Crime

Crimes, crashes from Jan. 7 through Jan. 13

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011, 3:51pm

Here are the crime and crash reports for the Germantown Police Department:

Jan. 7

Crimes:

A cell phone was stolen from the field house in the 7600 block of Poplar Pike at 11:20 a.m.

Crashes:

No crashes were reported.

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Citizens’ help can stop youth violence

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011, 6:16pm

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and Shelby County Mayor Mark H. Luttrell, along with the Memphis Youth Violence Prevention Policy Council, need input from the public to develop a plan to combat youth violence.

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Investigators: Children found during meth lab raid

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, December 16th, 2010, 5:12pm

Investigators: Children found during meth lab raid

Two children were removed from an alleged meth lab inside the Farmington Gates Apartments late Wednesday afternoon.

Investigators say a 6-year-old was inside during the raid and a 14-year-old showed up a short time later. The Department of Children’s Services is investigating to see if the kids were in any danger.

Officers say two men were arrested inside the apartment and are now behind bars. Jason Wolverton is being held on $250,000 bond. Justin Rayburn was also arrested. His bond was set at $100,000.

Both men are facing drug charges.

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Employees credited with bank robbery arrest

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, December 9th, 2010, 6:31pm

Employees credited with bank robbery arrest

Germantown Police credit alert employees with helping nab a suspect in the Dec. 7, robbery of Trust One Bank, 7540 North St.

"Germantown Police Det. Steve Lovelace tracked the suspect within just a few hours using information reported by bank employees," said Inspector Lee Covey.

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Suspected Germantown bank robber cased area for months

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010, 10:38pm

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GERMANTOWN, TN (WMC-TV) - The suspect in the robbery of a Germantown bank may have spent months casing the area before carrying out his crime.

FBI investigators said Wednesday that Shaun David Cheveallier, 28, is under arrest as a suspect in the robbery of the Trust One Bank in Germantown Tuesday afternoon.

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Frayser woman charged with Shelby Farms car burglaries

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Monday, November 8th, 2010, 11:47am

Shelby County investigators believe they have solved a string recent of car break-ins at Shelby Farms.

Lasonya Curry, of Frayser, is charged with five counts of motor vehicle burglary and four counts of theft in the crime spree.

Investigators say they set up surveillance and caught Curry in the act.

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Track crime in your neighborhood

Submitted by Tammy Phillips on Monday, August 30th, 9:17 am

Did you know you can find out about crime in your neighborhood by clicking on the city of Germantown's home page? The city offers a link to a crime reports page that includes a map. You can use the map to navigate to different parts of the city. When you click on the pop-ups, the crimes reported in that area will show up on the left side of the screen.

To try it out for yourself, click here.

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