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A nightclub patron was convicted Thursday of firing at a crowd on the Summer Avenue club’s parking lot and killing another patron who was running for cover, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Pamela Moses will not be tried a second time on the felony charge of illegally registering to vote, Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said Friday.

A Fox Meadows man was convicted Wednesday of attacking his former girlfriend at her apartment where she and her two young children were living, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said.

A 19-year-old woman was indicted Tuesday on vehicular homicide charges stemming from an incident last year in which her car struck a house, killing a man inside whose body was not discovered until some four hours later, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis motorist has been indicted on vehicular homicide, drunken driving and other charges stemming from a two-vehicle crash in 2020 that killed the other driver, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Denorius Jevondrick Butler, 27, and Tyler Tee Malek Wilson, 23, have been indicted in the shooting death of Maurice Walker following a shoot-out in Northaven, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 60-year-old man has been indicted in the 2020 slaying of a Memphis couple who were killed in their driveway as they were preparing to take their son to court to testify against a man who shot him earlier that year, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A car burglar who got into a gunfight with the vehicle’s owner has been convicted of attempted murder, burglary of a motor vehicle and other felony counts, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis teen pled guilty Tuesday to carjacking a woman at a service station on Lamar in 2018 and robbing a teacher three days later as she arrived for school, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

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.