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Multi-jurisdictional Investigation Solves Robberies and Burglaries in Bartlett, Shelby County and Memphis

Release Date: October 27, 2003

Detectives with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office say two men, already in jail for other crimes, will be charged with seven additional crimes that involved the robbery and burglary of homes and businesses recently.

“This clearly shows the importance of working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies. Our detectives, as well as those from Bartlett and Memphis Police Departments are to be commended for their efforts to solve these crimes,” said Shelby County Sheriff Mark H. Luttrell, Jr.

James Carter	Walter Morialli

Shelby County Sheriff's detectives met this week with Bartlett detectives about a theft from the Wal-Mart store on Highway 64. The detectives then talked to James Carter, 45, of Memphis, who was already in jail on other theft charges.

During the interrogation, detectives say Carter admitted to being involved in the robbery of two Kroger stores, one on Stage Road in Bartlett , and the other being at Trinity Commons Shopping Center in Memphis. Carter also indicated he and a partner, Walter Morialli, 24 of Memphis, who is also currently in jail, were responsible for five other burglaries of homes and businesses in Memphis and Shelby County. Memphis Police detectives were then contacted about Carter's statements and they joined in the investigation.

Sheriff's detectives say the investigative team effort between the Sheriff's Office, Bartlett and Memphis Police departments has now solved those seven crimes.

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