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Accused 'mansion squatter' arrested again

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - An accused squatter forcibly removed from an East Memphis mansion in March is back in jail Wednesday after a courtroom confrontation. Her new attorney is talking about the challenge of representing such a client.

Courtroom outbursts are nothing new for accused squatter Tabitha Gentry. She was jailed Wednesday for contempt after repeatedly interrupting criminal court judge James Lammey, following repeated warnings from him.

"It was not a wise thing," said attorney Claiborne Ferguson. "I know a lot of attorneys ran from the opportunity, away from it, and I would never run away from representing a citizen."

Ferguson said that includes a sovereign-type citizen who is self-identified as a Moorish National.

Gentry laid claim to a vacant mansion on Shady Grove Road. She moved in with her family before a SWAT team forcibly moved them out.

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Teen shot, killed while riding bike

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - A 15-year-old who was a freshman at Melrose High School was shot outside a Memphis church while riding his bike Monday. This is the second time a teenager has been shot time in a matter of weeks.

Memphis police issued an arrest warrant for an 18-year-old suspect in last week's shooting of a 15 year-old girl. Meanwhile, Tuesday's shooting may already be solved.

Mount Olive Baptist Church at Spottswood Avenue and Pendleton Street in Orange Mound drew a massive crowd Monday afternoon.

Hundreds watched as police began investigating the murder of a 15-year-old boy in the middle of the street.

Friends and family identified the victim as Carderius Webb, known in the neighborhood as "Lil' Dude". He was shot and killed while riding his bicycle.

"He always be by himself riding his bike. And to see something like this, you know I got kids, it really scares you," said family friend Desi Riley.

Center provides relief for Mid-South sinus infections

(WMC-TV) - Mid-South allergies can lead to brutal sinus infections, and now there is a new way to fight back.

It is that time of year where many Memphians suffer from sinus problems, but a center in the Mid-South is offering a quick in-office procedure to help.

"Half of my nose I could barely breathe out of," said Kenneth Moss describing his sinus and allergy problems.

"More recent years especially this year, it's worse for a lot of people," he said.

After 15 years of enduring Memphis allergy season – he was fed up.

That is where Doctor Jan Petri came it at Memphis Relief Center.

"It basically remodels the sinus open. And it does move bone, but without a lot of hard surgical techniques like we've used in the past," said Petri.

She performed a balloon sinuplasty on Moss. Using a small flexible device, the procedure went up through Moss' nose, inflated a small balloon, and opened up his sinus cavity.

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Friends prepare for murdered teacher's funeral

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - As estranged husband Chris Jones goes to court again Wednesday, Heather Palumbo-Jones' friends are preparing for her funeral.

Former co-workers said while they grieve, they also remember the legacy she built.

"It has been tough. The days she was found I lapsed into my work model," said Gayle Resneck Small of Licensed Master of Social Work.

At the Jewish Family Service Center Small is struggling through an uncommon week.

She used to teach a toddler class upstairs at the JCC.

Heather was her assistant. Now, Small is a social worker tasked with counseling Palumbo-Jones' former co-workers through the grieving process.

"Certainly it's a grief for me and one that will need to be attended to. And one of the ways we can do that for one another is we can be there," said Smalls.

Palumbo-Jones left the JCC last summer to take a job as a teacher at Frayser Achievement Elementary School.

Man barricaded in home for nearly 12 hours

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) - Police arrested the man who reportedly barricaded himself inside a home in East Memphis for nearly 12 hours.

Police were called to 6620 Corsica Drive near Kirby Parkway at 11 p.m. Thursday concerning an armed party who was reported to be intoxicated. Officers were attempting to enter the home when they heard shots fired from upstairs.

One person stayed barricaded in the house alone and refused to comply with officers until just before noon. Officers and other occupants of the house were able to get out safely.

"You just never know what's going on these days. You got to do what you can do to protect your family. And that was my first concern," said neighbor Phillip Cissell.

According to police, the situation appeared to have evolved after a man and his mother got into an argument. The man lives in a guest house where he was barricaded inside behind his mother's home.