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A Memphis driver has been indicted on multiple felony counts related to an interstate crash last year in which a 69-year-old woman in another vehicle was killed, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Westwood-area woman has been indicted on a second-degree murder count stemming from the stabbing death of her 63-year-old boyfriend last year, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

When prosecutor Paul Goodman started in the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office, the average price for a car was just over $10,000, gas was 89 cents a gallon, stamps were 24 cents apiece, and eggs were 65 cents a dozen.

A jury Friday convicted a 40-year-old man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of another man in a 2017 robbery that left the defendant with a gunshot wound of his own, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 29-year-old man was convicted Friday of first-degree murder and other felonies related to a 2013 home invasion in which an acquaintance was killed, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Eight adult relatives living in a community-home arrangement in Bartlett with 10 children have been indicted on first-degree felony murder charges related to the starvation death of one of the children last year, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Frayser-area man has been indicted on second-degree and other felony charges related to the death of an apartment neighbor last year whose decomposed body was found beneath a pile of clothes in a bedroom closet, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A caretaker at a non-licensed home for elderly and vulnerable adults has been indicted on first-degree murder and other felony charges involving a woman who was found dead in her metal-frame hospital bed, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Frayser man who was suspected of injuring his baby son in 2019 was indicted Thursday in a beating a year later that resulted in the child’s death, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 39-year-old man was convicted Thursday of voluntary manslaughter in the 2019 death of a friend who was found strangled with a string of Christmas lights, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Munford man has been indicted on two counts of vehicular homicide involving intoxication and recklessness in a crash last year that claimed the lives of a Millington couple, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Cordova woman has been indicted on multiple counts of felony animal abuse stemming from the 2019 discovery of numerous unhealthy cats living in unsanitary conditions in her home, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A news conference will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hamilton High School to announce the fourth Unity Walk Against Gun Violence scheduled for Saturday, June 12, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 28-year-old Memphis man pled guilty Monday in the 2013 shooting and slashing murder of a security guard at a North Memphis salvage yard, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A night clerk at a convenience store near Arlington was indicted Thursday on a count of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Cordova man who had been banned from the premises, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A convicted felon just released from prison has pled guilty to attacking and robbing a disabled man who was carjacked and driven around the city for more than an hour in 2019, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Cordova man has been indicted on two counts of vehicular homicide involving intoxication related to a two-car crash last year in Southwest Memphis, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis police officer accused of killing a man in the back of his squad car and disposing of the body earlier this year has been indicted on first-degree murder and other felony charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Mississippi truck driver was indicted Thursday on reckless vehicular homicide charges related to an interstate crash last summer that killed a 5-year-old girl and injured three other people, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Collierville man has been indicted on vehicular homicide charges stemming from a one-vehicle crash last summer near Eads in which his front-seat passenger was killed, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.