Based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, the Memphis Safe Task Force (MSTF) arrested 44 people on October 21, 2026 including Marcus Powell, 42, Dequarius Nash, 30, Anthony Green, 25, and Walter Caffey, 19. The four men were described as violent criminals.
Marcus Powell
On October 19, 2026, Powell allegedly placed his hands on his girlfriend’s neck during an altercation inside their residence in Memphis and strangled her until she lost consciousness. According to her, he placed a knife to her neck and threatened to kill her when she regained consciousness.
Powell allegedly stopped the woman when she tried to escape, forced her to a bedroom and raped her. She claimed that she was able to escape while he was asleep.
On October 21, 2026, MSTF members apprehended Powell at the 3000 block of Champions Drive in Memphis. He was charged with attempted rape, attempted criminal homicide and aggravated kidnapping with bodily injuries.
Dequarius Nash
On March 28, 2026, Kendarish Conrad was shot multiple times at In & Out Express store at 1300 block of South Bellevue Street in Memphis allegedly by Nash and two other individuals. Memphis Police Department (MPD) transported the victim to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
On October 21, 2026, MSTF members located Nash at the 3900 block of West Oak Branch Circle in Memphis, took him into custody and transported him to the homicide unit of the MPD. He was charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony and five counts of aggravated assault.
Anthony Green
On September 24, 2025, Green was convicted of first-degree murder. On the same day, he was erroneously released from Shelby County Jail.
On October 21, 2026, the MSTF was informed that Green was hiding at a relative’s apartment so the task force deployed to the address. The officers had no answer at the door when they knocked and announced their presence and after seeing someone trying to jump out of the rear bedroom window, they breached the front door.
Coming out from the back room, Green surrendered and was taken into custody. He was transported to the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center without further incident.
Walter Caffey
On April 16, 2024, Caffey and two other individuals allegedly had a verbal altercation with Donald Jennings at a gas station located at 1100 block of Jackson Avenue in Memphis. Later that day, MPD officers found the latter dead with a gunshot wound.
On October 9, 2026, an arrest warrant was issued for Caffey for first-degree murder. On October 21, 2026, MSTF members learned that he was residing in the 5200 block of Airview Road in Memphis where he was located and arrested without incident.
