Tag: Tennessee
Amy Denise Fields, Money Laundering, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read Amy Denise Fields, a 62-year-old Knoxville resident, has been indicted for her role in a scheme to launder fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment insurance benefits. Fields and her co-conspirators submitted fake applications for unemployment benefits to several states during the pandemic, using Fields’ personal info and bank accounts to receive the funds. The…
Barry Keith Stephens, Child Exploitation, Tennessee 2022
⏱ 2 min read A married couple from Gibson County, Tennessee, has been sentenced to decades in federal prison for sexually exploiting a minor. Barry Keith Stephens, 40, and Melinda Rachelle Stephens, 36, transported a minor from Minnesota to Tennessee in January 2022 and committed various sexual acts against the minor. The couple has a…
Rodriquez Henley, Armed Career Criminal, Tennessee 2025
Memphis, TN – A federal jury has found Rodriquez Henley, 33, of Memphis, guilty of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and made a special finding that Henley’s extensive criminal history qualified him for enhanced punishment as an Armed Career Criminal (ACC). According to information presented in court, on May 19, 2025, officers…
Rodrigus Carter, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rodrigus Carter, a 42-year-old Memphis man with a history of burglary and drug convictions, was caught with two firearms in an abandoned commercial building in downtown Memphis on March 10, 2026. Carter, who has multiple prior felony convictions, was found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a federal jury…
Amanda Kate Walker Bass, Wire Fraud, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read Amanda Kate Walker Bass, a 36-year-old West Tennessee woman, orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud by claiming to be a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran. In Memphis, Tennessee, she concocted a false narrative of being a multiple-time deployed Marine who survived an enemy ambush in Afghanistan in 2010, leaving her seriously…
Jordan Jones, Possessing a Firearm Equipped with a Machinegun Conversion Device, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jordan Jones, a 31-year-old convicted felon, was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for possessing a firearm equipped with a machinegun conversion device in Memphis, Tennessee. On October 4, 2025, Jones led Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers on a high-speed chase after running a stop light in a stolen white Honda Accord.…
Tamillian Young, Smuggling, Tennessee 2025
⏱ 2 min read A former Shelby County Division of Corrections officer has been sentenced to federal prison for smuggling contraband into the facility. Tamillian Young, 24, was caught with a package containing approximately 100 grams of marijuana, cigarettes, vape devices, and 18 Oxycodone pills on October 27, 2025. Young admitted to bringing the items…
Tamillian Young, Providing Contraband in a Prison, Tennessee 2025
A former Correctional Officer at the Shelby County Division of Corrections has been sentenced to federal prison for providing marijuana to an inmate in the facility. Tamillian Young, 24, was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release after admitting to smuggling contraband into the Shelby County Division of Corrections…
Lynette Hogue, Tax Return Preparation and Filing Fraud, Tennessee 2026
Memphis, TN – In a shocking case of tax return deception, 35-year-old Lynette Hogue has been slapped with 33 federal charges for allegedly preparing and filing false tax returns for clients of her tax preparation business. According to the indictment, Hogue worked at a local tax preparation business in Memphis between 2021 and 2024, where…
James Anthony Morris, Child Pornography Production, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read James Anthony Morris, a 59-year-old man from Greenfield, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. The disturbing crime involved Morris setting up a ‘spy camera’ in his bedroom to secretly record multiple minors in the nude and changing clothes. He then distributed some of…
