According to statistics, crime is down significantly in the Bluff City since the Memphis Safe Task Force set up shop one year ago.

While the numbers are staggering – 13,140 arrests, including 135, for homicide, 1,406 for controlled substances, 1,303 for firearms violations, and 125 for sex offenses – of those arrested, 421 were juveniles, 1,461 were known gang members and 1,188 were of individuals arrested more than one time during the operation so far. There have been some offenders arrested up to seven times in the one-year period. The task force has seized 2,201 illegal firearms.

If the Task Force had not been sent into Memphis, here’s a look at just a few people who would still be on the streets.

Arsenio Davis, 36, arrested on a first-degree murder charge October 22, 2025, after the MSTF responded to reports of a shooting in the 1600 block of Helsley Street. When they arrived on scene, officers located a female victim who was pronounced deceased on the scene. One officer sustained an injury from a dog bite and a second officer was assaulted by a woman who unlawfully entered the active crime scene. After identifying Davis as a possible suspect, Davis fled from the rear of the property and was quickly detained. Inside the residence, officers discovered a second deceased individual who appeared to be partially dismembered.

Lawrence Williams, 25, was arrested Nov. 17, 2025, on a warrant for petition to revoke a suspended sentence for criminal attempt, especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. Through an interagency collaborative effort, investigators learned the whereabouts of Williams, leading Task Force members to the area of Knotty Oaks Drive in Memphis. When Williams refused to open his door, Task Force members forced entry, and their K9 partner Marko located the suspect hiding in a back bedroom inside the residence. According to the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry, Williams has criminal history involving sex offenses dating back to 2022.

Alex Rodriguez, aka Rodriguez Aguirres, 52, arrested Nov. 18, 2025, on an outstanding state warrant for rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery. The arrest occurred during a targeted warrant operation conducted by Task Force members. Rodriguez, a Honduran national, was also determined to be unlawfully present in the United States. The warrant alleges that the victim of these offenses was between the ages of 8 and 13 years old.

Nigel Farmer, 30, was arrested Nov. 19, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska, for a first-degree murder charge stemming from an October 29, 2024, shooting death of a 31-year-old Shelby County woman.

Gabrien Rounds, 20, charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and employing a firearm during a dangerous felony following June 18, 2024, homicide in Castalia Heights, was arrested Dec. 2, 2025, in the 1500 block of Antona Place.

China D. White, 25, a Gangster Disciple gang member charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in Shelby County following a July 2020 murder on Barron Avenue, was taken into custody at an apartment complex in the 3100 block of Pecan Lake Drive at approximately 9:15 p.m., Dec. 2, 2025.

Eric Wilkerson, 43, was arrested on Dec. 17, 2025, in the area of East Hickory Bluffs on a warrant for attempted first-degree murder. Wilkerson is alleged to have been previously charged with aggravated assault in connection with the February 22, 2024, shooting that killed Adrian Goodrich, a former Bellevue Middle School football coach.

Anthony Mason and Xavier Brown, both Kitchen Cripps gang members and alleged witnesses to a December 20 homicide, were arrested Dec. 21, 2025, for unlawful possession of a firearm while intoxicated at a residence in the 200 block of Grove Dale Street. MSTF officers sized nine firearms – six handguns and three rifles – after they obtained and executed a search warrant for the residence and vehicles at the residence.

Cesar Aguilar, 21, was arrested May 5 after a search warrant on Byron Road yielded narcotics, three firearms and $20,000 in U.S. currency.

Andrew Delatorre, 19, who was indicted May 24 for child-related sex crimes, including rape of a minor, was arrested June 9 in South Gate, California, after MSTF investigators developed information that he was in California and sent a collateral lead to the U.S. Marshals in Los Angeles to locate and arrest him.

Lysander Davis, 59, and Trey Davis, 25, were arrested June 9 in the 1300 block of Farrow Road on firearms and narcotics charges. Officers recovered approximately 26 pounds of marijuana, three semi-automatic handguns and an AK-47 rifle.