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A car burglar convicted last month of critically wounding a Millington homeowner was sentenced Friday to 24 years in prison with no parole for attempted murder and four other felonies, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A West Memphis man who was living temporarily with a friend in 2018 in North Memphis was convicted Friday of sexually abusing the friend’s three young daughters and a niece, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A late-night fast food run that turned into an argument and a deadly shooting in January has led to the murder indictment of a 23-year-old defendant, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Two men were convicted Friday of shooting and robbing the owner of a South Memphis recording studio where one of them had recorded a song the previous week, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A woman who shot her boyfriend in the back during a confrontation on a service station parking lot two years ago was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A South Memphis teen was indicted Tuesday in the fatal late-night shooting last year of another teen during a fight outside of the Riverview Park Community Center, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A 32-year-old man with two pending murder charges was indicted Tuesday in the unrelated shooting death of his cousin last year during an argument, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A man scheduled to be tried this week for his involvement in a violent crime spree in 2018 pled guilty Tuesday to felony charges of murder, robbery and carjacking, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Whitehaven man who called police from a motel last year to tell them he had just killed his girlfriend has been indicted by a grand jury, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A customer at a Raleigh-area fast food restaurant has been indicted on first-degree murder charges in the shooting death of an employee there last December, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A South Memphis man has been indicted in the carjacking and shooting death of a 50-year-old man in 2020, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis man has been indicted in the death of an acquaintance last year after they had words over the correct way to load the defendant’s sawed-off shotgun, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis man was indicted Thursday in a 2020 drunken-driving crash involving five vehicles and six people, including a Bartlett woman who was killed and four others who were injured, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Memphis man set for trial this week in Criminal Court has pled guilty to raping two women and robbing a third in separate incidents committed during a two-week period in 2015, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A driver who appeared to be racing another car in traffic when he lost control and killed a pedestrian two years ago in the Parkway Village area was sentenced to four years in prison Monday, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

An East Memphis man who was a fugitive for nearly four years was convicted Friday of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a restaurant server in his home in 2014, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A man on the Sex Offender Registry for a rape in Ohio was convicted here Thursday of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at her aunt’s home in the Oakhaven area, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A longtime Memphis attorney was convicted Thursday of stealing a client’s $150,000 check she was awarded in the settlement of a 2014 civil case, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

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.