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Deputies Saturate South-East Shelby County During Weekend Enforcement Effort

Release Date: December 5, 2005

Deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office conducted a major crime suppression initiative this past Friday night (December 2, 2005) in South-East Shelby County and Hickory Hill.

Acting on crime statistics for home burglaries, vehicle break-ins and other crimes committed in those areas, more than 75 deputies and 25 support personnel from the Sheriff’s Emergency Services and Special Services Squads worked for eight hours concluding the operation about 2 a.m., Saturday, December 3rd.

“We want to reassure people who live and work in the South-East Shelby County that the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is concerned about criminal activity that is occurring in the area. With some of the crimes being linked to criminal gangs we must use all of our resources to keep these neighborhoods as safe as possible,” said Sheriff Mark Luttrell, Jr.

Deputies from various divisions of the Sheriff’s Office rounded up wanted persons, conducted search warrants, addressed street crime and wrote traffic violations. Officers with the Memphis Police Department who serve on the Metro Gang Unit also took part in the effort.

Officers focused their efforts near Shelby Drive and Hacks Cross in South East Shelby County and in neighborhoods south of Winchester near Tchulahoma. Deputies also conducted seatbelt check-points at various intersections.

Deputies took a “zero tolerance” approach for all crime and traffic violations observed. Here are the results:

• ARRESTS-34-Includes five felonies, 12 misdemeanors, and 17 others arrested and issued misdemeanor citations which require them to report to the Shelby County Jail Records and Identification Division for processing at a later date
• TRAFFIC CITATIONS -Total 186-92 violations, 94 courtesy
• Weapons Recovered-four pistols
• DRUGS RECOVERED- 14.1g of marijuana, 7.5g crack, 11g Ecstasy, 11g powder cocaine, 37 Dilaudid tablets
• SEIZED CASH- $628.00
• SEIZED VEHICLES- 2 cars

These “zero tolerance” crime suppression initiatives will be on-going based on our statistics of where crime in Shelby County is occurring,” added Sheriff Luttrell.

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