Crime of the Week #18

ROBBERY OF BUSINESS Memphis Police Officers responded to an armed robbery at a Marathon gas station at 3877 Park Avenue in east Memphis at 12:05 a.m. June 21, 2023. At the scene officers learned that three males entered the business, two of them with handguns drawn. Two suspects approached the…

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Crime of the Week #17

CARJACKING Memphis Police responded to a carjacking report at 7:18 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2023. When the first officers on the scene arrived at 3558 Lamar Avenue they found a man who had earlier in the evening pulled into the parking lot with a deflated tire. While he waited in…

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Crime of the Week #16

BURGLARY The burglar had no idea the homeowner would see him on her house’s video surveillance device. It was 8:22 a.m. August 15, 2022 when he entered the single family home in the 200 block of Radar Road in the Whitehaven neighborhood of Memphis. The intruder forced open a side…

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Crime of the Week #15

BURGLARY A business alarm brought officers to the Dollar General store at 3305 Summer Avenue. It was 5:31 a.m. March 28, 2023. The officers learned that someone had heaved a concrete block through the store’s front glass door to make entry. The burglar stole large amounts of tobacco products and…

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