The CA examined public records and the indictment of Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. to make a timeline. Here's how things have played out.

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was indicted last week on one count of alleged bribery and kickbacks and six counts of attempted tax evasion. The federal indictment filed Thursday, Feb. 27, reveals businesses tied to Ford deposited more than $250,000 into bank accounts from various nonprofits from 2017 to 2021.

The Commercial Appeal used meeting records and court documents to determine the local organizations which were unnamed in the federal indictment.

Edmund Ford Jr. has been federally charged with bribery and tax evasion, court records show. Here's what we know.

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., who was indicted last week, has been placed on leave without pay from his city job, the City of Memphis said Tuesday, March 4.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, in first statement since Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was indicted, asked for a pause in Ford's role in giving grants.

Ford Jr. has been charged with bribery and tax evasion by federal authorities. The charges are outlined in the indictement unsealed Friday morning.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on Monday asked that the Shelby County Commission to pause Edmund Ford Jr.'s participation in the grant-making process amid a federal investigation into the commissioner's alleged bribery scheme.