Shelby County prosecutors dismissed child‑abuse and neglect counts July 16 against a Memphis mother after a 2024 Instagram post showed her child assisting with waxes. The defense said she had completed counseling and community service.

Memphis police are searching for a man who robbed a Circle K on Highland Street on July 13; he was armed and fled toward Spotswood Avenue.

A Midtown man was slashed with a samurai sword Wednesday; a 37‑year‑old suspect was arrested and charged with attempted first‑degree murder.

Two suspects carjacked a driver at a Getwell Road gas station and fled in his vehicle. Police are asking witnesses to call Crime Stoppers.

Metro Nashville police are searching for the driver who fled after a 48‑year‑old woman was killed on McGavock Pike on July 10. Investigators suspect a 2011–2014 GMC Sierra 2500 and are seeking tips.

A 12-year-old girl was killed and two others wounded after gunfire at a Cleveland shopping center; one man was arrested and another is expected to face murder charges.

A Memphis man is jailed on a $100,000 bond after an alleged knifepoint kidnapping in Orange Mound; police say they recovered the victim’s cards and vehicle.

A Memphis woman says she fled after getting into a pickup she thought was her Lyft outside Baptist Memorial Hospital; police are asking for tips.

A Panola County man pleaded guilty to fondling and sexual battery of a child under 14 and was sentenced to 32 years to be served day‑for‑day. Local law enforcement and Healing Hearts assisted in the probe.

A police drone helped Memphis officers locate and arrest two teens accused in a string of ATM robberies on Winchester Road.

Memphis police say two people were arrested after surveillance showed 120 iPhone 17 Pros and 50 smart pens being moved inside a FedEx processing center — about $133,377 in goods.

A second suspect was arrested in a May Frayser beating that left a Memphis man with a severe brain injury and weeks on a ventilator.

Covington police are asking residents to call detectives after a travel nurse arrested in Rolla, Missouri, was accused of sexually assaulting an ER patient.