Friends of CrimeStoppers report crime and support crime-fighting efforts

The story of CrimeStoppers’s success can be put into two words: report and support.

The thousands of citizens who report by calling, texting or emailing us with tips throughout the

year help us help police authorities charge hundreds of criminals, make as many arrests and clear felony

crime cases. The number of successful tips – containing information that led to warrants and arrests – hit a record high this year.

Many more citizens do not have information on specific crimes but still make a difference by

supporting us through donations.

Both actions are vital to solving crimes, cracking down on criminals and start the process of reducing crime in our community. Please help our nonprofit this year. You can support us with a digital gift online – here – or send a check to CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County, 600 Jefferson Ave., Suite 451, Memphis, TN 38105. You will receive an acknowledgement.

Report and support.

Both keep us going.

A $7,500 award is offered in series

of City Gear smash-and-grab break-ins

Memphis, TN – A $7,500 CrimeStoppers extra award has been posted in a series of smash and grab burglaries that hit City Gear and Hibbett stores in the area this year. 

One incident occurred on Lamar Avenue around 9 p.m. November 24 when burglars in several cars smashed through a window and carted away thousands of dollars in goods. Burglars hit another store a few miles away December 6. Multiple Memphis stores have been burglarized more than 60 times this year, according to a spokesperson with parent company Hibbett, Inc., based in Birmingham, Alabama.

“We are doing everything we can to prevent these burglaries,” the company said. “We have experienced significant losses in merchandise and that doesn’t include all the damage to our stores.”

The company is taking several security measures for its stores, but also seeks the public’s help in catching any of the burglars.

The $7,500 award will be added to whatever normal cash award the CrimeStoppers Awards Committee will determine should be paid to any tipster who helps police make an arrest or issue a warrant for an arrest, said David Wayne Brown, executive director of CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County.

“We know plenty of people have information that could help us solve these felonies. They have seen video footage, or they know people who suddenly have expensive City Gear merchandise in their possession. We hope people will do the right thing and call 529-CASH (2274) with helpful tips,” Brown added.

Burglaries involving several perpetrators rushing into stores after dramatic break-ins have plagued many retail outlets throughout the country. In Memphis, stores like City Gear, Hibbett and numerous wine and liquor shops have felt the brunt of this particular type of crime.

Moms Demand Action lighting

night for peace in Memphis

A Light Up the Night for Peace service will occur at 5 p.m. Thursday December 14 at Church of the River. The event, which marks the 11^th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, is sponsored by Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America.

The night’s program, which is dedicated to ending gun violence, features Dr. Rosalyn Nichols of Freedom’s Chapel Christian Church, Rabbi Micah Greenstein of Temple Israel, Rev. Earle Fisher of Abyssinian Baptist Church and Rev. Sam Teitel of Church of the River.