MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Commercial Appeal) — Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. is being investigated by the District Attorney General's Office for the 17th Judicial District of Tennessee.
Attorney General Robert Carter was appointed by the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference, according to Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich. The 17th district includes Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties.
Weirich recused herself from the investigation and requested a special prosecutor, according to a statement from her office.