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Memphis CRIME REPORT: TV photographer assaulted, robbed in Midtown
Jan 26, 2011
A cameraman for WHBQ-TV Channel 13 was assaulted and robbed near Midtown while filming a story this afternoon, police said.
Photographer Mike Moore and reporter Lauren Johnson were filming near Poplar and Cleveland, police said. They were in the parking lot of a BP gas station, interviewing teenagers about teen pregnancy, when some in the group jumped Moore, police said.
Someone stole Moore’s phone and damaged the camera, police said, but Moore was not seriously hurt. Johnson was not assaulted, police said.
-- Jody Callahan
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/26/crime-report-two-charged-burglarizing-convenience/
Please disregard the dysfunctional grammar.
Oakland reminds me of ANOTHER dysfunctional place.