Memphis TN

Some U.S. cities inspire such unsettling experiences that travelers publicly vow never to return, often citing crime, visible neglect, or a sense that basic safety has broken down. Drawing on detailed crime statistics and widely shared accounts from a heavily commented travel thread, I look at nine places that have...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Daniel Kiel, FedEx Professor of Law at the University of Memphis, said the case against the National Guard’s presence in Memphis will most likely move faster than expected. Kiel said that’s because there’s not a lot of factual disputes, but rather arguments about what those...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Samantha Marion, the woman accused of murdering a pastor earlier this year, is set to appear back in court after her bond hearing was reset last week. Forty-two-year-old Marion was initially charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Ricky Floyd, who is a pastor at Pursuit of God...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is backing up numbers by police that crime is at a historic low in Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A juvenile, Jesse Martinez Jr., has been transferred to adult court and is now charged with first-degree murder. Martinez is being charged as an adult for the killing of 15-year-old Michael Aguilar; family members identified the victim as Aguilar. The charge stems from an April shooting...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two brothers are now in jail after police say they shot a man several times at a Hickory Hill apartment complex before robbing him last month. Dewayne Jacobs, 18, and Lamarian Jacobs, 22, are both charged with criminal attempt first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, and employment of a firearm with...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis grandfather is being praised after pulling his grandson out of an early morning house fire Friday. Shelby County Fire Department says their crews responded to the house in the 7000 block of Wynne Ridge Road just before 3 a.m. A boy was injured in...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Safe Task Force conducted an investigation Tuesday night in East Memphis. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. at Stratford Road and McCrory Avenue. Neighbors in the area said the investigation stemmed from a chase and people ran out of a home. Officials have not...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy is responding after a report revealed repeat offenders made up 78% of the jail population in October. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office’s Monthly Report Card shows that in October, 2,550 inmates were repeat offenders, which means they made up 78% of the...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The average daily population of downtown and jail east has reached 3,254, according to an October jail report from the Memphis Crime Beat. The report states the average daily total of a convicted criminal who reoffended in October is 2,550, which made up 78% of the average daily jail population that...