A Tennessee man was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison yesterday for his role in the grisly cover-up of a murder committed by an on-duty police officer.
Joshua M. Rogers, 33, received a 56-month term for destroying evidence related to the January 2021 kidnapping and fatal shooting of a man identified in court documents as R.H.
According to the plea agreement, the primary crime was carried out by Patric J. Ferguson, who was working as a Memphis Police Department officer at the time. After Ferguson kidnapped and killed the victim, Rogers stepped in to help the officer make the body disappear.
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Prosecutors detailed how Rogers assisted Ferguson in purchasing a supply of chains, padlocks, and cinderblocks. The pair used the hardware to weigh down the victim’s body before driving to the Wolf River in Memphis and dumping it into the water to conceal the crime.
Ferguson was sentenced earlier this month, receiving a 38-year prison term on Dec. 1 for the kidnapping and murder.
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The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph E. Carrico.
The case was investigated jointly by the FBI’s Nashville Field Office and the Memphis Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Hartridge and Trial Attorneys Tenette Smith and Sarah Armstrong.
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