Memphis nonprofit to bail out ‘nonviolent’ inmates
Memphis criminal justice reform nonprofit Just City already has a list of around 30 people for whom it will pay bail.
Aarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian. He began at The Daily Memphian in 2022, covering education before moving to public safety the following year. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis.
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August 2025
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Public SafetyLatest inmate death is at least seventh at Shelby County Jail in 2025
A 33-year-old inmate died Monday at the Shelby County Jail, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
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July 2025
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Public SafetyWhere do wrongful death lawsuits against the jail stand?
Multiple lawsuits have been filed in recent years over inmate deaths at the Shelby County Jail. Here is where some of them stand.
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City of Memphis Memphis Police Department names new assistant chief
Following the recent retirement of former Assistant Chief Don Crowe, MPD officials promoted a longtime employee to the vacant position.
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Public Safety‘Everyone’s problem:’ 201 Poplar intake takes 3 days in ‘disgusting’ conditions
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports in its June 2025 Jail Report Card that booking and processing took an average of 72 hours last month, a 67% increase from the 43 hours it took in May.
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Public Safety New sentencing dates set for former cops charged in Tyré Nichols death
Judge Sheryl Lipman also discussed The Daily Memphian’s motion to unseal court records that have remained hidden since the judge who had presided over the case recused himself.
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Public Safety Man accused of city-wide shooting spree in 2022 gets new trial date
Ezekiel Kelly’s trial is now set for Feb. 9, 2026.
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Metro Edmund Ford Jr. gets a trial date
The trial is expected to last around two weeks.
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Public SafetyTwo heads are better than one for driving down Memphis crime, but perception issues linger
Even though the Memphis Police Department’s numbers point to a decrease in crime, some in the city are skeptical.
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Public Safety DOJ: Eight alleged Memphis gang members indicted
The Young Mob gang allegedly “receives money and income from drug trafficking, kidnappings and robberies,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Public SafetyWhat we now know about Young Dolph’s death
Prosecutors say rapper Adolph Thornton Jr., also known as Young Dolph, was shot and killed in 2021 due to a longstanding feud between two rival record labels.
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City of Memphis ‘Just because he was brown': Advocates protest immigration policy
“They’re taking our aunts, our neighbors who have no criminal record. This (presidential) administration has criminalized being brown, being an immigrant.”
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Public SafetyFederal judge recuses self from two more cases
The federal judge who formerly presided over the criminal case of the five former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyré Nichols has recused himself in more cases involving attorneys on the Nichols case.
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Public Safety MPD identifies second victim in Memphis Rox shooting
Jarmond Johnson, 25, an employee at the local rock-climbing facility, was the other man killed.
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Public Safety Police arrest mother of man who allegedly brought gun to 201 Poplar
When officers came to arrest Dedrick Patterson at his home, they only found his father, who told officers his son had just left with his mother.
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Public Safety Memphians ‘starting to feel the difference’ as crime declines, top cop says
“While the data tells one part of the story, what matters is that people in our neighborhoods are starting to feel the difference in their homes,” Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis said.
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June 2025
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Public Safety Man charged in Memphis Rox shooting that killed two
Farris Haley, 28, has been charged in a South Memphis double shooting Sunday, June 29, that killed a Memphis Rox employee.
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Public SafetyRetiring judge has ‘had enough’
Four people have applied to be appointed to the remainder of Judge Paula Skahan’s term, which ends in 2030.
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Public Safety Man arrested for allegedly bringing gun into 201 Poplar
Video shows the man, who was in a wheelchair, being checked with a metal detector wand by a security officer before being waved through the checkpoint.
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Public Safety Downtown shooting critically injures man
Officers responded to the shooting in the 200 block of Union Avenue at 11:34 p.m.
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Public Safety Recused judge in Nichols case in ‘completely uncharted’ territory
The federal judge formerly presiding over the Tyré Nichols case could be deposed over his recusal from the case earlier this month.
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Public Safety Police officer fatally shoots man in Parkway Village
At 5:48 a.m., officers responded to an armed party call at a Shell gas station at South Goodlett Street and Winchester Road.
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City of MemphisMan accused of trying to kidnap mayor had list of other officials’ names
The list was discovered in a storage unit the accused man, Trenton Abston, owns, according to testimony from a Memphis Police Department sergeant.
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Public SafetyWith state stretched thin, Memphis area pushes for local crime lab
Harris also told commissioners June 18 he is open to supporting a property tax increase to fund the lab.
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Public Safety Judge recusal adds turmoil to sentencing of former MPD officers
The former officers charged in Tyré Nichols’ death could now be sentenced as late as October, nearly a year after three of them — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith — were convicted at trial.
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