Nearly 200 charged federally since beginning of Memphis Task Force, US Attorney says
Nearly 200 people have been charged federally since the beginning of the Memphis Safe Task Force, U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant said Friday, Dec. 12.
During his official swearing-in ceremony for his second time as the top prosecutor for West Tennessee, Dunavant said that 187 people have been charged by “complaint or indictment” since he returned in early October. That includes 14 for “assaulting, resisting, or impeding” law enforcement.
Dunavant’s office also has a 99% acceptance rate for cases from the Task Force, he said during the ceremony at City Hall. “We really are open for business,” Dunanvant said. “We’re taking everything they send us.”
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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