 2.
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Public Safety Darrius Stewart case: Judge denies motion for appeal, trial set for Feb. 25
Federal judge on Friday denied a motion by Darrius Stewart’s attorneys to file an appeal on the ruling that dismissed the city of Memphis from civil lawsuit. The Feb. 25 trial is set to proceed in the case, and Stewart’s attorneys said they may then file appeals in the case.
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Public Safety Attorneys for Darrius Stewart’s family to appeal ruling dismissing city from lawsuit
Attorneys representing the family of Darrius Stewart plan to appeal the ruling dismissing the city of Memphis from the federal civil lawsuit.
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Public Safety Activists outraged after man in paper jumpsuit released into frigid temperatures
A man in a paper jumpsuit outside 201 Poplar is raising questions in the minds of social justice advocates.
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Public Safety Memphis home dialysis clinic to pay $3M in anti-kickback settlement
An East Memphis home dialysis clinic will pay more than $3 million to settle claims it violated federal and state anti-kickback laws.
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Public Safety Judge in Darrius Stewart civil rights lawsuit: Officer’s use of deadly force was ‘not reasonable’
The federal judge in the civil rights lawsuit brought by Darrius Stewart's parents says former Memphis Police officer Connor Schilling was not in “serious danger” the night of the shooting and his use of deadly force was “not reasonable.”
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Public Safety Federal judge dismisses city from Darrius Stewart civil suit
Court documents show the city of Memphis has been removed as a defendant from a civil suit filed by the mother of 19-year-old Darrius Stewart, who was killed in an officer-involved shooting in 2015. But the police officer who killed Stewart remains a defendant in the suit.
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Public Safety Violent crimes down in Memphis, Shelby County
Violent crimes – murders, rapes, aggravated assaults and robberies – dropped in Memphis and Shelby County in 2018, according to data released by the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission Friday.
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Public Safety Attorneys ask for change of venue in Lorenzen Wright murder case
Attorneys for Sherra Wright have asked the court to bring in a jury from Davidson County to hear the murder case, fearing their client can not get a fair jury in Memphis.
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Public Safety Shelby County officials hire data expert to examine inequality issues at juvenile court
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael agreed to hire one of the nation's leading juvenile justice statistician to dissect data at the court and find issues involving minority children.
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Public Safety Five officers suspended after disturbance at juvenile detention center
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said a disturbance that resulted in $3,500 to $5,000 in damages at the juvenile detention center led to five corrections officers being suspended last week.
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Public Safety Civil trial in Darrius Stewart fatal shooting set to start Feb. 25
The family of Darrius Stewart filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Memphis, the officer who killed the 19-year-old and the former head of the Memphis Police Department. The trial is set to start next month in federal court.
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Public Safety Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn explores expungement court docket
Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn is reviewing the idea of an expungement court docket to speed the process of wiping clean the criminal records of offenders who have stayed out of trouble for five years.
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Public Safety Sawyer says discussion on Juvenile Court must shift from employees to systems
Shelby County Commissioners Tami Sawyer and Mark Billingsley appeared on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast to talk about juvenile justice reform.
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Public Safety Charges dismissed in hoodie incident at Wolfchase Galleria
Charges have been dropped in a "hoodie arrest" incident at Wolfchase Galleria last year, with the two men charged ordered to pay court costs.
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