Melissa Moon
WREG News Channel 3
Memphis, TN, United States
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Carjacker gets vehicle stuck in victim’s driveway
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A major fail for a would-be carjacker after he steals a car at gunpoint in an East Memphis driveway and then crashes it a few feet away. The 22-year-old victim watched as the carjacker backed into a utility pole and got stuck. The victim’s mother, who didn’t want to be identified, […] → Read More
Thieves leave Frayser store with baskets full of groceries
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police are looking for two men caught on camera stealing around $350 worth of groceries from a Superlo store in Frayser. It happened last Tuesday at the Superlo in the 3300 block of North Watkins Street. Police said the pair were seen filling their carts with groceries and walking out of the […] → Read More
MPD: Jammed gun saves woman and her daughter
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a jammed gun may have saved the lives of a woman and her adult daughter. The woman’s boyfriend, Adam Stoll, was arrested after the victim told investigators he tried three times to shoot them Sunday. The victims said she and Stoll got into an argument, Stoll got a weapon, pointed […] → Read More
MPD: Shoplifters have stolen meat in their pants, car
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Five people were taken into custody after police said they were caught stealing meat and other items from the Walmart on Winchester late Thursday night. Police said they also found meats from other stores inside their car. Lashonda Malone, James Johnson, Carissa Cash, and Mykel Boyce are accused of taking around $200 […] → Read More
MPD: Pair arrested minutes after carjacking man, taking his clothes
Police say they were able to arrest a pair of carjackers after they spotted the stolen orange Jeep Cherokee a block away from where it was taken late Wednesday night. → Read More
Search for killer after body found in airport area identified
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman found dead along the side of Holmes Road last week has been identified as 39-year-old Kandi Walker. Police haven’t said how Walker died but said her death is being investigated as a homicide, and they need help finding the person responsible. On March 2 at around 5:45 p.m., police responded […] → Read More
Woman accused of running over husband
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman has been charged with attempted murder after police say she intentionally ran over her husband with her car. Police said they found the victim lying face down on the sidewalk unresponsive in the 1400 block of Vollintine last month. The victim said a female in a White Chevy Cruze drove […] → Read More
Disagreement over car repairs leads to robbery, shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Police are looking for two people they said shot and robbed a man during a disagreement about car repairs. The shooting happened last Tuesday in the 3000 block of Radford Road in Orange Mound. The victim said he went to the address to discuss repairs to a vehicle he sold to someone […] → Read More
MPD: Man hurts woman, threatens to kill her granddad over tax check
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a man choked his girlfriend to near unconsciousness and threatened to kill her grandfather if she didn’t give him her tax money. Cadarius Sayers, 28, was arrested Saturday in the 2500 block of Dakar Avenue in Frayser. He was charged with aggravated assault. The victim told police Sayers was acting […] → Read More
Man charged after toddler shoots himself
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Police say a 2-year-old boy was able to get his hands on a gun left on a sofa and shot himself late Thursday night. The toddler was rushed to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand. Cornelius Nix drove the child to the hospital and was later charged […] → Read More
Man who forged paintings has to give Memphis artist $2.1M
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A man accused of using a high-quality printer to forge the paintings of Memphis Artist Nancy Cheairs has been ordered to pay Cheairs $2.1 million. Mark Thomas was found guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee of forging at least 14 paintings created by Cheairs, selling four […] → Read More
California artist paints powerful tribute to Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A California artist is creating a permanent reminder of the things important to Tyre Nichols on the side of an Orange Mound neighborhood store. Wednesday, Lourans Mikhail began painting a large mural that showcases Nichols’ love of skateboarding, sunsets, and photography. “That’s the roll of film with the film rope pulled […] → Read More
Vehicles broken into at more churches, animal clinic
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For the second time in six months, employees’ vehicles at the Walnut Grove Animal Clinic were damaged by thieves looking for something to steal. The burglars were able to bash in several car windows Monday afternoon before they were interrupted by an employee who saw what was happening. Police said surveillance video […] → Read More
Multiple vehicles broken into at Home Depot Warehouse
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Police respond to another rash of car break-ins—this time outside a Home Depot warehouse in Southeast Memphis. Officers were called to the 6100 block of Freeport Avenue just before 10 p.m. on Thursday. Police didn’t say how many cars were vandalized but said at least six victims reported items taken from their […] → Read More
Video: Driver fires shots at another motorist following fender bender
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Police have released video of a driver they say rear-ended another motorist and then fired shots at the victim when he followed him. It happened Monday morning near Mt. Moriah and Ridgeway Road in Southeast Memphis. Police said in the video, you can see the driver of a light blue Nissan Altima […] → Read More
North Memphis shooting sends man to hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Police are looking for any information about a shooting in North Memphis Tuesday night that sent a man to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting happened at 7:45 p.m. in the 1600 block of Ash Street, near a school. The man was taken to RFegional One hospital. There is no suspect […] → Read More
Woman shot in southeast Memphis, car riddled with bullets
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Police are trying to find the person responsible for a shooting in southeast Memphis that sent a woman to the hospital in critical condition. Police were called to the 4100 block of Mendenhall just before 7 p.m. It appears the victim was found at the Raines Express gas station. A vehicle in […] → Read More
Son comes home to do laundry, stabs mom, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Memphis woman said she was stabbed twice by her son in the kitchen of her home Saturday morning. The victim was able to drive herself to St. Francis Hospital and was being treated in the Trauma Unit. Her son, Terrell Boyd, 24, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. The victim […] → Read More
VIDEO: Fourth Memphis tax business set on fire
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It has not been a good start to the tax season for some tax preparers in Memphis. The Memphis Fire Department said it is now investigating four arsons at area businesses. Fire investigators said someone intentionally set Refund Taxes on South Perkins on fire last Thursday. In the video, two men were […] → Read More
Charges after man loses eye, paralyzed in shooting
Police say a disagreement led to a shooting at home in Northeast Memphis last month that cost a man his eye and left him paralyzed from the waist down. → Read More