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Two Hattiesburg parents were arrested Friday and charged with multiple counts of felony child neglect. Choose wisely! On February 15, detectives said the tip was pertaining to a possible inappropriate relationship between a local youth pastor and a minor. (WJTV) - A Hinds County detainee, who escaped on December 25, 2022, was found dead in Texas on Tuesday, February 7. Sign up for a FREE NewsNow account and get our email alert of the day's top stories from the UK and around the world. Hattiesburg man arrested after hot grease slung on significant other Updated : Feb. 16, 2023 at 10:31 . Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? (AP) A lone gunman killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather Friday at multiple locations in a tiny rural community in northern Mississippi, the sheriff said, leaving investigators searching for clues to what motivated the rampage. We don't have an account for this email address. Gulfport Police are looking for a woman they believe fired shots at two houses and a vehicle Thursday morning in the 600 block of Layton Drive. Associate Justice James D. Maxwell II of Oxford did not take part in the decision. He pleaded guilty in December 2020 to a state charge of making false representations to defraud the government. Once on the scene, several officers met with a woman at the front door who seemed very upset and asked them to save her fianc, who was found with a stab wound in his chest. Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. They were apprehended Wednesday morning by Newton Police and Newton County sheriff's deputies. Click to get a sign-in link sent to your email. Thomas Earl Thomas Jr., the man accused of sparking a mass shooting in downtown Mobile on New Years Eve, now faces federal charges. According to NOPD, five people were shot along the Uptown parade route Sunday evening, prompting the Bacchus to stop. News 11 has spoken with investigators who say an arrest has been made in the theft of millions of dollars in checks from people and businesses in our area. Jackson County. category_id: null, Davis state court charges were mostly tied to welfare money spent on DiBiase, including $160,000 for the former wrestlers drug rehabilitation in Malibu, California. Choctaw County Sheriff Scott Lolley is seeking a governors warrant to force Easley to be returned to Alabama. Half Shell group buys Sal & Mookies building in downtown Biloxi. Weekly recaps during Mississippi's annual legislative session, plus breaking alerts and weekly updates throughout the year, from our state politics team. Justin Easley, 32, is currently held on a charge of breaking and entering a vehicle. Stay up to date on crime, politics, local business and the economy. A Texas couple buying a house wired $194,000 to a MS Coast bank account. (AP) A federal grand jury has indicted a mother and son accused of improperly obtaining millions of dollars from the state of Mississippi on additional charges. I applaud our federal partners for continuing to pursue federal charges for each and every individual responsible for stealing from Mississippis most needy and vulnerable citizens, Owens said Thursday. It was a scam. The teenager charged with murdering a Memphis pastor during a carjacking in July of 2022 is out of jail now. Harrison County deputies responded to a suspected burglary call around 10:15 p.m. near Merlin Lane off Orange Grove Road. Relevance is automatically assessed so some headlines not qualifying as Mississippi Shooting news might appear - please feel free to contact us regarding any persistent issues. John Davis, who was Mississippi Department of Human Services executive director from 2016 to mid-2019,pleaded guiltylast September to state and federal charges tied to misspending of money through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. A manhunt in Gonzales ended with multiple people taken into custody Thursday, Jan. 26, including two with warrants for crimes in Mississippi, according to investigators. By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY Tue,02/28/23-10:48AM, 42 Reads 1,737 Statewide A Lafayette County prosecutor said that "nothing's happened" in the case involving the slaying of well-known Black, LGBTQ+ student Jimmie "Jay" Lee since the Ole Miss student charged with his murder was released on bond last year. Get the day's top headlines delivered to your inbox. |. They further argued that the appellate court misinterpreted a longstanding state law dealing with reckless disregard. A Moselle man was arrested in connection to an incident Thursday morning in Jones County. Welfare money helped fund pet projects of the wealthy, including $5 million for a volleyball arena that Favre supported at his alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi, the state auditor said. They agreed to testify against others. JPD did not disclose who the victims were nor where the alleged crimes took place. Six people were shot to death in Arkabutla, Mississippi on Friday. Two of those indicted,a mother and sonwho ran a nonprofit organization and an education company, pleaded guilty in April 2022 to state charges of misusing welfare money, including on lavish gifts such as the first-class airfare for Davis. The carjacking occurred in south Jackson. Mississippi Highway Patrol issued 8037 citations, made 164 arrests for impaired driving,. JACKSON Gov. Feb. 24, 2023, 4:39 PM PST. White said the auditor's office will continue to assist prosecutors as they decide who will face criminal charges. The Mississippi Highway Patrol assisted the Choctaw County, Ala., Sheriffs Department in taking a suspect into custody Tuesday. Crimenet 07_14_22. Are you an Itawamba Times subscriber? Jackson Mississippi Local News Breaking News and Weather Severe Weather Mississippi Flooding Live Cameras Operation Tornado The Sports Zone The O.T. Please try different keywords. Reeves called Jackson murder capital of the world. City leaders say thats inaccurate. The managers of the Panda Palace Buffet restaurants located in Gulfport and D'Iberville were sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay fines. Fisher praised the police department, saying Clinton has seen a major drop in crime over the past ten years. Five arrests have now been made in connection to the mass shooting in Louisville, Mississippi. Mississippi Public Policy Report Calls for More Police Funding in Response to Increased Crime in the State The Epoch Times 07:55 24-Dec-22. On Feb. 25 around 4 p.m., officers responded to Claiborne Hill to the report of a bomb threat. Capitol Police arrived at the scene around 12:30 p.m. after receiving a call about the incident. Derek Carlisle, 40, will likely be charged with aggravated domestic assault, according to Sheriff Tyree Jones. Sheriff John Ledbetter said the investigation by the South Mississippi Metro Enforcement Team and jail investigators started after a regular inspection of inmate mail, phone calls and messages. We celebrate community and we tell your stories. The Mississippi Highway Patrol investigated two fatal wrecks on state highways over the New Year's holiday weekend. Homicide numbers have soared across the country the past two years, but based on cities with at least 100,000 population, Jackson's per capita murder rate is the highest in the United. According to a statement provided by the sheriffs office, several people were injured in the altercation that started a fight between multiple people. The 16-year-old, who was the subject of the Tennessee Amber Alert, is safe. Six people were shot to death in Arkabutla, Mississippi on Friday. Lauderdale County Arrest Report February 22, 2023. Two of those indicted, a mother and son who ran a nonprofit organization and an education company, pleaded guilty in April 2022 to state charges of misusing welfare money, including on lavish gifts such as the first-class airfare for Davis.