February 28

Abducted Child Recovered in Marshall County, Mississippi

Last night, February 27, 2007, United States Marshals and the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office found a nine-year-old child who went missing in Burlington, Iowa in November 2005.

February 26

Four-Vehicle Traffic Crash in South-East Shelby County
Injures Three

Three people were hurt in a four-vehicle traffic crash on Shelby Drive near Harvest Knoll just after 7 o’clock this morning. 

February 26

Kidnapping Suspect Captured by Mid-South Fugitive Task Force

A Memphis man who allegedly kidnapped a former girlfriend and their young child earlier this month in Nashville, Tennessee was captured this past weekend in Memphis by the Mid-South Fugitive Task Force.

February 23

Sheriff’s Office to Receive Equipment for Terrorist and
Chemical Disasters

The Homeland Security Bureau of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will soon have sophisticated equipment to detect dangerous chemicals should they be accidentally released from an industry in Memphis and Shelby County or from a terrorist attack.

February 22

Deputies Capture Fugitives in Around-the-Clock Round-Up

----- people wanted on outstanding charges in Memphis and Shelby County were arrested in a community-wide effort by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Bureau. Officers spent the past 24 hours converging on selected neighborhoods in Memphis Shelby County to arrest fugitives.

February 21

Collierville Man Arrested for Raping Teenaged Girl

Shelby County Deputies have charged a man with raping a 14 year-old girl.  Gerald Campbell, 47, of Collierville, was taken into custody yesterday by Sheriff’s Detectives.

February 19

Sheriff’s Street Crimes Deputies Arrest Alleged Drug Dealer

Detectives with the Shelby Country Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit arrested a Memphis man this afternoon allegedly connected to an organized drug ring in the Memphis and Shelby County area.

February 19

Millington Teenager Killed in Traffic Crash

A Millington teenager died this morning from injuries he suffered in a one- vehicle traffic crash late last night near Millington.

February 16

Clerks Cited in East Memphis Beer Sting by Metro D.U.I. Unit

The Metro D.U.I. Squad conducted an undercover “beer sting” in East Memphis last night along Poplar Avenue and other nearby streets.  Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies and other officers from the Germantown Police Department comprise the Metro D.U.I. Squad.

February 14

Sheriff’s SWAT Deputies Arrest Suspected Robbers

Four teenagers were taken into custody late this afternoon by Sheriff’s Office SWAT Deputies following an alleged crime spree that began this morning at a Germantown shopping center.

February 12

Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association Building New Community
Alliances

Shelby County Sheriff Mark H. Luttrell, Jr. is assisting the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association in its effort to create new alliances with citizens and businesses across the state.

February 8

Speeding Ticket Leads to Counterfeiting Arrest

Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a man who may be tied to a string of forgeries at area retail stores. He was arrested after a Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputy pulled the man’s car over for speeding near Millington.

February 8

Impaired Driving Leads to Arkansas Fugitive Arrest

An Arkansas prison inmate who failed to return to his cell in Benton, Arkansas this past weekend was captured this week by Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies.

February 5

Monthly Crime Report - January 2007

The following is a report of the more serious type of crimes that have occurred during the past month in the seven Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Districts.

February 5

Deputies Confiscate Drugs-Search for Alleged Dealer

Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit are searching for a 24 year-old Memphis man who Deputies believe is connected to an organized illegal drug ring in the Memphis and Shelby County area.