May 12, 2025

MEMPHIS, Tenn. —  On Sunday, May 11, 2025, at approximately 6 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) responded to a BOLO alert from the West Memphis Police Department (WMPD) regarding suspects in a West Memphis robbery.

ASP Troopers spotted the vehicle on Interstate 55 near the 1-mile marker in Crittenden County, traveling at speeds near 100 mph as it crossed the bridge into Tennessee on I-55.

Troopers conducted a Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI) at the 9-mile marker in Memphis, Tennessee. Following the TVI, a passenger fled on foot.

The driver, identified as Joe N. Carter, 64, of Paducah, Kentucky, was apprehended. The passenger, Phillip Harris, 43, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, was later located and taken into custody by the Memphis Police Department and WMPD officers in an abandoned house. Harris was wanted for outstanding warrants out of Crittenden County.

Carter and Harris were transported to the Shelby County, Tennessee, Detention Center.