The Cheat Sheet
by Michael Finger
Bringing an end to one of the most notorious local crimes in recent history, a judge sentences confessed killer Dale Mardis to 15 years in prison for the slaying of code-enforcement inspector Mickey Wright. The victim's family reacts to the verdict with outrage. We can't say we blame them.
Temperatures drop below freezing over the weekend — in March, remember — making Easter egg hunts a bit more challenging for the kids, who might as well be picking up snowballs. Brrrrr!
Nothing about the Ford family
Thieves break into the abandoned Sears Crosstown building and steal more than $11,000 worth of brass valves from the structure's plumbing and fire-control system. In recent months, we've read about thefts of copper tubing from air conditioners and even bronze urns from cemeteries. We never knew the scrap-metal business would be so appealing. What will be taken next — the trolley tracks?
A Memphis Symphony Orchestra member fights a Germantown traffic ticket — and loses. The musician, nabbed by the remote cameras precisely one-half second after running a red light, argues that a sudden stop might have damaged his prized viola. The judge doesn't buy it, so Marshall Fine just ends up with an even bigger fine.
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