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A late-night shooting on July 2 in the Rangeline area left a man dead. Memphis police located and detained a 17-year-old who was charged with second-degree murder.
A Knoxville man with prior felonies was convicted after police found him hiding in a bathroom with drugs and a loaded 9mm. Sentencing is set for Sept. 3.
A Memphis man has been charged with first‑degree murder after a Feb. 18 Frayser shooting that left one man dead. Police say a vehicle search and phone records tied the suspect to the case.
A Tipton County preschool assistant pleaded guilty to assaulting a non‑verbal student and was given six months of probation, court records show.
A Lexington man wanted in Arkansas on child‑sex‑related charges was arrested in Henderson County after task‑force officers tracked him to Wildersville. Officials tied the capture to Operation Trident.
A Memphis man says an MLGW investigator fired six shots and injured his pit bull in a Treadwell Street backyard; the dog was later euthanized and the owner says he may sue.
A Shelby County judge sentenced Joshua Gossett to 150 years after his conviction in the 2022 killings of Shunish Baggett and Lyft driver Richard Skelskey.
A DeSoto County judge revoked a suspended sentence for a Memphis man, ordering 19 years and 223 days after prosecutors moved to reactivate a term tied to a 2008 child‑sex conviction.
A West Memphis officer was arrested in Memphis on misdemeanor domestic battery charges and placed off duty as investigations proceed.
Shots rang out on Washington Avenue in Midtown; neighbors say a confrontation over alleged car break‑ins turned into gunfire. Police detained one person and reported no injuries.
A 37-year-old former DeSoto County elementary teacher was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after prosecutors say child sexual-abuse images were found on his devices.
Three people were arrested after a Covington shooting that left one man hospitalized and multiple vehicles damaged. Two suspects are being held without bond.
A man remains in critical condition after an early-morning shooting near Prescott Road and Sharpe Avenue. Police describe a male suspect and are seeking tips.
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