Former Memphis officer gets 1 year in prison for a car crash that killed 2 people in 2021

MEMPHIS (AP) — A former police officer must serve one year in prison in a car crash that killed two people while he was off duty in Memphis, Tennessee, court records showed Tuesday.

Antonio Marshall, 29, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the 2021 crash that killed Travis Parham, 19, and Wallace Morris, 42.

Marshall was sentenced to five years in prison, with four years of the term suspended, court documents showed. He also must serve four years of probation.

The Memphis Police Department had said Marshall was off-duty and driving his Dodge Charger 99 mph when he hit the Pontiac Bonneville with Parham and Morris inside.

The collision split the Bonneville in half.

Five seconds before the crash, Marshall was going 114 mph on a street where the speed limit was 45 mph, police said.

A judge had ordered a mental evaluation for Marshall. At the time, Marshall’s lawyer said he was “crushed and devastated for the families of the victims.”

Newport man reports robbery of home under renovation

A Newport man renovating his property reported more than $2,000 in equipment stolen from the residence.

George Allen told Newport police that he had just arrived at his property after being away for some time and found it broken into.

Allen said when he arrived, he found two people in the residence and that when asked them what was going on, they fled. Allen said a red air compressor worth $1,800 and a propane heater with four tanks worth $350 were missing.

Allen told police he thought he might have known the suspects and disclosed their names. It appeared to Allen that the people had been staying on the residence because there was a pizza box and other personal items in the house.

The total loss Allen suffered was calculated to be around $2,550.

Carson-Newman University earns multiple honors at national convention

Carson-Newman University earned multiple awards at this year’s Gamma Sigma Sigma service sorority’s national convention.

Carson-Newman students Caly Baker and Katlyn Jordan represented C-N’s Gamma Pi chapter, which earned Outstanding Chapter in its District, Mountain Mover Award and Most Spirited.

Carson-Newman also won the March of Babies service competition.

Individually, Jordan earned the Serve 100 award, Outstanding Collegiate, Doreece Hines Emerging Leader Award, and Lynne Mowers Outstanding Leadership Award. District 5 Director and 2018 C-N alumna Amanda McCann noted this year’s showing was the most awards earned by C-N’s chapter in its 54-year history.