MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG told you last week how the Shelby County court system was being switched over and how it was causing delays for people in jail. But this week, we found out it’s not just delays.
After Lakisha McCoy violated her probation, she did the right thing and turned herself in. Her family paid her bond and she thought that was the end of it.
“Like five minutes after I came home, I got a phone call saying I had a warrant and they were trying to make me turn myself in again,” said McCoy.
She and her attorney worked the call out as a system mistake, but the problem crept back.
“It was about 8:30, I hear banging at the door,” she said. “The Sheriff’s Department, they come and they’re trying to take me to jail again.”
She said she showed them her release paperwork and they left.
“Then, the next morning before daybreak about 5:30, almost 6 o’clock, they’re back again [and] very rude,” said McCoy.
She said the deputies were more hostile with her this time, making her worry about her 7-year-old son.
“My little boy here, he just broke down crying, you know, because it’s just me and him,” she said. “He just lost his dad. He didn’t want to lose me too; that’s kind of traumatic to him.”
The father of her son, Anthony Beason, was murdered two months ago in South Memphis.
“I know he’s not taking it well because when they came that night, he broke down,” said McCoy. “He just broke down because he doesn’t want me to go to jail again.”
She said the Sheriff apologized and told her no one else would be bothering her, but the system’s not reflecting that.
WREG’s Bridget Chapman checked the Shelby County warrant information system and found it still shows McCoy in the system as having an active warrant.
She said it makes her worried to cross paths with authorities and hopes the court system gets fixed soon.
It was supposed to be completely up and running by this Monday evening. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said they’re working around the clock to get the kinks worked out.