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Two teenagers accused of setting up a former White Station High School football player to be robbed last summer have been indicted on first-degree murder charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Amy Weirich.

An unprecedented spike in drug overdoses, both fatal and non- fatal, in the past three months has led to more deaths in Shelby County than those caused by the Covid-19 virus, Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said Tuesday.

While criminal cases involving out-of-custody defendants will not be heard before June 1, Shelby County grand juries could begin meeting again as early as next week, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Mike Boyle, who recently retired after nearly 38 years in the District Attorney’s Office, started his career as a City Court prosecutor handling DUI cases in the old Memphis Police Building.

Prosecutors whose workloads have been slowed by COVID-19 state guidelines will begin reviewing cold-case homicide files in hopes of identifying and bringing some killers to justice, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is offering a total of $20,000 in rewards for information in two drive-by shootings in January that claimed the lives of three Shelby County children, Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said Tuesday.

In light of the health and safety concerns surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the criminal justice system at 201 Poplar will be functioning much differently over the next few weeks, Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said Monday.