AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY OF A MINOR SUSPECT
APPREHENDEND BY U.S. MARSHALS IN MEMPHIS
Memphis, Tennessee – Benjamin Brannum, 46, who was wanted by the Bells Police
Department from Crockett County, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers
Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) out of Memphis. U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller
announced today. Brannum was wanted in connection to an incident that occurred in
2014.
On March 25, 2022, Bells Police Department learned about allegations that Brannum
inappropriately touched a minor victim back in 2014. The incident happened in the City
of Bells, Tennessee. On April 26, 2022, an arrest warrant for Aggravated Sexual Battery
was signed in Crockett County. The TRVFTF adopted the case on the same day.
This morning, the TRVFTF and officers with the Bells Police Department went to an
apartment complex on the 1900 block of Hubert Avenue in Memphis to locate and
apprehend Brannum. As deputies were announcing their presence at a door to the rear of
the apartment, Brannum went to exit out another door, and he was met by deputies who
had the place surrounded.
Officers from the Bells Police Department took custody of Brannum to transport him
back to Crockett County once the scene was secured by the TRVFTF and Memphis
Police Officers who arrived after the arrest.
The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force
within Western Tennessee. The Western Tennessee Division of the TRVFTF has offices in
Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S.
Marshals, Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis Police Officers, Fayette County
Sheriff’s Deputies, Jackson Police Officers, and the Tennessee Department of
Corrections Special Agents. The primary mission of the Task Force is to arrest violent
offenders and sexual predators.