Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Chris Craft ruled that actions taken by General Sessions judge Sheila Renfroe were “clearly indicative of personal animosity toward” an assistant public defender.

Thomas Waller was arrested Thursday, June 27, after Circuit Court Judge Celeste Wilson ordered him held for being intoxicated in court.

Following two physical altercations with staff members, Alegend Jones was placed in a “therapeutic hold,” a type of brief physical restraint where staff hold a child’s arms and legs while they are standing to regulate their behavior.

According to a statement, the inmate, Elijah Jenkins, broke out a window on a transport van while he was being transported back to the corrections center located at 1045 Mullins Station Road.

Officials at the youth residential facility continued to push back Tuesday, June 25, against earlier claims Alegend Jones died of head trauma while in their custody.

James “Wes” Blair, currently chief of the Cape Girardeau Police Department, will begin his new role Aug. 12. 

On Monday, Hernandez Govan posted a $250 bail on a suspended license charge and a $2,000 bail on a stalking charge.

Zimmerman is wanted by authorities in at least three states, including Texas for the 2023 murder of Keyanna Shantall Mercer in Houston. 

Prosecutors in the case petitioned the court to revoke or increase the suspect’s bond April 12: “Since being released, the state has reason to believe the defendant has been in possession of illegal narcotics and firearms.”

“I’m glad something’s gonna be done,” said Katina Nuñez, of the arrest of a suspect in her husband’s death. “Because it’s been almost two years. And the system has definitely failed us as a family and failed many other victims here in Memphis.”

A former Collierville officer had his service weapon while working as an armed security officer at a secondary job.

According to court records, this latest delay marks at least the 60th time this particular case against Cordero Ragland, who has a lengthy criminal history, has been reset since a grand jury indicted him in 2017.

DeMario Pree, who previously worked for Collierville and was employed by Olive Branch police, was dismissed from the Mississippi department after he was decertified by the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. 

Authorities have begun Phase 2 in the search for an escaped DeSoto County inmate, and the reward for his capture is $10,000.

Crime is down in the Vollintine-Evergreen neighborhood this year compared to last. But some residents still don’t feel safe. 

This approval means the DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office will employ seven assistant district attorneys as it prepares to deliver more than 450 indictments, a total that would set a record for the county and the state. 

Memphis-area native and Grammy Award-winning Justin Timberlake was arrested while driving on New York’s Long Island.

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy is dropping the diversion program that raised State Sen. Brent Taylor’s ire, but the Eads Republican is still pushing for Mulroy’s ouster.

Cleotha Abston is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, especially aggravated kidnapping, unlawful possession of a weapon and tampering with evidence in the Fletcher case.

Nearly 70 food grievance reports from the Shelby County Jail are another issue for a facility rampant with problems, including inmate deaths, broken jail locks, a recent inmate-organized fire, deferred kitchen maintenance, malnutrition and violence.

A judge heard arguments Friday as part of an attempt by Zachary Adams to receive a new trial in the kidnapping, rape and killing of 20-year-old Bobo who disappeared from her rural home in 2011.

The office has received approximately 2,000 a month from the county’s different courts but only serves around 1,600, leading to the backlog, said Lt. Joseph Fox, a spokesperson for the department.

Two back-to-back shootings occurred on Interstate 240 this week, one of which left a father and his four children in critical condition. 

An inmate who escaped the Shelby County Corrections Center Wednesday morning, June 12, has been located, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

Corrections Center personnel noticed James Patrick Marshall, 48, missing around 9:30 a.m., according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.