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A motorist who crashed while driving at a high of speed earlier this year on I-240 Midtown now faces multiple felony counts for the incident that killed two passengers, including his 2-year-old son, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A southeast Shelby County man has been indicted on murder, drug possession and other felony charges related to the shooting death earlier this year of another man, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Whitehaven man whose AR-15 style rifle discharged as he was handing it to a friend barrel first has been indicted on felony homicide charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Mississippi teen has been indicted on murder, robbery and other felony charges in the shooting death of an acquaintance earlier this year, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 53-year-old former employee of a Memphis church has been indicted for allegedly sexually molesting two teenage boys in separate incidents at the church, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 19-year-old woman has been indicted on reckless vehicular homicide charges related to an incident last year in which her car struck a motorcycle and ran over its operator, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 58-year-old man with a history of sex offenses was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole Friday for the rape of a woman at a drive-in where he had taken her on their first date in 2003, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 28-year-old construction worker has been indicted on first-degree murder charges stemming from the shooting of his team leader last year at a Cordova worksite, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 25-year-old man has been indicted in the shooting death of his father last year in their South Memphis home, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A grand jury has indicted a Frayser man in the stabbing death of his mother and the critical wounding of his stepfather during an argument earlier this year in their home, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich this week received the McCutchen Award, the highest leadership award given by the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference (TNDAGC).

A 34-year-old man was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting the 6-year-old daughter of his girlfriend at the residence they shared in the Oakhaven area near the airport, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A jury took less than an hour Wednesday to convict a man of raping a 50-year-old woman outside an apartment in 2019 in South Memphis, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Westwood-area man has been indicted in the shooting death last year of a 12-year-old boy and the critical wounding of another person who was shot in the back, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

An apartment resident who fired at several young car burglars earlier this year has been indicted on counts of voluntary manslaughter and convicted felon with a handgun, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Texas woman who was stopped on I-40 on a traffic violation early Wednesday is facing drug-trafficking charges after officers found a lethal mix of heroin and fentanyl hidden in a battery inside her vehicle.

A 59-year-old man was convicted late Wednesday in the shooting death of a woman during an altercation at a South Memphis nightspot in 2018, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 37-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of raping a young woman in 2011 after she accepted his offer to give her a ride back to her hotel in Whitehaven, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Oct. 6, 2021 – A defendant who dropped his cellphone while running away from a man on crutches he had just robbed was convicted by a jury Tuesday, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Oct. 6, 2021 – A live-in boyfriend left in charge of his girlfriend’s 17-month-old son last summer was indicted on murder charges Tuesday after the child died of severe head injuries, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.