JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Jackson Police Department has seized drugs, money, guns and ammunition as a result of a tip from the community. Jackson police spokeswoman Colendula Green says in a release that detectives […]
PEARLINGTON, Mississippi (AP) — Authorities say federal agents seized three 5-gallon buckets of liquid methamphetamine during a Friday raid of a Mississippi home and two pounds of crystal meth while foiling a drug deal at […]
BAY ST. LOUIS, Mississippi (AP) — Authorities in Hancock County say 13 people have been arrested in a weekend roundup of drug suspects. And several others were being sought. Officials say some of the suspects […]
By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer On Tuesday morning Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason stood behind a table in his office topped with more than $1 million in allegedly illicit cash confiscated during a traffic […]
PEARL, Miss. (AP) – A Colorado man has been arrested in Mississippi after a K-9 helped find about $1 million worth of drugs inside the man’s vehicle. Pearl spokesman Capt. Brian McGairty tells the Clarion-Ledger […]
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he’s withdrawing his nomination of anti-abortion activist Terri Herring to the state Board of Health.
Bryant’s decision came Monday after The Associated Press questioned whether Bryant was fulfilling requirements of a state law that specifies the board’s 11 members must come from certain parts of the state.
Bryant spokesman Mick Bullock says the law is unclear, but the governor is withdrawing Herring’s nomination to “avoid any legal uncertainty.”
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Enforcement officers with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) stopped an 18-wheeler for a routine weight and safety check and discovered at least 500 pounds of marijuana.
MDOT officials said the incident occurred around 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 12. The officers stopped a 1999 Freightliner tractor and van trailer at the eastbound I-59 Lauderdale inspection facility, for a routine weight, safety and paperwork inspection.
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Tony Ervin, also known as ‘Ti“, 36, of Tylertown, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to serve 74 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack”).
Ervin was also ordered to pay $11,700 in restitution, and a $2,000 fine. He agreed to forfeit real property, a Cadillac Escalade, two firearms, and multiple rounds of ammunition.
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By Othor Cain Managing Editor Fulfilling a campaign promise, Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis announced this week his team of deputies made a major drug bust last weekend. Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call […]
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