When authorities make an arrest they sometimes look to charge the suspects involved with whatever they can, even if they are not related to the reason they initially made the arrest. For example, if someone is arrested for drug possession but the authorities also find...
Thanks to movies and television, it is easy to imagine someone accused of a crime attempting to conceal the evidence. Police in Tennessee however, are accusing one man of taking his attempt to another level. According to the reports, the authorities indicated that...
A recent case in Memphis, Tennessee demonstrates how severe a criminal conviction relating to drugs can be. Recently, federal prosecutors from the U.S. attorney's office for West Tennessee announced that a Tennessee man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for...
Some readers in Memphis, Tennessee may be somewhat familiar with criminal law by watching movies and television shows related to the subject. However, when individuals must confront the criminal justice system for the first time, the experience may be very...
Memphis, Tennessee readers may be interested in recent news story about the former Memphis basketball star Shawne Williams. Unfortunately for Williams, he was recently arrested in Memphis on drug charges after a police officer approached his car.The officer was on...
Sometimes good citizens run into trouble with the law. That appears to be what happened to a Memphis police officer who was sentenced recently to four years in prison following his arrest on drug charges. The officer was arrested in the course of an FBI sting...
Memphis police came down hard on a group of five people in East Memphis recently. After a drug bust was led by the Organized Crime Unit, police arrested the group on multiple counts of drug charges.Police claim that they broke into a home after receiving no response...
Readers in Memphis, Tennessee might be interested to know that a former FedEx driver in the state was arrested for delivering more than just packages. The Tennessee man was allegedly dealing prescription pain pills while on his delivery route. He is now facing drug...
With the 2012 presidential election just around the corner, it's not unusual to hear about a politician's family in the news. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's bad. Unfortunately, for former Memphis congressman Harold Ford Sr., the recent news about his family was...
Federal drug charges are always serious. That's why it's important to make sure that federal prosecutors are following the letter of the law when they are trying to make a case against someone. The recent end of a drug case in another state revealed that maybe the...
