Melissa Moon

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Memphis, Tenn. — A woman who had her car stolen twice in just months says she feels victimized again after learning police sold her vehicle at auction. Samantha McCray said the gray 2010 Nissan Maxima was taken from outside her home near Tchulahoma and Shelby Drive last fall but recovered after someone sold it on […]

Rozelle Key. Courtesy: SCSO

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An Uber driver turned to a stranger for help after being carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday morning in a Whitehaven neighborhood. LaShaundra Cox said she picked up a young man and woman just before 2 a.m. at an apartment complex at Ashwood and Knight Arnold in Parkway Village and drove them to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A group of out-of-town Dick’s Sporting Goods employees doing inventory at a southeast Memphis store was targeted by thieves early Tuesday morning. Police said more than 20 vehicles parked at the business in the 7000 block of Polo Grounds Boulevard were broken into, and one car was stolen. Police reports list 25 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police are looking for a driver who was caught on camera attacking a 71-year-old woman and her daughter after they tried to stop him from leaving the scene of a crash on their Parkway Village street. Investigators said the mother was knocked unconscious by the man Thursday morning after he drove his […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a shoplifting at an East Memphis Dollar General Saturday turned into an armed robbery when one of the suspects pulled out a gun and began firing shots toward the business. Investigators said the suspects entered the store in the 1300 block of Getwell with masks on their heads. Once inside, […]

Family Dollar in the 3400 block of Summer Avenue

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The owner of the online boutique mimimorton.com is accused of stealing $646,635 from the woman she was working for to make purchases on her own website and buy a car. Ivey Jennings, 36, was booked in the Shelby County Jail on Monday on a charge of theft of property over $250,000. The […]

The carjackers ripped out her rearview mirror to disable her Bluelink locator, but she had another trick up her sleeve.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Safety appears to be the last thing on the minds of basketball fans in Memphis this week, but the Memphis Police Department is warning them they could be targeted by criminals. Thursday morning, MPD posted this safety reminder on Facebook: “If you’re going to be in Memphis this week and weekend for […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Nextdoor super sleuth was able to track down a 250-pound Sasquatch statue stolen from outside a home in the Cooper-Young area last month. Jennifer Jordan said she was shocked when she returned to her house on Cox early Wednesday morning and saw that “Sassy” was back on her front steps. “I […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say they caught a group of burglars in the act early Thursday morning stealing from the Hollywood Feed on Union Avenue. They took one person in custody and recovered more than $2,700 worth of pet-related merchandise. According to the police report, officers driving by the store in the 2000 block of […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who was wearing a black hoodie and white towel on his head when he held up a Dollar General at gunpoint and tried to rob a Family Dollar store a day earlier. MPD released video of the suspect dressed in all black […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –More than 1,000 pounds of marijuana, nearly 50 pounds of “magic mushroom” edibles and $45,000 were seized during a traffic stop Monday night along I-40 in Haywood County, authorities say. A Russian man driving from California was arrested and charged. The West Tennessee Drug Task Force said agents with the 30th Judicial District […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A day before her daughter’s funeral, a Cordova mother is warning others about the dangers of fentanyl. Last week, Tracy Marlar, 35, was found dead inside a car in Jonesboro, Arkansas, from a drug overdose. Jonesboro police said Marlar bought oxycodone laced with Fentanyl from Randy Joe Coaker, 38, of Jonesboro. Coaker […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police in Jonesboro, Arkansas have identified the woman who died from a fentanyl overdose last week as 35-year-old Tracy Marlar of Memphis. According to her obituary, Marlar graduated from Nettleton High School in Jonesboro and worked as a technologist for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Although St. Jude has not confirmed her employment, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A total of five people are now facing charges in the shooting of a Memphis police officer Friday morning. Geronimo Kee, 22, is accused of shooting an officer four times after he was pulled over for speeding along I-240 near South Parkway. The officer, identified as 2nd Lieutenant Bobby Johnson, was taken […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Three trucking companies that say their 18-wheelers were illegally booted and towed by A1’s Towing and Hauling have filed a $5 million racketeering lawsuit against the company. The 56-page civil suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee by Western Express, Inc., MHT Group, Inc., and Church Transporation […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The city’s Transportation Commission voted unanimously to suspend A1’s Towing & Hauling permit for 30 days during a hearing Thursday. Members said the penalty was due to various ordinance violations concerning the fees they were charging for towing and storage. A1’s Towing & Hauling, also known as A1’s Xclusive Auto, had its […]