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Linda Gale Reed pleads not guilty to embezzlement

Linda Gale Reed has pleaded not guilty to three counts of embezzlement.

Reed entered the plea during her arraignment in Copiah County Circuit Court in Hazlehurst before Judge Lamar Pickard. She was served with an indictment June 7 at the county jail.

Pickard denied bail for Reed and set her trial for July 23. […]

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Hazlehurst man gets 5 years for selling fake goods out of his car

A Hazlehurst man is going to prison for selling counterfeit purses and other goods out of his car, Attorney General Jim Hood said.

Christopher Williams, 25, of Hazlehurst, was sentenced by Judge Lamar Pickard in Copiah County Circuit Court on one felony count of vending goods bearing a counterfeit trademark or label. […]