CrimeStoppers February Newsletter

February 2020

CrimeStoppers tip leads to arrest of eight individuals on various charges

The call came to the CrimeStoppers tips line on January 13, 2020.

The anonymous citizen said a fugitive from justice named Camron Guy, officially wanted on charges of carjacking and aggravated robbery, could be found in an old warehouse building on Firestone Avenue in north Memphis.

As always, the tipster was thanked, given a secret tip number for later identification when an award is approved, then the information was passed to an arrest team.

When officers arrived at the address on Firestone, the tip proved valuable indeed.

Besides Guy, several people were inside the building preparing to shoot a music video. Also inside —in plain sight — were various stashes of illicit drugs, handy for use or for selling.

The result of this particular CrimeStoppers call to 528-CASH: a total of eight individuals were arrested on various charges. Cash award approved for payment: $600.

9 ^th Annual Night At Theatre Event

scheduled at Playhouse in May

Save this date on your calendars: Friday night, May 15, 2020.

That is the night when CrimeStoppers will get the full house at Playhouse On The Square for our annual theatrical fundraising event. The evening is sponsored by Friends of CrimeStoppers who offset the night’s cost and buy tickets or pay to send a police officer and guest for a night of dining and entertainment.

The show this year is Little Shop of Horrors .

Tickets are available now online - and watch for an invitation in the mail, too.

Guns are replacing honks, rude gestures in growing number

of road rage incidents

Law enforcement personnel blame new Tennessee state laws allowing guns in cars, at least in part, for continuing problems with car break-ins as well as road-rage shootings on the interstate system in and around Memphis.

More guns are being kept in cars, too often unsecured by locks, so parked cars are inviting targets for burglars. Although the number of car thefts went down in 2019 over the previous year, the statistics over four years is up.

Guns being handy in cars — some of which may be stolen — also can lead to gunplay in road-rage incidents, say Memphis Police officials. There were at least 45 shootings on the interstate system in Memphis and Shelby County in 2019. By the end of January already six incidents were recorded on police annals.

The lack of cameras with long-term recordings on the Interstate system make it doubly hard to investigate the highway shootings. Alert citizens who get even a partial license plate number can help fight the deadly trend.

CrimeStoppers

by the numbers

The CrimeStoppers Awards Committee of the board of directors awarded $9,550 to 25 citizen tipsters in January cases.

The tips led to 33 arrests and 33 cases cleared. The tips included valuable location information on a man wanted for reckless homicide and another man sought in a first degree murder case.

Tips also led to arrests for aggravated assault in three domestic violence cases, and one especially aggravated robbery and kidnapping case in which a victim was lured to a location and tortured for his credit card PIN.

The statistics show that CrimeStoppers has gotten off to a strong start in 2020.

Websites continue

to build awareness

CrimeStoppers and its many programs are explained - and the public is engaged - in various places on the internet

Our main website explains the organization's purpose, and keeps count on major cases in which police need help from citizens -

crimestopmem.org

A companion site helps students keep their schools safer - trustpays.org

Senior citizens who are afraid or otherwise need help can find information they can use at another site - seniorbsafe.org

Spanish-speaking citizens can learn about CrimeStoppers on a fourth site - pagoconfidencial.org

Because the theft of copper and other metals has become a major problem in the metro area we launched CopperStoppers -

copperstoppersmemphis.com

Now the public can view the list of current fugitives, including photos on our newest site -

memphismostwanted.org