Suspect released on bond after 2024 crash that killed woman
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Police Department reported that a woman has been released on bond after a deadly car crash on I-40 in 2024. The crash occurred on May 26, 2024, around 2:42 a.m. at I-40 East and Highway 64. MPD says a 2013 Ford Focus driven by...
Still no death certificate for man buried as someone else
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Months after DNA results revealed a missing Memphis man has been misidentified and buried in a veterans cemetery, his relatives are still waiting for his death certificate. Dennis Henry Martin vanished several years ago, and last fall, his niece discovered that he had died on September 3, 2019....
U.S. Marshals arrest man for East Memphis homicide in 2018
MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A man wanted for nearly seven years after a deadly East Memphis shooting was arrested Thursday by U.S. Marshals and Memphis Police. Dakarin Arnett, 23, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jerald Holiday Jr. Holiday was found shot to death Sept. 23, 2018 at the intersection of Kaye Road...
Jail’s population ‘soaring’ as facility breaks down: sheriff’s office
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The county jail’s population is “soaring” this year, as repair issues force the sheriff’s office to close off sections of housing, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says. The sheriff’s office said bookings at 201 Poplar have reached “unprecedented” numbers as Memphis Police, U.S. Marshals Tennessee...
New data shows crime is down for Memphis, just not to pre-pandemic levels
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - New crime numbers are in, and the data shows major crime in Memphis is down, but not to the level it was at before the pandemic. Although the numbers from the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission are showing a decrease, a mother whose son was shot and killed in downtown Memphis says it doesn’t feel...
Concerns with living conditions at Memphis Towers
MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Amid the dangerous heat in the Bluff City, residents who live at Memphis Towers say they don’t have air conditioning. A woman, who wants to remain anonymous, says she wants to leave because she’s reached out to Memphis Towers’ management several times about repairs and nothing’s been done about it....
Three people detained on Highway 385 in carjacking investigation, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis Police took three people into custody in connection with a carjacking investigation Thursday. MPD said officers pulled over a car on Highway 385 near the Winchester Road exit around 1:40 p.m. Memphis Police said no chase was involved and nobody crashed during the traffic stop. The...
Shelby County Jail’s intake room backlogged, almost 400 detainees stuck without housing
There are more than 350 detainees inside the Shelby County Jail 's intake room, a number that far exceeds the available space and seating, and some have been in that room for weeks. That number was noted in a spreadsheet available to those in the Shelby County criminal justice system — such as the Shelby County...
10 MS men arrested on drug, money laundering charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ten men were arrested on drug and money laundering charges on Wednesday in Oxford, Mississippi, according to the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Mississippi. According to the attorney’s office, Terrance Rush, Gary Wraggs, Tilnorris Macon, Tonnee Holmes, Tyler Tanksley,...
3 bodies found in Mississippi River after men reported missing
Search and rescue workers recovered three bodies from the Mississippi River on July 23 after a group of men were reported missing in Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park north of Memphis. The men were identified as Marlon Mendez, 28, Rudy Perez, 31, and Jose Yanes, 52, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said in a...
