All Blog Posts Tagged 'Murder' (5)

Mississippi Murder Suspect Captured at Memphis Motel

Deputies Capture Suspected Murderer

Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies helped capture a suspected murderer from Greenville Mississippi today. Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team, Street Crimes and Fugitive Bureaus, worked with the Mid-South Fugitive Task force and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Task force to make the arrest.

About one o’clock, Deputies and U.S. Marshals tracked Letarus Crawford, 32, of Greenville, to a southeast… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 4, 2008 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Brother Charged With Attempted Murder In Drive-By Shooting

AVON PARK - Police arrested an Avon Park man and charged him as a suspect in the attempted murder of his brother.

The drive-by style shooting incident took place shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday on Tulane Avenue near Tulane Drive.

Altus Jermaine Lee, 23, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

At 12:26 a.m. Thursday,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 22, 2008 at 8:38am — 3 Comments

Murder rate in Chicago up 18 percent over 7-month period of 2007

Sixty-two slayings in July, police source says

Violent crime continued to rise in Chicago after a deadly July in which 62 people were killed, according to unofficial numbers provided by a police source.

For the first seven months of 2008, murders rose by 18 percent over the same period in 2007 and by 9 percent for the same period in 2006. According to internal police data, 291 people were killed from January through July, up from 246 in 2007 and 266 in 2006.

In… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 7, 2008 at 9:44pm — 4 Comments

Murder Suspect Dies at The MED

MEMPHIS, TN - A man accused of killing his sister's boyfriend, and burying his body in the backyard is dead.

Herman Porter, 46, died at The MED early Monday evening. According to jail officials, he was taken to the hospital Sunday evening after jailers noticed a change in his behavior. An autopsy will be performed to determine how he died.

Earlier today, his sister, Sheila Porter, 47, appeared in… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 16, 2008 at 12:11pm — 1 Comment

Affidavit: Mother Turns In Son for Murder of Memphis Man

Terry Terrell Booker

MEMPHIS, TN – A man has been charged in a Memphis murder and his own mother turned him in to police.

According to a court document, Terry Terrell Booker has been charged with First Degree Murder in the shooting death of 27 year-old Milton Trezevant. Investigators say the shooting happened around 7:55 p.m., June 18, 2008, in the area of Horn Lake Road and Hewlett.

Police say Booker’s mother… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 2, 2008 at 10:55am — 4 Comments