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Releases for August 2005

August 24	Violations from Beer Sting
	Officers with the Metro D.U.I. Squad went undercover last evening and found clerks at seven (7) businesses in Memphis and Shelby County selling alcohol to persons under the legal drinking age of 21.
August 22	Search Continues For Restaurant Robber
	Shelby County Sheriff’s Detectives continue looking for a man who may be responsible for robbing several restaurants in the East Shelby County area.
	Photos included in release |
August 22	Weekend Motorcycle Crash
	Shelby County Sheriff’s Traffic Deputies say a woman was killed this past Saturday (August 20) when the motorcycle she was driving was hit by another car in South-East Shelby County.
August 19	Northaven Murder Charges
	Shelby County Sheriff’s Detectives have charged a man who they believe killed another man in the Northaven area back in June.
	Photos included in release |
August 17	House Raided
	Shelby County Narcotics Detectives raided a house on Wildwood Drive near Rhodes and Getwell in Memphis this past weekend.
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August 17	Citizen Academy Students Needed
	The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is taking applications for the next Citizens’ Academy, which starts next month.
August 16	Elderly Woman Found in Neighborhood Lake
	Detectives with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office say an elderly woman who apparently wandered away from her home early this morning was found dead in Spring Lake, a private lake in a neighborhood near Bartlett.
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August 12	Weekend Beer Sting
	Officers with the Metro D.U.I. Squad went undercover this past Friday evening (August 12) and found clerks at 14 businesses in Memphis selling alcohol to persons under the legal drinking age of 21.
August 12	Deputies Investigate Robberies at Restaurants
	Shelby County Sheriff’s Detectives say there have been two recent armed robberies at restaurants on Hacks Cross Road in South-East Shelby County. Deputies have arrested two men who they believe are responsible for one of the robberies.
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August 8	Clerks Cited In Weekend Beer Sting
	Officers with the Metro D.U.I. Squad went undercover this past Saturday evening (August 6) and found clerks at 15 Memphis businesses selling alcohol to underage customers.
August 5	Counterfeit Merchandise Raid
	Detectives with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office ALERT Team continued their efforts yesterday afternoon to combat the sale of counterfeit merchandise.
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August 1	Weekend Beer Sting
	Officers with the Metro D.U.I. Squad went undercover this past Saturday evening (July 30) and found clerks at 15 businesses in Memphis selling alcohol to persons under the legal drinking age of 21.