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A Raleigh man convicted last month of shooting his former girlfriend in the head after confronting her in a parking lot where he left her to die was sentenced Tuesday to 56 years in prison, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

April 5, 2022 – Taylor Janae Williams, 24, and Randall Durrell French, 32, have been indicted in the drive-by shooting death of Tammy Hawthorne, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Whitehaven man was convicted Friday in the shooting death of a driver in 2019 who had pulled away to avoid being robbed, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Westwood man was sentenced to 21 years in prison Friday for sex crimes committed against his girlfriend’s young daughters in 2017 and 2018, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Whitehaven man convicted earlier this year in the beating death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son was sentenced Friday to an additional 80 years in prison on top of the life sentence he has already received, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A South Memphis man was convicted Thursday of raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl in 2016, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis man has been indicted in the abduction and murder of a disabled acquaintance last year whose body was found two days later in a field in southwest Memphis, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A motorist involved in a fatal crash last year that killed former Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. Karen Chancellor has been indicted on counts of vehicular homicide and drunken driving, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 40-year-old man has been indicted in the shooting death of his live-in girlfriend, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 53-year-old motorist was sentenced Friday on multiple felony counts, including aggravated vehicular homicide, stemming from a 2019 crash that killed veteran Memphis Police Lt. Myron Fair, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 38-year-old man has been indicted in the stabbing death of an acquaintance in 2021 while visiting his residence for a domino game, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Collierville man was convicted Monday in the 2010 shooting death of former Memphis NBA star Lorenzen Wright in a murder conspiracy set in motion by the victim’s former wife, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 56-year-old man has pled guilty to the 2020 stabbing death of his former girlfriend whose body was found in her Frayser apartment two days later, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A couple accused of running a large-scale identity theft scheme to steal personal information and thousands of dollars in cash from unsuspecting victims has been indicted on criminal charges, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 59-year-old man convicted earlier this year as a major heroin supplier for a Memphis street gang was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Criminal Court jury this week convicted a woman’s former boyfriend of raping her 11-year-old daughter in 2015 when they all lived together in a home in Orange Mound, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Frayser man has been convicted of driving while intoxicated for the fourth time, a felony under Tennessee law, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Two men who were set for trial Monday entered guilty pleas in the shooting death of a 54-year-old man outside of a motel on Sycamore View two years ago, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 23-year-old man pled guilty Monday to killing one man and wounding another in 2018 after opening fire on another car near Shelby Drive and Riverdale Road in southeast Memphis, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 51-year-old woman has been indicted in the early-morning shooting death of her uncle in 2020 following a family Christmas party at his Frayser home, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.