Indicted Judge Suspended

The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct has interim suspended a Shelby County criminal court judge indicted on one felony count of witness inteimidation and one misdemeanor count of harassment.

Commercial Appeal reported

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge A. Melissa Boyd has been indicted in Shelby County for one count of coercion of a witness and one count of harassment, according to court records.

Boyd, who has been under fire for months since taking office as the Criminal Court Division 9 judge in 2022, was booked Wednesday morning.

Frederick Agee, district attorney general for Crockett, Gibson and Haywood counties, has been assigned the case as a pro-tem prosecutor after Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy recused his office from the case.

Boyd was given a $5,000 bail, with the condition that she would be required to submit to drug tests throughout the court process.

(Mike Frisch)