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2 Jackson officers fired, charged with grand larceny

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Jackson police have charged two of their own with grand larceny. Two 25-year-olds, Willis Thomas and Rodney Vaughn, have been fired from the Jackson police force and charged in connection with […]

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Prosecutor could charge 9 in flamingo death at Hattiesburg Zoo

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — Forrest County District Attorney Patricia Burchell told the Hattiesburg American that she will ask a grand jury to indict as many as nine college students involved in the kidnapping of a flamingo from […]

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Federal judge cancels hearing for leader of Mississippi chapter of Simon City Royals Jason Bullock

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal judge has canceled a pretrial conference that had been scheduled for Thursday for an alleged Mississippi gang leader charged in a racketeering case.

The hearing for Jason Marshall Bullock, also known as “Sir J-Mac,” was scheduled to take place in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg.

U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett canceled the hearing, but the court website did not say why… […]