MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy responded on camera for the first time to a U.S. senator’s letter accusing his office of being soft on crime, as new figures show more than 6,600 people have been arrested by the Memphis Safe Task Force since October — with only 251 charged federally.
U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant disclosed the arrest figures Tuesday at a Memphis Rotary luncheon. Dunavant said his office has charged 251 of what he described as the “worst of the worst” criminals arrested by the task force.
“The President has made it very clear that he intends to break the cycle of violent crime once and for all here in Memphis, make Memphis much safer,” Dunavant said. “I think we’re well on the way to doing that.”
Dunavant said his office has seen a 300 percent caseload increase as a result of the task force operations. To address the surge, the federal government deployed 20 military attorneys to assist with prosecutions.
“20 new special assistant United States Attorneys were deployed from the Army, Air Force, Marines, and Navy to my office and they are assistant U.S. Attorneys to help us work on nothing but Memphis Safe Task Force Operations,” Dunavant said.
Both Dunavant and Mulroy confirmed that the majority of the 6,600-plus people arrested by the task force are being processed at 201 Poplar, the Shelby County criminal justice complex. “Some of them may be immigration...
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