Friday, September 10 2010 12:00 PM EDT2010-09-10 17:00:17 GMT
A federal judge has rejected a request for a new trial for an Arkansas doctor convicted of planning a bombing outside the home of the state medical board chairman.More >>
Monday, August 9 2010 5:45 PM EDT2010-08-09 22:45:53 GMT
An Arkansas doctor accused of seeking revenge on a state medical board that repeatedly disciplined him was found guilty Monday of masterminding a homemade bomb attack that disfigured and partially blinded the board's chairman.More >>
Thursday, June 20 2013 12:05 AM EDT2013-06-20 04:05:36 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Fire Director is inflamed about the budget plan to slash 400 city jobs. He warns public safety will be impacted. The plan calls for cutting some 400 positions, through attritionMore >>
The Memphis Fire Director is not happy about the budget plan to slash 400 city jobs. He warns public safety will be impacted. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:33 PM EDT2013-06-20 02:33:16 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Some Shelby County residents experienced a sudden storm complete with pouring rain, winds, and hail. According to Action News 5 meteorologists, isolated showers are still possible over theMore >>
Some Shelby County residents experienced a sudden storm complete with pouring rain, winds, and hail. According to Action News 5 meteorologists, isolated showers are still possible over the next couple of hours but some areas will remain dry.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:40 PM EDT2013-06-20 01:40:13 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Paychecks for all teachers in DeSoto County Schools are expected to be fatter next year, without making taxpayer pockets any lighter. DeSoto County School Board President Ann Jolley told ActionMore >>
Paychecks for all teachers in DeSoto County Schools are expected to be fatter, without making taxpayer pockets any lighter.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:34 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:34:41 GMT
(WMC-TV) - As the Memphis City Council spends hours deciding on a way to solve the city's budget crisis, appetites are sure to grow. Everyone has to eat right? But who should be paying for it? ActionMore >>
As the Memphis City Council spends hours deciding on a way to solve the city's budget crisis, appetites are sure to grow.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:31 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:31:05 GMT
(WMC TV) - The Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South and the Tennessee Secretary of State confirmed a mailing that appears to be a corporate tax notice from a company named Corporate Records ServiceMore >>
An unsolicited request for annual report fees is actually a scam.More >>
WEST MEMPHIS, AR (WMC-TV) - On February 4, 2009, a homemade bomb exploded in the driveway of a West Memphis home, severely injuring Arkansas State Medical Board chair Dr. Trent Pierce.
Grover Crossland with the Arkansas division of the ATF said it is one of the biggest cases the agency has ever investigated.
"I personally, in 45 years in law enforcement, never have utilized this many investigative techniques in any case I have ever worked," said Crossland. "Bar none."
Within hours of the explosion, investigators set their sites on another Arkansas doctor, Dr. Randeep Mann, a doctor who had been previously disciplined by Pierce.
Court documents revealed ATF agents questioned Mann the same day the bomb exploded. Exactly one month later, agents arrested Mann for unlawfully possessing 40-millimeter high explosive grenades at his home near Russellville, Arkansas.
Investigators said it was a grenade that blew up in Pierce's driveway. Within months of their discovery, Mann was charged Mann with masterminding the attack, but not planting the bomb.
"We're not alleging that Dr. Mann actually, physically set the device," said Crossland. "He has an alibi that we have checked out."
This leaves many asking who placed the bomb in Pierce's driveway.
"We had witnesses that saw certain things but did not see the bomb or the bomber," said Crossland. "We do have an unidentified co-conspirator in this case."
Testimony during Mann's trial revealed that Mann approached several inmates at Pulaski County Detention Center and asked them to finish the job. He considered the bombing of Pierce a botched job.
In court documents obtained by Action News 5, one of those inmates testified Mann offered him $50,000 to finish the job because, "Dan didn't do it right the first time."
There is a Dan associated with the case. Kundan Mann is Randeep Mann's son, though there is no evidence directly linking him to the bombing.
Action News 5 went to the Mann home in Russellville, Arkansas to speak to Kundan Mann. After some discussion, his mother, Sangeeta Mann, asked the reporter to leave.
Investigators would not say if they ever talked to Kundan Mann. He has not been charged with anything.
"We're really working on it aggressively in trying to identify the perpetrator and trying to build the evidence on him to prosecute," said Crossland.
Until the actual bomber is arrested, the case is still open.
A judge denied Randeep Mann's request for a new trial earlier this month. Investigators said in court Pierce received death threats in the weeks after the explosion from someone threatening to finish the job.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:44 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:44:40 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Thousands of people from across the country took to swimming pools Tuesday in an attempt to beat the world record for the world's largest swimming lesson. The City of Memphis joined in theMore >>
Thousands of people from across the country took to swimming pools Tuesday in an attempt to beat the world record for the world's largest swimming lesson.More >>
Thursday, June 20 2013 2:51 AM EDT2013-06-20 06:51:04 GMT
Employees of a U-Haul rental dealership are stunned to discover they've been robbed, and the crime has put over a dozen vehicles out of service. One of the most valuable parts of the vehicle was missingMore >>
Employees of a U-Haul rental dealership are stunned to discover they've been robbed, and the crime has put over a dozen vehicles out of service. One of the most valuable parts of the vehicle was missingMore >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:18 PM EDT2013-06-20 03:18:30 GMT
(RNN) - Celebrity chef and southern food connoisseur Paula Deen was back in a controversial spotlight Wednesday, alleged of using racial slurs as jokes in her restaurants in front of employees. AccordingMore >>
Celebrity chef and southern food connoisseur Paula Deen was back in a controversial spotlight Wednesday, alleged of using racial slurs as jokes in her restaurants in front of employees.More >>
Thursday, June 20 2013 12:05 AM EDT2013-06-20 04:05:36 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Fire Director is inflamed about the budget plan to slash 400 city jobs. He warns public safety will be impacted. The plan calls for cutting some 400 positions, through attritionMore >>
The Memphis Fire Director is not happy about the budget plan to slash 400 city jobs. He warns public safety will be impacted. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:33 PM EDT2013-06-20 02:33:16 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Some Shelby County residents experienced a sudden storm complete with pouring rain, winds, and hail. According to Action News 5 meteorologists, isolated showers are still possible over theMore >>
Some Shelby County residents experienced a sudden storm complete with pouring rain, winds, and hail. According to Action News 5 meteorologists, isolated showers are still possible over the next couple of hours but some areas will remain dry.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:47 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:47:49 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Time is running out for more than 100 cats at Memphis' Mewtopia Cat Rescue to find homes. Staffers at the rescue shelter are scrambling to find another place to house its animals after losingMore >>
An organization famous for rescuing cats is now in need of a rescue of its own.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:29 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:29:19 GMT
NEW WEST MINISTER, CANADA (WAVE) - A second grader with a disability was seemingly shunned during a class picture. For Anne Belanger, the photo was completely unacceptable. Her son, Miles, was pushedMore >>
A second grader with a disability was seemingly shunned during a photo shoot at his elementary school.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:10 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:10:15 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Bartlett police officer is under investigation for assaulting his own wife Sunday, according to officials. Quentin Crowley was arrested after a verbal altercation that turned physical. HeMore >>
Two Bartlett police officers are off the job and under investigation for suspected abuse.More >>
Friday, February 22 2013 7:21 PM EST2013-02-23 00:21:03 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Sold out! That is the word on tickets to hear one of the stars of Duck Dynasty speak in Memphis this spring. The bearded brotherhood is the most popular family in reality TV right now but oneMore >>
Who could have predicted that excess facial hair would become a phenomenon drawing nearly 4 million TV viewers?
That is the reality for Duck Dynasty. But believe it or not, one family member is missing from the series... until now. More >>
Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer.More >>
Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after a more than two-year battle with prostate...More >>
