Though it’s a little more than a five-hour drive from Memphis to Hamilton County, Tennessee, we some of the same problems with rogue cops more likely to bend or break the law than they are to prevent crime. We read recently of Hamilton County Sheriff's Office...
Memphis man faces statutory rape by authority figure charge
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | Nov 15, 2019 | Sex Crimes
Tennessee law contains four different types of statutory rape charges. According to news reports, a 62-year-old Memphis man is facing the most serious of the four: statutory rape by an authority figure. The Frayser man is accused of raping a teenager. WREG-TV reports...
Former NBA player arrested on Tennessee sex crime charges
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | Nov 6, 2019 | Sex Crimes
Like many aspiring entertainers before him, Jim Farmer moved to Tennessee in hopes of launching a country music career. In Farmer’s case, he tried Nashville after spending several seasons in the NBA in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. The former University...
Sex crime sting results in arrests of Tennessee pair, others
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | Sep 18, 2019 | Sex Crimes
The sting operation carried out by law enforcement officials resulted in two dozen arrests in a far-flung area that includes Tennessee, Wisconsin, Florida, Kansas, Georgia and Kentucky. Suspects have been charged with a variety of sex crimes, including distribution of...
Police: Tennessee hotel clerk sexually assaulted during robbery
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | Jan 11, 2019 | Sex Crimes
Law enforcement officials east of Memphis said two men were recently arrested after they allegedly robbed a suburban Nashville hotel at gunpoint and sexually assaulted a female clerk there. According to a news report, the two men, 26 years old and 25 years old, each...
Police: Revenge porn-related arrests on the rise in Memphis
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | Oct 25, 2018 | Sex Crimes
A detective with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office’s sex crimes unit says the department is increasingly dealing with revenge porn allegations. While some people might think of revenge porn as a form of justice for a former lover, law enforcement does not...
Tennessee man accused of exposing himself to co-worker
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | Sep 23, 2018 | Sex Crimes
If you drive northeast of Memphis for about three hours, you will come to the suburban Nashville town of Fairview. A man there has been accused of a sex crime after a female co-worker alleged that he exposed himself to her in the workplace. The man manages a Fairview...
Tennessee pastor gets judicial diversion rather than prison
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | Sep 9, 2018 | Sex Crimes
As everyone knows, we all make mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes lead to criminal charges that can result in punishment. In many cases, society is better served by allowing those who acknowledge a mistake to learn from it and rebuild their lives. That is what is...
Report: major violent crimes continues to drop in Memphis
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | Aug 3, 2018 | Sex Crimes
According to a recent report from the Memphis-Shelby Crime Commission, major violent crime in the city and county decreased over the first six months of the year when compared to totals from 2017. All four types of crime in the major violent crime category declined...
Tennessee men arrested on sex crimes charges
On behalf of Jack P. Sherman Attorney at Law | May 23, 2018 | Sex Crimes
If you drive for about five hours east of Memphis on Interstate 40, you will arrive in Cookville. While not everyone is familiar with the city of about 30,000, it’s the largest community in Putnam County. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation recently announced...
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