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From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – A Chickasaw County nurse has been arrested on charges involving possession of a controlled substance, Attorney General Jim Hood said. Vanessa Thompson, 52, of Caledonia, Mississippi turned herself […]

From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Two Jones County residents are going to jail for taking advantage of the disabled and vulnerable, Attorney General Jim Hood said. Nicholas Barnes, 22, of Taylorsville, and Alex […]

A Meridian man has been sentenced for deliberately exposing someone to the HIV virus while he was a patient in the hospital. Judge Lester Williamson sentenced Laderrick Rencher, 37, to serve 10 years — the maximum sentence allowed for one count of knowingly exposing another person to HIV.
 
“Judge Williamson threw the book at this guy, who took advantage of a vulnerable person,” said Attorney General Jim Hood.

Williamson sentenced Rencher to the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC).  He was also ordered to pay $630 in fines. […]