Tuesday, February 09, 2010

William L. Gibbons,

District Attorney General

This website is intended to provide citizens with helpful information about the Shelby County District Attorney's Office and about the efforts we are taking to combat crime-specifically gangs, guns and drugs-in our community.

I invite you to explore our website and learn more about our strategic plan to make Memphis and Shelby County one of the safest metropolitan areas in the country.

Our office's mission statement is to seek and achieve justice by pursuing the guilty and protecting the innocent.  I encourage you to visit our web site often for updated news and information on how the team of dedicated prosecutors and support staff in the Shelby County District Attorney's Office adhere to our office's mission statement every day.

Sincerely,

William L. Gibbons
  

Judge Sentences Man to 41 Years in Prison for Assaulting Officers, Stabbing Police Dog
Kenneth Hayes, 30, received the maximum sentence for the January 2009 assault and attack. Police had chased Hayes into a wooded park after a pizzeria burglary.

Memphis Man Found Guilty for Killing 2-Year-Old Daughter
A jury convicted DeAndre Blake, 21, for the beating death of 2-year-old Dre'Ona Blake. The defendant will spend life in prison for first degree murder in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse and neglect.

Grand Jury Returns More Indictments in Ongoing Shelby County Clerk's Office Investigation
Three individuals were indicted for conspiracy and bribery of a public servant.

Grand Jury Indicts Mother for the Deaths of Children Killed in House Fire
Melodia Dunn, 22, has been indicted on two counts of reckless homicide and two counts of aggravated child neglect for the deaths of 3-year-old Dunn and 2-year-old Cartareon Dunn.
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