It's Thug-o-rama

The top 100 repeat offenders (currently in jail) account for 3014 arrests.
If you factor 500.00 per arrests they have cost the taxpayers over 1.5 million
dollars - 1,507.000

This week we actually have three (recently arrested and still in jail) thugs and a rising star - or one with a bullet if you will...

Byron Becton (103) bookings
m/b dob 44y/o rni 12485

Lest anyone accuse me of picking on just drunks and petty criminals, I'm listing just the criminal court charges for these thugs. The entire list might bring Blogspot's servers down.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT W9300137 93019149 21012 MP 02/23/1993 03/11/1993 GP
MOTION - MISC M 17854 96427836 80303 MP 12/20/1996 02/05/1997 DS
AGGRAVATED RAPE 99 13568 99132402 21027 SO 12/02/1999 04/10/2000 GP
AGGRAVATED RAPE 97 01087 96427836 21027 MP 01/30/1997 04/12/2000 NP
AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING 97 01086 96427836 21020 MP 01/30/1997 04/10/2000 NP
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 97 01085 96427836 21012 MP 01/30/1997 04/10/2000 GP
CRIMINAL ATTEMPT FELONY 95 01744 94303701 21001 MP 02/21/1995 11/03/1995 GP
CRIMINAL ATTEMPT FELONY 95 01744 94303701 21001 MP 02/21/1995 05/02/1995 GP
RAPE 95 01743 94303701 21028 MP 02/21/1995 05/02/1995 GP
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT FELONY 87 02019 87057093 10005 MP 04/30/1987 06/17/1987 GP
RAPE 01 08655 99132402 21028 SO 08/07/2001 04/15/2002 GP

AS USUAL, CLICK THE IMAGE TO OPEN IN A LARGER WINDOW



honorable mention to:
MARLON EVANS 38356
164 Bookings:
BURGLARY W9100173 91180034 21091 MP 07/26/1991 10/01/1991 NP
VANDALISM $500.00-$1000.00 W0200001 1136641 30600 MP 01/07/2002 06/27/2002 GR
VANDALISM $500.00-$1000.00 W0200001 1136641 30600 MP 01/07/2002 01/16/2002 GP
MOTION - MISC M 20404 98034798 80303 MP 09/17/1998 09/23/1998 DS
CRIMINAL ATTEMPT FELONY 98 12019 98034798 21001 MP 10/06/1998 10/16/1998 GP
CRIMINAL TRESPASS 98 02524 97046575 21094 MP 02/26/1998 04/28/1998 GP
CRIMINAL TRESPASS 98 02523 97036747 21094 MP 02/26/1998 04/28/1998 GP
DISORDERLY CONDUCT 98 02522 97036747 21173 MP 02/26/1998 04/28/1998 GP
ASSAULT M 98 02521 97050806 21011 SO 02/26/1998 04/28/1998 GP
VANDALISM $500 OR LESS 98 02520 97050806 21098 SO 02/26/1998 04/28/1998 GP
BURGLARY 91 08969 91180034 21091 MP 09/12/1991 01/07/1992 GP


Andre Elliott rni 36947 - rearrested on 4/21/08 173rd time
m/b 44 y/o

ROBBERY W9700876 97039251 21024 MP 10/03/1997 10/09/1997 GP
CRIMINAL ATTEMPT FELONY 94 05979 94197107 21001 MP 07/07/1994 10/02/1995 GP
THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS 90 02958 89322049 21040 MP 03/13/1990 06/04/1990 GP
BREAK INTO ENTER AND BURGLARIZE VEH 87 00388 86325709 10039 MP 01/23/1987

03/19/1987 GP
CRIMINAL COURT CHARGES:
ROBBERY 87 00385 86325709 10270 MP 01/23/1987 03/19/1987 GP
BURGLARY - BUILDING 04 00162 3130900 30608 MP 01/08/2004 04/15/2004 GP
THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS 02 03879 1141663 21040 MP 05/09/2002 02/05/2003 NP
THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS 02 03879 1141663 21040 MP 05/09/2002 02/05/2003 GP
THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS 02 03879 1141663 21040 MP 05/09/2002 12/17/2002 FJ

A bullet goes to rising star - soon to be thug o tha week:

KENNETH RUSSELL 78338
m/b 47 y/o with 98 stays in the county jail

BURGLARY W9801067 98037463 21091 MP 11/03/98 03/10/00 GR
BURGLARY W9801067 98037463 21091 MP 11/03/98 11/10/98 GP
BURGLARY W9801067 98037463 21091 MP 11/03/98 05/30/00 DS
BURGLARY III 86 05678 86210702 10033 MP 10/30/86 07/16/87 GP

Thug of the Week 4-17-2008

Verna Newman rni# 49236, f/w arrested 166 times in Shelby County is now in jail again. This time, she was apparently arrested on a Capias, or warrant. The JSSI system gives no information on her, other than her next court date which is 5/1/2008.

Based on her litany of charges and convictions over the past 20 years, you could say she is, or has been, a: disorderly, drug-dealing, escaping, failing, resisting, thieving, driving, indecent, obstructing, violating, contemptible, vandalizing, manufacturing, forging, pedestrian, soliciting, prostitute.

MPD Press Release on RTCC

Brothers - MPD Major, Jim Harvey (technology manager),on the left and MPD Technical Consultant, John Harvey - on the right, give the media a rundown on the capabilities of the new RTCC.



MEDIA RELEASE April 16, 2008
MPD UNVEILS REAL TIME CRIME CENTER

The Memphis Police Department announced the opening of its Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), a high-tech facility that will be used to identify crime patterns in real time and provide valuable information to police on the scene of an incident.

Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the Command Staff unveiled the Real Time Crime Center during a press conference at 3:30 pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Also, present at the news conference was Major Jim Harvey (Technology Manager), Sergeant Ken Shackleford (Enterprise Security Manager) and the RTCC’s technical consultant, Mr. John Harvey.


The Memphis Police Department announced the opening of its Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), a high-tech facility that will be used to identify crime patterns in real time and provide valuable information to police on the scene of an incident.

Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the Command Staff unveiled the Real Time Crime Center during a press conference at 3:30 pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Also, present at the news conference was Major Jim Harvey (Technology Manager), Sergeant Ken Shackleford (Enterprise Security Manager) and the RTCC’s technical consultant, Mr. John Harvey.

“This is a major accomplishment in the city that will make a big difference in how police fight crime,” said Police Director Larry Godwin. “Its powerful technology, combined with the Blue CRUSH™ initiative will make Memphis a safer city.”

The plans for opening a real-time crime center here in the city were launched after a visit to the New York Police Department’s ultra-modern crime center by Director Godwin in December 2006.
Last week, Mayor W.W. Herenton and Director Godwin took a glimpse for the first time inside the Real Time Crime Center upon its final test to deliver real-time data.

“I was impressed with what I saw during my tour of the Real Time Crime Center. This use of technology will help us expedite the way we prevent and fight crime in Memphis. It also sends a message to those who have committed a crime or thinking about committing a crime in Memphis to think twice,” said Mayor W.W. Herenton.

An important component of the RTCC will be CyberWatch, which was developed by the Memphis Police Department to provide useful information to the citizens to make our neighborhoods safer. Citizens who register with MPD’s CyberWatch program can receive daily email reports about reported crimes, sex offenders, and fugitives in a designated reporting radius based on an address or intersection. An individual can email the investigator about a particular case and send a tip to Crime Stoppers.

The RTCC’s technical consultant, Mr. John Harvey said, “To those who want to be a criminal, you've been given fair warning.”

QUICK FACTS on the Memphis Police Department REAL TIME CRIME CENTER:

•RTCC will be completely staffed and operational by Memphis in May.
•RTCC staff members will be highly-skilled police officers.
•The center will be opened 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
•The crime center was built at the cost of less than 3.5 million dollars.
•$1.6 million of the $3.5 million is grant funded.
•RTCC is equipped with forty-two (42) 50” rear-projection display screens and twenty (20) computer work stations.
•The video wall can process multiple video signals to include broadcast and cable channels, live real-time CCTV video and computer displays.
•The computerized crime center will allow RTCC staff members to search several databases to obtain information on a particular location, person or vehicle within minutes instead of several hours or days.
•The Real Time Crime Center will be the core component of the MPD’s continuous homeland security efforts with connection to the State Fusion Center.
•The crime center’s video surveillance system will monitor gunshot detection cameras that automatically detect gunshots, alert police of the location and aid investigators with forensic details.
•Audio and video surveillance can be monitored and recorded at the RTCC with 360 degree camera coverage and up to several thousand feet utilizing the “SkyCop” camera system.
•Linked to the RTCC will be “Fixed and Mobile License Plate Recognition” cameras with capabilities of reading and detecting license plates of vehicles that are stolen, associated with a felony crime or wanted party, or connected to a broadcast such as an Amber Alert.
•Disparate video surveillances at city and county schools, college campuses and parking garages can be monitored at the RTCC.
•Citizens and businesses will be able to register their web cameras with the RTCC, so the MPD can access and view them if necessary.
•The RTCC will facilitate inter-agency cooperation by allowing other law enforcement agencies to send officers to be trained to use the RTCC’s technology. Any law enforcement agency within the Memphis Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) will be able to use the facility and its resources.
•The RTCC will have a “public access” Crime Ticker that will scroll the previous 24 hours of reported crime, which will be updated every 10 minutes. This data will not be in real time for public view, due to security issues.
•The RTCC will run automated, computerized searches, which will pre-package research information relative to: people, places, and things which are the focus of criminal investigations. That package will then be forwarded to an analyst for further research.
•The webpage prototype for Memphis Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center’s can be viewed by the public at https://kiosk.memphispolice.org/realtime/.
•To register for CyberWatch, log on to the Memphis Police Department website at www.memphispolice.org.

Blue CRUSH™ is a data-driven initiative utilized by the Memphis Police Department, developed in partnership with the University of Memphis Center of Criminology and Research.

Visit the RTCC website at https://kiosk.memphispolice.org/realtime/

It's Real and It's time to show off the RTCC

We've finally opened the doors to the RTCC to let the media in so you can see what we are doing. Here's a link to our prototype Webpage

Memphis Police Department's RTCC

I'll be talking about some of the capabilities we are developing as time goes by, but for right now, take a look at some of the pictures at the bottom of the page and you'll get a little bit of a clue.

Super Drunk Strikes Again

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This week's "Thug of the Week" is really just a drunk. Unlike most of the previous thugs, he has never been arrested for selling drugs, robbing, burglarizing, aggravated assault, etc. However, he is a "drunk's drunk". Kirby Moore is a male, white, 55 y/o who has been arrested 108 times - all over town, but mostly downtown, midtown and east. What do we do with such a person? They are prone to harrass people every day, they are opportunistic criminals, so he would steal something, if given an opportunity. They cannot be assimilated into the community, so the court throws them back into the streets to torture the taxpaying citizens.

Kirby has been arrested at least four times at Schnucks, where he has been told he isn't welcome. Other businesses have also signed letters on file informing Kirby that they don't want his kind around there! I'm sorry, but I think guys like this are just professional drunks and the state should house them in a workshop where they do for the taxpayer. They could make license plates, clean the roads, etc., but they don't need to be released. Where would the cutoff be, 10 convictions, 20, 50 . . . .?

click to enlarge the arrest locations map for Kirby Moore rni#20149


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Yeehah, Happy 100th!

This week, I'm afraid I have to wonder why the MPD would want to mistreat one of our citizens. I mean here we have a guy who life has dealt a bad hand, and he can't seem to get over, I mean, get by. Percy Edwards was sitting there in his wheelchair, minding his own business, and a case of beer that someone had slipped underneath his blankie, when the po po happened upon him. In all seriousness, I do have mixed feelings on this week's thug. I mean, how can you lock a man in a wheelchair up? Well, I don't know how Percy got where he is, but I'm a firm believer that everyone is the author of their own destruction. Maybe Percy can be a role model for today's youth. He could be the model of what not to do, or he could be an example of a guy who never got a break....

If it weren't for the long rap sheet and the felony arrests for things like oh, let's see. . . grand larceny, selling drugs, assault, etc., maybe I would feel a little compassion for Percy. What I feel is contempt of court. How did the court system fail so miserably? How is it that ANYONE can be arrested 10 times, let alone 100 times? I think it's because the courts and the prosecutors are not using the full force of the law on the repeat offenders on steroids!

Oh well, congratulations are in order for Percy, despite all his trouble. You see, Percy just hit his 100th arrest, which qualifies him for "Thug of the Week"

Here's the affidavit for your reading pleasure:

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Bookno Arrdate Agency Charge
95186019 11/7/1995 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
7708092 10/25/2007 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
6601184 7/11/2006 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
5105735 5/3/2005 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
4139396 4/19/2005 SO ASSAULT-BODILY HARM
95051120 9/12/1995 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
95051120 9/12/1995 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
89298166 9/19/1989 SO SELLING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
85164049 6/14/1985 SO GRAND LARCENY
85164049 6/14/1985 SO GRAND LARCENY
8109021 3/19/2008 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
8109021 3/19/2008 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
7133579 9/18/2007 MP FAIL TO APPEAR FOR BOOKING/PROCESS
7715205 8/25/2007 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
7126594 7/27/2007 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
7120788 6/11/2007 MP FAIL TO APPEAR FOR BOOKING/PROCESS
7708092 5/15/2007 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
7107372 3/4/2007 MP DISORDERLY CONDUCT
7107372 3/4/2007 MP OBSTRUCT HIGHWAY OR PASSAGEWAY
6140293 12/25/2006 MP VANDALISM $500.00-$1000.00
6140293 12/25/2006 MP DOMESTIC ASSAULT-OFFENSIVE CONTACT
6136064 12/12/2006 SO FAIL TO APPEAR FOR BOOKING/PROCESS
6136064 11/15/2006 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
6650219 9/20/2006 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
6123317 8/5/2006 SO FAIL TO APPEAR FOR BOOKING/PROCESS
6123317 8/4/2006 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
6123317 8/4/2006 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
6123317 8/4/2006 MP DISORDERLY CONDUCT
6633159 6/16/2006 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
6114353 5/13/2006 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
6109178 3/27/2006 MP FAIL TO APPEAR FOR BOOKING/PROCESS
6100383 1/4/2006 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
6601184 1/3/2006 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
5134184 11/6/2005 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
5110036 4/1/2005 SO THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
5105735 2/21/2005 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
4139396 12/28/2004 SO ASSAULT-BODILY HARM
4139396 12/27/2004 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
4139396 12/27/2004 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
4137590 12/5/2004 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
4920163 9/30/2004 SO VIOLATION OF PROBATION M
4121378 7/10/2004 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
4112085 4/20/2004 SO ASSAULT-BODILY HARM
4112085 4/19/2004 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
4100342 1/4/2004 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
4100342 1/4/2004 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
4100342 1/4/2004 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
3136865 12/23/2003 SO CONTEMPT OF COURT-GENERAL LAW
3136865 12/12/2003 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
3133528 11/10/2003 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
3126440 9/8/2003 MP POSS OF CONT SUBSTANCE
3110177 3/22/2003 SO ASSAULT-BODILY HARM
3102391 1/23/2003 MP FAIL TO APPEAR FOR BOOKING/PROCESS
2662233 12/17/2002 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
2110123 3/27/2002 MP FORGERY $1000 OR LESS
2110123 3/27/2002 MP CRIMINAL ATTEMPT FELONY-MISDEMEANOR
2109239 3/20/2002 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
1138414 11/13/2001 SO CONTEMPT OF COURT-GENERAL LAW
1138414 11/13/2001 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
1128611 8/26/2001 SO PUBLIC INTOXICATION
1128611 8/26/2001 SO THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
1127877 8/20/2001 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
1117104 5/20/2001 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
1117104 5/20/2001 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
146968 9/24/2000 MP FAIL TO APPEAR FOR BOOKING/PROCESS
639772 8/13/2000 MP POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCEM
136238 7/14/2000 MP CONTEMPT OF COURT-GENERAL LAW
135004 7/6/2000 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
99163202 12/10/1999 SO VIOLATION OF PROBATION M
99163202 11/30/1999 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
99159612 11/9/1999 SO PASSING BAD CHECKS $500 OR LESS
99157432 10/29/1999 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
99644579 9/11/1999 SO POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCEM
99136597 7/16/1999 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
99136597 7/16/1999 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
99136597 7/16/1999 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
98062150 12/9/1998 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
98057251 11/11/1998 MP FAIL TO APPEAR FOR BOOKING/PROCESS
98635628 9/9/1998 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
98027147 6/1/1998 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
98027147 6/1/1998 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
98021005 4/25/1998 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
98021005 4/25/1998 MP DISORDERLY CONDUCT
98006194 2/4/1998 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
98005292 1/30/1998 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
97042205 8/20/1997 SO ESCAPE FROM MISD INCARCERATION
97042205 8/20/1997 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
97042205 8/20/1997 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
97033462 7/4/1997 SO THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
97033462 7/4/1997 SO PUBLIC INTOXICATION
97033462 7/4/1997 SO DISORDERLY CONDUCT
97033462 7/4/1997 SO VANDALISM $500 OR LESS
97618505 6/9/1997 SO FRAUD USE CRE/DEB CARD $500 OR LESS
97017358 4/11/1997 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
97008853 2/22/1997 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
96435835 12/12/1996 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
96435835 12/12/1996 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
96435835 12/12/1996 MP ASSAULT M
96435835 12/12/1996 MP RESISTING OFFICIAL DETENTION
96429352 10/24/1996 SO THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
95142009 5/22/1995 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
95142009 5/22/1995 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
95051120 2/20/1995 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
94182069 7/1/1994 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
94171163 6/20/1994 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
94171163 6/20/1994 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
94164110 6/13/1994 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
93272137 9/29/1993 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
93272137 9/29/1993 MP EVADING ARREST
93124039 5/4/1993 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
93124039 5/4/1993 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
93070099 3/11/1993 MP DISORDERLY CONDUCT
92342060 12/7/1992 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
92342060 12/7/1992 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
92324033 11/19/1992 MP THEFT OF SERVICES $500 OR LESS
92324033 11/19/1992 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
92218100 8/5/1992 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
92193103 7/11/1992 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
92190716 7/8/1992 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
92145080 5/24/1992 MP THEFT OF MERCHANDISE $500 OR LESS
92011127 1/11/1992 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
92011127 1/11/1992 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
91289171 10/16/1991 MP SOLICITATION TO COMMIT FELONY
91289171 10/16/1991 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
91272010 9/29/1991 MP THEFT OF SERVICES $500 OR LESS
91200019 7/19/1991 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
90257043 9/14/1990 MP RECKLESS DRIVING
90257043 9/14/1990 MP REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO BAC TEST
90257043 9/14/1990 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY OVER $500
90257043 9/14/1990 MP DRIVING U/INFLUENCE INTOX/DRUGS
90257043 9/14/1990 MP PUBLIC INTOXICATION
90257043 9/14/1990 MP NO DRIVER LICENSE
90257043 9/14/1990 MP THEFT OF PROPERTY $500 OR LESS
90209050 7/28/1990 MP FRAUDULENT USE OF DRIVER LICENSE
89206108 7/25/1989 MP FRD TO OBTAIN ACCOM OVER $200
89206108 7/25/1989 MP FRD TO OBTAIN ACCOM $200 OR LESS
89206108 7/25/1989 MP MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
89069102 3/10/1989 SO SHOPLIFTING M
89069102 3/10/1989 SO ASSAULT & BATTERY
87233115 8/21/1987 MP SHOPLIFTING M
86055020 2/24/1986 SO VIOLATION OF PROBATION M
86013057 1/13/1986 SO SHOPLIFTING M
85108001 4/18/1985 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
85108001 4/18/1985 MP CONTEMPT OF COURT-GENERAL LAW
85079111 3/20/1985 MP CRIMINAL TRESPASS
85079111 3/20/1985 MP DISTURBANCE OF PEACE