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For one year, Memphis police officer April Leatherwood lived in the shadows of Memphis crime. Leatherwood was deep undercover, posing as a junkie, Summer Smith. But buying drugs and busting dealers was only part of her job. She also had to gain their trust.
Hollywood hits home this week with the nationwide theatrical release of "The Blind Side," the remarkable true life story of a Mid-South family and its adopted son. The story became a New York Times bestseller before being turned into a movie.
It's one of many products that promises quick results in the battle of the bulge. It's called "Sensa" and it claims to reduce your cravings. All you do is sprinkle crystals over your food.
Action News 5's Chief Consumer Investigator Andy Wise illustrates how an innocent donation can become an embarrassing security threat.
Nigerian money scams are some of the oldest tricks on the internet. But now it seems the crooks are not just targeting your pocket book. They're now going after your heart.
A potential danger may be lurking in some pet products. The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating at least 70 popular over the counter and veterinarian prescribed flea and tick products. The focus is on topical insecticides you apply to the back of your pet's neck.
The Action News 5 Investigators have uncovered new details in the murder of a Memphis police officer. It's a crime that involves an accused teenage killer, a veteran cop and sexually explicit photographs that may have triggered everything.
They're filthy, disgusting, and sometimes it seems like they are everywhere: rats. Action News 5 began asking questions about rodent control months ago, after a Memphis City Council member suggested adding a 75 cent fee to your monthly MLGW bill.
As former head of security for Memphis City Schools, John Britt was a daily fixture on television newscasts. Then he became news, when he was convicted in 2004 of trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife and mother-in-law. Friday, Britt will make his case for a new trial, after losing an appeal several years ago.
A Courtland, MS, woman is the poster child for clueless victims of notorious lottery/check scams.
Police say Curtis Vance of Marianna, Arkansas is the man responsible for the brutal murder of KATV anchor Anne Pressly. But Sheanika Cooper, Vance's girlfriend and mother of his three children, says police have the wrong man.
Action News 5's Chief Consumer Investigator Andy Wise investigates how putting these no-no's on plastic might hurt your credit score.
Home break-ins are the number-one crime across the Mid-South, and the easiest way into your home is likely through a broken window. Andy Wise found a product that may make your windows unbreakable, forcing the bad guys to go somewhere else!
A warning for everyone with a computer: the Better Business Bureau says "scare-ware" attacks are on the rise.
If someone asks to borrow your cell phone, or if you leave it unattended, unless you actually watch them use it, they may be secretly grabbing every piece of information on your phone, or even deleted messages.
There have always been products designed to beat drug tests. But a hidden camera investigation reveals something many parents and business owners may not have known about.
A source inside the Memphis Fire Department says the department's evidence room is a mess, and it could lead to problems with cases.
For the first time in nearly two decades, the city of Memphis is about to have a first lady. But for Ruby Wharton, wife of Mayor-elect A C Wharton, titles mean nothing.
Andy Wise looks into a new MLGW program that promises affordable repairs, lower bills and cash back!
For the past 80 days, he's been scouring the books of the city of Memphis. And, for a better part of that time, the city's interim Chief Administrative Officer has been leading the news cycle with announcements, actions, and investigations.
Another seminar, another outsider scouting for Mid-South suckers. This time, Andy Wise holds the hotels accountable.
Linda McCluskey and her agency are in big trouble with Tennessee's top crime fighter -- and she's talking to Action News 5's Andy Wise.
At the world famous Rendezvous Restaurant in downtown Memphis, Calvin Bell has been serving up barbecue for 20 years. But what happened to Bell while he was at work recently left a bad taste in his mouth.
A close look at Memphis' take home car program from documents obtained by the Action News Five Investigators reveal that numerous city owned cars - 20 or more - are driven home. For many, it's for no other reason than a perk.
They claim to pay top dollar for your old treasures. Andy Wise puts 'em to the test and proves you better shop around.
They were TRACKED. Now two of them are TOAST, and Andy Wise could use your help in rounding up the third one.
The old car you drive every day could be the beat up ride you use to get by on the road. But many do not realize that an older car is now more at risk to be stolen than a newer model.
Cutting corners with counterfeit electrical products? Andy Wise says let him get a safe distance away before you plug 'em in.
A U.S. Army sergeant is fighting for reassignment to Memphis so he can care for his ailing mother.
Rodney Mills is a man who behind bars in Tennessee, convicted in the murder of a Memphis man nearly 15 years ago. Last month, he told Action News 5 he set up the man's wife to make it look like she was part of a murder for hire plot.
After getting a pile of complaints about "cramming" scams, a Tennessee state senator wants to regulate AT&T's relationships with third-party billing services.
Action News 5's Consumer Investigator Andy Wise wants answers on how a state agency could place job-seekers with a business that doesn't exist.
The habit of washing that gray right out of your hair or exploring whether blondes really do have more fun dates back decades. But today, there's a new trend of not so common color choices.
Security alarms protect you and your family at home and work. They're effective when they work properly, but thousands of times police are called when there's nothing wrong.
How to identify it -- and why it is NOT yet a threat in the Mid-South.
A Memphis woman convicted of hiring someone to kill her husband says she finally has the proof that could set her free, in the form of a confession from her cousin.
A South Memphis business owner says illegal snack shacks are about to put him out of business.
Veterans say what's worse than a Chinese-made American flag is where they found it -- and who displayed it.
A North Memphis man tired of fighting the weeds and wildlife that have taken over a foreclosed home across the street from his recently turned to the Action News 5 Investigators for help.
Recently, an Action News 5 viewer called to complain about what he called 'con men,' a group of men begging for money along Covington Pike, and asked if panhandling is legal.
Click here to learn how to spot the scam -- and how to become a REAL secret shopper!
Andy Wise reports a state senator from Memphis and his wife are cooperating with health officials after they launch a probe of their restaurant and catering operations.
Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton's last official day in office is Thursday, but Herenton's paychecks won't stop then.
For all his accomplishments, Ken Moody's last few months in city government were mired in controversy, when his department was blamed for a staff shortage at the Memphis Rape Crisis Center.
A Utah-based Internet training company's sales pitch has Action News 5's Andy Wise crashing the seminar.
Hackers are stealing the bulging address books of the leaders of large organizations.
Business owners along Swinnea Road between Winchester and Shelby Drive are sick of the rough ride.
These go way beyond pickpockets and cheating cabbies. Andy Wise reveals the new generation of scams just waiting to pounce on the weary traveler.
They're two women who share a common bond: a horrific day, when Kathy Ford lost her son Jermaine, and Lisa Clements lost her daughter Keisha.
Promoters of the "Zerona" laser method claim patients can shed up to nine inches with a series of six treatments. But does it work?
In your day to day life, one place you can be extremely vulnerable to attack is in a parking lot, where your hands are often full, and you can be distracted.
Neighbors seeking peace and quiet in one Mid-South community are feuding with a local farmer.
When an F-3 tornado struck Mulvane, Kansas five years ago, Steve Green saw it from a vantage point most people don't get to talk about.
Two Memphis City Council members have spent, combined, nearly $50,000 on trips to conferences and conventions over the past five years - more than 70% of all the Council's trip expenses reimbursed during that time.
SmartMart's a fully-automated, self-serve convenient store. Action News 5's Andy Wise is there when Metro DUI deputies bust it for an underage beer sale.
The Arkansas Attorney General says a Kentucky car dealership broke by doing business with the state. Now, that same dealership is cashing out on the city of Memphis.
A job scam right here in the Mid-South illustrates the perilous path of job-hunting sites.
Andy Wise reveals the danger -- and four ways to find it!
Andy Wise and the offices of Dr. Pat Clark come to the rescue of the patients abandoned by dentist Laura Dove.
Two years ago, a community was called to action, after a woman was brutally attacked inside her home near Chickasaw Gardens.
Over the past year, the Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center has deteriorated into an understaffed and overwhelmed facility. Insiders call it a public safety concern - mismanagement that reaches the top offices in Memphis city government.
Andy Wise uncovers a different breed of ambulance chaser - one who wears a scrub and lets the fingers do the walking.
Did Stanford Financial executives, now mired in an alleged multi-billion dollar investment scheme, use the power of prayer to prey on investors?
Who would win if Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton ran against Congressman Steve Cohen for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives? Action News 5 is the only station with an official poll...
Could a former Germantown doctor, indicted in Arkansas on federal weapons charges, be connected to a car bombing in West Memphis?
Neighbors say they had no idea it was there: Thousands and thousands of pieces of Tupperware - mounds and mounds of products - unearthed behind the old Tupperware plant in Halls, Tennessee.
There's a renewed push to get tough on repeat offenders in Tennessee, and the repeat offender problem in Memphis is bigger than you may have imagined.
If you think your home is safe just because the door is locked, think again. Bad guys may be able to slip into your house with very little effort, by trying something called "lock bumping."
Take turns weighing in on the issues of the day with WMC-TV General Manager Lee Meredith.
Find find out which restaurants scored low and which made the High 5 during recent inspections.
A collection of some of the most jaw dropping police dashcam video you've ever seen.
