by Associated Press Published: May 10,2013
Tags: alderman, arrest, board of aldermen, bribe, bribery, charge, city, city government, court, crime, law, legal, municipal, municipality
CANTON — A Canton alderman is facing bribery charges. Louis Smith was arraigned in federal court in Jackson yesterday, entering a not guity plea, The Clarion-Ledger reports. Smith was arrested Wednesday. Unofficial results show the 56-year-old, three-term alderman lost his Democratic primary re-election bid Tuesday in Canton. He faces one felony count of bribery, which [...] [...]
VICKSBURG — A federal judge has agreed to reschedule Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield’s trial on a federal bribery charge. Winfield is charged with seeking $10,000 in cash in exchange for a city contract. He has pleaded not guilty. A judge this week granted a delay so Winfield’s lawyer has more time to review evidence in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 22,2013
Tags: bench, bribe, bribery, case, court, elected official, executive, judge, judicial, judiciary, law enforcement, legal, mayor, politician. public official, trial
VICKSBURG — A lawyer for Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield has asked a federal judge to delay his trial on a federal bribery charge. Winfield is charged with seeking $10,000 in cash in exchange for a city contract. He has pleaded not guilty. The trial is scheduled for June 3. Winfield’s lawyer says in a court [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, bribe, bribery, court, judge, judicial, justice, law, lawyer, legal, prison
OXFORD — A judge has granted the request by disbarred Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs to return to federal prison to resume serving his sentence on a judicial corruption conviction. Scruggs has been free on $2 million bond since December while appealing the 2009 conviction, but a three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 16,2013
Tags: appeal, attorney, bench, bribe, corruption, court, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, law firm, lawyer, legal, prison
OXFORD — Disbarred Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs wants to return to federal prison pending an appeal of a judicial corruption conviction. Scruggs has been free on $2 million bond since December while appealing the 2009 conviction, but a three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected his arguments. In a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 16,2013
Tags: administrator, appeal, bench, bribe, county government, court, health, health care, hospital, judge, judicial, justice, kickback, medical, medicine, sentence, trial
BATESVILLE — Former Panola County administrator David Chandler has asked a judge to give him more time to appeal his guilty plea to charges in an alleged kickback scheme at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. However, the deadline for Chandler to file an appeal passed two weeks ago. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Chandler’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: bench, bribe, bribery, case, court, education, educator, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, reading, rwad, superintendent, trial
GREENVILLE — The trial of a Georgia businesswoman on federal charges of paying bribes to a former superintendent of schools in Greenville has been rescheduled for July 22. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Marshall Alexander tells the Delta Democrat Times the defense needed more time to prepare for trial. Alexander says Edna Goble’s trial had been [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 29,2013
Tags: arrest, bribe, bribery, chage, city, city governmemnt, contract, court, crime, executive, federal government, judiciary, judiicial, justice, law, legal, mayor, municipal, municipality, plea
VICKSBURG — Mayor Paul Winfield pleaded not guilty yesterday to a federal bribery charge that accuses him of seeking $10,000 in cash in exchange for a city contract. Winfield, wearing a dark suit and red tie, said little during his arraignment in U.S. District Court in Jackson other than to give short answers to the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 21,2013
Tags: bribe, city government, crime, elected official, executive, federal government, indictment, law, law enforcement, legal, mayor, municipal, municipality, politician, Politics, public official
VICKSBURG —Mayor Paul Winfield has been indicted on a federal bribery charge. Federal court records show that Winfield was indicted Tuesday. He had already been charged in a criminal complaint in the case. The FBI arrested Winfield on Feb. 20. He pleaded not guilty the next day in U.S. District Court in Jackson and was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 4,2013
Tags: athletics, bribe, bribery, city government, community development, executive, law, legal, mayor, municipal, municipality, outdoors, sports, sports complex
VICKSBURG — After almost two years of pushing for a sports complex for Vicksburg, Mayor Paul Winfield has shelved the project. Winfield cited deadlines for local bills in the Legislature and “other political dynamics,” such as the city’s municipal elections, as reasons for postponing the project. He told The Vicksburg Post his legal problems, which [...] [...]
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