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Man arrested, charged with stalking Memphis Mayor Paul Young
A 25-year-old man was arrested June 18, 2025, and charged with stalking Memphis Mayor Paul Young. (Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht for Tennessee Lookout) Memphis police arrested a man Wednesday and charged him with stalking, aggravated criminal trespass and attempted kidnapping after he went to Mayor Paul Young's house Sunday night. Trenton Abston, 25, jumped a wall leading into the subdivision in which Young and his family live, according to a Facebook post by Young. Memphis police said in a statement on Facebook that Abston walked directly to Young's home after accessing the subdivision. He had a taser, gloves, rope and duct tape in his vehicle when arrested, according to police. Police viewed public and private security camera footage after residents reported earlier this week they saw a man behaving suspiciously in the neighborhood. The incident came less than two days after Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed and a Minnesota state senator and his wife were shot multiple times by Vance Boelter, who was arrested after a two-day manhunt. 'In today's climate, especially after the tragic events in Minnesota and the threats my wife and I often receive online, none of us can be too careful,' Young wrote on Facebook. 'The link between angry online rhetoric and real-life violence is becoming undeniable.' A state representative from Memphis raised concerns about the potential for political violence in the aftermath. 'No resident — no public servant, no child, no spouse — should ever have to fear for their safety because of their service,' said Democratic Rep. Torrey Harris in a social media statement. 'Trespassing at (Young's) home and threatening his family crosses every line of human decency. This is not disagreement — this is dangerous and reckless.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
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Police arrest man accused of sneaking into Memphis mayor's neighborhood, find rope, stun gun
Editor's note: This story has been updated with an additional charge for Trenton Abston and to include publicly available information about his background. Memphis police have arrested the man believed to have trespassed into Memphis Mayor Paul Young's gated neighborhood late on June 15, finding a stun gun, gloves, rope and duct tape in the man's car. 25-year-old Trenton Abston was arrested June 18. He is being charged with aggravated criminal trespassing and stalking, two misdemeanors. Shortly after first appearing in the criminal court system, Abston had felony attempted kidnapping added to his list of charges. "At the time of his arrest, officers recovered a Taser, gloves, rope, and duct tape from his vehicle. The investigation is ongoing, and additional charges may be forthcoming," the Memphis Police Department said in a statement posted to Facebook. "Upon further review of both public and private security camera footage, we have determined that the suspect did not approach multiple homes, as initially reported. Instead, after scaling a wall, the individual went directly to the Mayor's residence." According to a police email obtained by The Commercial Appeal, a man jumped over a fence to Young's East Memphis neighborhood — a gated community — and knocked on his door around 9:30 p.m. on June 15. The man left the house before police could speak with him, but his face was recorded on a doorbell camera. Police credited "the rapid response of our officers and the use of camera technology throughout the neighborhood" with how they were able to identify the man. According to the criminal court system, this was the first time Abston had appeared in court aside from two traffic tickets. The alleged trespassing came amid heightened tensions for politicians after a Minnesota man allegedly broke into multiple homes and shot two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses in the early hours of June 14. Two people, Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, were killed. Two more people, Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, were injured in a separate incident. It was also the second run-in with potential danger Young has faced since being sworn in as mayor. In March 2024, Young was grabbed by a man attempting to get into his vehicle at Folk's Folly. Young was uninjured in that incident, and his security detail was able to prevent the man from entering the car. A 'small amount of pepper spray' was sprayed at the man in that instance, City Communications Director Penelope Huston said at the time. Lucas Finton covers crime, policing, jails, the courts and criminal justice policy for The Commercial Appeal. He can be reached by phone or email: (901)208-3922 and and followed on X @LucasFinton. This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Police arrest man accused of trespassing at Memphis mayor's property
