MEMPHIS, TN - Sheriff's deputies say a meeting with a prostitute led to the November 19, 2009 robbery and murder of a man in Northaven.
Nineteen year-old Jeremy Stevenson and a 17 year-old girl were arrested by Sheriff's detectives just before 5:00 p.m. Tuesday night, November 23, 2009.
Detectives say sometime around 7:30 p.m. on November 19, 2009, 48 year-old Kerry Collins of Memphis was found shot to death in the front seat of his car in the 4900 block of Ruthie Cove.
Detectives say Stevenson planned to lure Collins to the neighborhood to have sex with the teenage girl. After Collins met the girl at an abandoned home in the neighborhood, Stevenson robbed Collins and shot him inside his Buick Skylark. Collins died there.
Detectives have charged Jeremy Stevenson with First Degree Murder in Perpetration of a Felony, Especially Aggravated Robbery, Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.
The teenage girl was taken to Memphis Juvenile Court and charged with prostitution. Sheriff's detectives say her involvement in the scheme is still under investigation.
