Bond set on day two of hearing for DeAndre, Vinessa Brown
DeAndre Brown (left) and his wife Vinessa Brown appear in Judge Lee Coffee’s courtroom on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
“I’m absolutely befuddled why the city government, why the county government and why the state of Tennessee would give money to a person to run a nonprofit organization when they had been convicted of stealing money from a nonprofit organization in the past,” said Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee.
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Jody Callahan graduated with degrees in journalism and economics from what is now known as the University of Memphis. He has covered news in Memphis for more than 25 years.
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