CrimeStoppers announces its first

$4,000 award in a murder case

Not long after announcing CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County doubled its base award in murders, a first $4,000 award was approved in the killing of Quinton Donald on Sunday, April 9, 2023.

The incident occurred at the Royal King store on Raines Road. Video footage at the store showed three men shooting Donald with handguns before fleeing. Soon, a CrimeStoppers tipster identified one of the men as John Jackson. The tip led to a first-degree murder charge and he was arrested in Greenwood, Mississippi by the U.S. Marshall’s Office.

The case was one of 43 felony cases brought before the CrimeStoppers Awards Committee which met August 7. A record $25,200 was approved in payments for the month, including the $4,000 award for murder.

Other cases included the aggravated kidnapping and rape of a young child, four attempted murders and various other crimes.

“CrimeStoppers continues to do what it does every day – inviting members of the community to participate in solving felony crimes and bringing felons to justice,” said David Wayne Brown, director of CrimeStoppers.

Sign up for Golf Tournament

at Windyke C.C. September 18

The annual CrimeStoppers Golf Tournament returns September 18, 2023 at Windyke Country Club and this is a great opportunity for businesses to support CrimeStoppers through sponsorships and/or golf teams.

To check out sponsorships here . To sign up a team:

Sponsors so far – and we are grateful for each - include Phelps Security, Dillard Companies, FedEx, two Anonymous donors, Herbi-Systems, Cheers Spirits, Radian Partners, Splash Creative, Old Dominick, Fountain Financial, Pet Hospitals, Daniel Law Firm, Crosstown Brewery, Old Waverly and Smoothie King.

Join them. Be part of the fun. And part of bringing more justice to our community.

Will the legislature do right thing

When it considers gun measures?

The Special Session of the Tennessee General Assembly begins August 21, called back by Gov. Bill Lee to address potential changes in state gun laws, with a focus on school safety in the wake of the Covenant School shooting last March. Three children and three adults were slain.

“Saying nothing, doing nothing only normalizes the insanity and tragedy of our gun-violence epidemic,” wrote Mary Powers of the Memphis local chapter of Moms Demand Action in a Facebook post.

Here are the three measures the organization supports:

1.  An extreme risk protection order bill allowing family and law enforcement to ask a judge to temporarily remove firearms from a person exhibiting dangerous behavior.

1. A safe-storage law requiring gun owners to unload and securely lock any unattended firearms in their vehicles.



1. Limiting high-capacity magazines to decrease the number of shots fired before needing to reload a weapon.

These are sensible approaches to an out-of-control gun violence situation in Tennessee cities.