According to local insurance agents, speeding tickets aren’t as big a deal as they once were.

The former officer pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2023 to using excessive force against Nichols and conspiring to witness tamper after his beating. He also agreed to plead guilty to some of his charges in state court.

Police brass have frequently said that it has become more difficult to stem gang violence because underlings in the gangs will often team up, sometimes with members of rival gangs, to commit crimes.

Ronald Terry and Tim Johnson were in the same street gang and died five days apart in 2019. The investigation led to a guilty verdict in Memphis federal court last week and told the story of violence within the gang known as the Ghost Mob.

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The trial that ended last week in Memphis with the conviction of Ghost Mob gang member Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of another gang member unfolded against a backdrop of political change in the nation’s capitol.

A retired Memphis police officer reveals what a traffic stop is like from the officer’s perspective.

The way to curb speeding at first glance might be to put more police officers on the street. But it’s not that simple.

The number of speeding tickets dropped in 2020 and has never increased back to pre-pandemic numbers. The number of fatalities have gone the other way.

The weeklong jury trial in Memphis federal court ended with the conviction of Ghost Mob leader Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of a fellow gang member.

Attorneys for Tyré Nichols’ family and estate want a federal judge to remove a stay that has protected five former Memphis officers from parts of the civil lawsuit over Nichols’ death. 

Attorney Ben Crump made his remarks at a celebration for what would have been Tyré Nichols’ 32nd birthday at I Am A Man Plaza in Downtown Memphis.

A new plan for a local crime lab would focus on three specific areas with an estimated annual cost of $5.5 million. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy took the plan to Shelby County Commissioners Wednesday, June 4.

Memphis came in second behind San Francisco, which saw 764 car thefts per 100,000 people.

A man who robbed a woman in an Olive Branch park a year ago has pleaded guilty to numerous charges and faces a sentence totaling 35 years.

The sentencing dates come less than a month after Bean, Haley and Smith were acquitted of all charges at the state level.

Five cars were involved in the deadly collision on Interstate 240 near the Hollywood exit that backed up traffic for four hours, police say.

As jail population management coordinator, retired Criminal Court Judge Bobby Carter’s goal is to reduce the number of people in Shelby County’s overcrowded jail. 

He is the fifth inmate at the Shelby County Jail, also known as 201 Poplar, to die this year. He is at least the 62nd since 2019.

Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in 160 arrests, including 50 known gang members, according to the Memphis Police Department. But MPD only revealed names of 49 people who it said were arrested during the operation.

TBI’s investigation into the shooting is still ongoing, at the request of Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.

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The man accused in a citywide shooting spree in September 2022, in which he allegedly killed three people and wounded three others, will return to court in July to receive a new trial date.

A Thursday evening confrontation between a person armed with a knife and Bartlett police led to a fatal shooting, officials said.

Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in the arrest of 160 people and the seizure of guns, drugs and cash.

“I didn’t know this until my confirmation process, but Memphis, Tennessee, is the homicide capital of America per capita, didn’t know that,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday, May 21, that it was dropping the civil rights investigation into the Memphis Police Department and retracting its previous findings into MPD.