Nineteen-year-old Devaron Taylor was sentenced today to 18 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction for his role in the violent encounter that claimed the life of Memphis Police Officer Joseph McKinney in April 2024.

After a five-day trial, a jury found former gas station employee Joseph Smith, guilty of second-degree murder in the 2023 fatal stabbing of a man following an argument that escalated into violence.

The trial of Brandon Isabelle began this week in Shelby County Criminal Court. Jury selection took place Monday, September 22, and opening statements were delivered Tuesday, September 23.

A Shelby County jury has found Daireus Ice guilty on all counts in the 2018 kidnapping and rape of a 4-year-old girl—crimes prosecutors called “a parent’s worst nightmare.”

The trial of Daireus Ice began this week in a brutal child rape and kidnapping case that Shelby County prosecutors call “a parent’s worst nightmare.” Ice is accused of organizing, directing, and filming sexual assaults of two children—one only 9 months old and another 4 years old—between 2016 and 2017.

On Thursday, a Shelby County jury convicted Gaudencio Lopez as charged of Rape of a Child and two counts of Aggravated Sexual Battery for sexually assaulting two of his minor family members.

A trial date has been set for the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend at Shelby Farms Park before leading officers on a multi-county chase.

The plea agreement guarantees that Kelly will serve three life sentences plus more than 200 additional years, ensuring he remains incarcerated for the rest of his life, delivering long-awaited justice to the victims’ families while sparing them the prolonged and painful court proceedings often associated with death penalty cases.