Crime

A former Fayette County Animal Control officer is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals after remains were found in his backyard.

A proposed budget amendment could help the Memphis Police Department alleviate its years-long staffing shortage.

Four men have been detained after assaulting a man in front of an ice cream shop on South Main Street on Monday, according to Memphis Police Department.

Police say a man was shot and killed Monday night at a home in Westwood Shores.

On March 8, a federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment charging a Memphis man with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. The indictment further charged that the defendant conspired with a Kentucky woman to commit that crime.

A man was shot and killed Monday night while driving in South Memphis, police say.

A school resource officer is charged after he was accused of hitting a student with his baton.

A man has been charged after Memphis police say he, along with two others, carjacked a man and woman at gunpoint as they were pumping gas.

Memphis police have charged a man with the murder of his fiancé after police say he beat her to death while officers were at their home responding to a domestic disturbance call.

- West Memphis Police Department is searching for a suspect who was involved in a hit-and-run on Feb. 15.

A woman has been arrested after stabbing three people and assaulting others over a basketball game in Trumann, Arkansas on Monday morning, according to Trumann Police Department.

The deputy is said to be uninjured.

Tipton County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged a man for sexually exploiting minors.

Memphis Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a man injured on Sunday morning.

Officers have one person detained.

Memphis Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a man dead on Saturday morning.

Memphis Police Department is investigating a man who was found unresponsive in a vehicle on Saturday morning.

Former Memphis attorney, Leigh M. Chiles, 49, has pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to defraud an estate over which she was appointed to serve as executrix.

Shelby County Sheriff’s officers are investigating a car crash that left one man dead.

Memphis Police Department arrested two women they say posted a sex ad and then robbed the man who answered it.

Memphis Police officers responded to a shooting on I-240 on Friday.

On Friday, NBC’s Dateline will air a new report on the 2010 murder of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright.

Memphis police are investigating after they say people in two cars were shooting at each other at a busy intersection before one crashed Thursday afternoon.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed and dismissed Demarcus Donnell Parker’s conviction for the 2018 murder of an off-duty police officer in West Memphis after a ruling that his right to a speedy trial was violated.

Officers say a customer left the Red Hook Seafood and Bar without paying.

The burglary occurred on March 14 at 10:13 p.m. on Watkins Street.

Four people are charged with murder after an 18-year-old from West Memphis was found dead in Holly Springs National Forest.

The incident occurred on Thursday morning after 1 a.m.

Dyersburg police have apprehended 30-year-old Brenton Bell after police say he held his girlfriend captive inside a vacant house, locked inside a closet, for two months.

A man was shot and killed Wednesday after he was carjacked in Whitehaven, according to Memphis police.