Articles Tagged with Memphis

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A grandmother in Tennessee is facing several charges after an incident on Thanksgiving allegedly led her to stab two of her family members.

Holiday celebrations with family are often cited as stressful, and this year, family members in a household in South Memphis reportedly experienced a potentially dangerous situation involving a mother, her daughter, and her grandson. According to her daughter, the 55-year-old mother and grandmother was rather intoxicated after she had been drinking throughout the day. The woman allegedly shoved her grandson, and her daughter confronted her about it, which incited an argument between them about various subjects.

The verbal disagreement continued, and things intensified after the daughter turned her back. Her mother allegedly went into the kitchen and retrieved a knife. She reportedly ran up to her daughter and plunged the blade into her left hand. She also allegedly stabbed her grandson in his left hand. The authorities were notified, but the woman left before the police got to the home.

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A Tennessee woman was arrested after allegedly walking up to a vehicle in the drive-thru at McDonald’s and stabbing the driver in the face with a screwdriver.

Late in the afternoon on November 20, a customer was in the drive-thru giving her order to an employee at a McDonald’s in South Memphis when a woman she didn’t know walked up to her car. They asked her if she could give them money, and the driver explained that she did not have any cash. According to reports, her answer incurred anger, profanity, and violence from the solicitor. The woman allegedly pulled out a screwdriver and used it to stab her in the face.

The authorities were notified, and officers from the Memphis Police Department went to the restaurant to investigate. The fire department was also dispatched to the scene to provide medical treatment as needed. The woman had already left before the officers arrived, but they spotted a female running down the street and believed it was the suspect. She did not stop running, and when they chased her down, she reportedly kicked and pushed the officers.

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A hairdresser in Tennessee was arrested after allegedly forcing a customer to stay in the shop by holding scissors to her face and demanding that she pay an extra $50 for the services she was given.

When a woman scheduled an appointment for September 13 at the Luv My Hair Salon in Memphis, she was required to submit a $50 deposit, and then use the Zelle app to pay the hairdresser another $410 for the services she received. She agreed to the terms and submitted the down payment.

She went to the salon as scheduled, and the woman sat down with the hairdresser. When working on her hair, the stylist informed the customer that she would have to pay an extra $50. The mention of the additional cost caused a dispute between the women, and things escalated quickly.

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The mother of a 5-year-old in Tennessee is in legal trouble after allegedly posting images on social media showing her daughter giving bikini waxes to unclothed adult women.

In the middle of February, a 30-year-old woman who operates a hair removal business out of her Memphis residence reportedly posted pictures and videos of her 5-year-old daughter on social media. The woman allegedly wrote a caption on the materials saying the youngster had performed 24 bikini waxings on clients within a 24-hour period. Several of the images allegedly showed what appeared to be the child applying wax to women who had stripped from the waist down.

The Memphis Police Department began receiving calls from citizens who saw the content online. They were reportedly notified by more than 80 people within a week.

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 A Memphis man was arrested for a multitude of charges after he crashed into a police vehicle while allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. 

Just after 5:00 PM on October 24, a Memphis police officer was on patrol when the passenger side of his vehicle was struck by a 2012 Ford Mustang that was pulling out of a driveway. 

After the accident, the driver of the Mustang reportedly fled on foot from the scene. 

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A woman who was reportedly upset about an allegedly late child support payment was accused of holding the child’s father at gunpoint with the youngster in the room. 

44-year-old Lashuna Hall resides in Memphis, approximately 15 miles away from her estranged husband’s home. The ex-couple has a daughter together, and the child is reportedly diagnosed as autistic. 

The youngster’s father lives in Millington, and on the afternoon of May 22, she was spending time with her dad at his home. 

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A 2-year-old was found unharnessed and hidden under a large amount of garbage in his grandmother’s truck when she was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Last Sunday evening, 51-year-old Claudia Patterson, who has several prior infractions for driving under the influence of alcohol, was reportedly driving her truck in Memphis with her young grandson in the vehicle.

An officer with the Memphis Police Department was en route to the scene of an incident when they saw Patterson’s truck and asserted the driver was speeding and maneuvering the vehicle unsafely.

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A couple from Memphis who reportedly had a problem with the spiciness of the McDonald’s chicken sandwich allegedly responded by firing a gun at the restaurant, causing four people to get shot.

22-year-old Tavarus McKinney resides in Memphis, Tennessee, and he has several convictions on his record for various violent offenses.

On June 6, McKinney and Keonna Halliburton, 20, reportedly took a trip to a local McDonald’s. Halliburton ordered a spicy chicken sandwich.

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A man was apprehended for accusations that he placed over 1,100 telephone calls to 911, and asking an officer if he would like to buy egg rolls.

In a period spanning from the middle of July through September 2, 911 Emergency reportedly received a massive amount of calls that were asserted to have come from a single caller in Memphis.

It was reported that over 200 calls had been picked up on September 1, and more than 30 the following day, bringing the total to 1,171 in two-and-a-half months.

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Three men in Tennessee allegedly covered their faces using surgical masks in a purported attempt to shield their identities from the authorities when they reportedly stole thousands of dollars’ worth of cigarettes from a delivery truck.

On March 16, a delivery driver parked his truck on the side of the convenience store area at an Exxon gas station in Memphis and departed the vehicle.

When he peered back at his truck, the driver reported that he spotted a few people hurriedly removing many boxes filled with the cigarettes intended for his deliveries and placing them into a dark van.

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