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Officials track down stolen equipment in N. Miss.

MBJ Staff — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:14:36 +0000

CHOCTAW COUNTY — Investigators from the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB), the law enforcement division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, in conjunction with Sheriff Cloyd Halford of the Choctaw County Sheriff’s Department, has seized over $250,000.00 of stolen property. After a lengthy investigation, MALTB investigators and Halford seized the stolen [...]

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More big equipment headed for Kemper power plant

MBJ Staff — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:00:20 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Another large piece of equipment will be moved next week to Mississippi Power Co.’s coal-powered power plant under construction in Kemper County. According to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), on Jan. 9, a group of four wide loads will begin leaving Big Bee Valley in Noxubee County for the Kemper County [...]

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Yates to assemble equipment for project in Montana

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:17:34 +0000

PHILADELPHIA — A Mississippi company has announced plans to assemble equipment for Canadian oil sands projects in northwestern Montana. The Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune reports Philadelphia-based Yates Constructors plans to open an assembly plant in the Bynum, Mont., area, north of Choteau along the Rocky Mountain Front. Sweetgrass Development executive director Sarah Converse says Yates [...]

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Two defendants to be arraigned in surplus property case

Associated Press — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:09:49 +0000

BASSFIELD — State Auditor Stacey Pickering says two individuals turned themselves in to the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office last Tuesday following multiple count indictments. These indictments are a result of the investigation into surplus property purchased by the City of Bassfield and converted to personal use. Brenda Saulters and Billy Matthews were booked on the [...]

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Hospital to focus on replacing equipment, renovating

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:56:08 +0000

GREENVILLE — Delta Regional Medical Center plans to concentrate this year on a long-term replacement of equipment and renovation of its physical plant. “The plant is wearing out faster than we are putting money back in,” DRMC CEO J. Stansel Harvey told the Delta Democrat Times. For the 2010-11 fiscal year, the hospital’s property, plant [...]

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Investigators discover stockpile of stolen goods, equipment

MBJ Staff — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:57:13 +0000

CLAIBORNE COUNTY — Investigators with the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau, the law enforcement division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC), in conjunction with the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, have seized a large amount of stolen property and equipment valued in excess [...]

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Man to plead guilty to trafficing stolen equipment

Associated Press — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:18:04 +0000

CENTREVILLE — Federal court records say a second man will plead guilty in a scheme to purchase trucks, tractors, lawnmowers and other equipment stolen from dealers in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Jory Sam Tantillo and Michael Fralick were indicted in February by a federal grand jury in South Mississippi. The indictment said that in [...]

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Bookkeeper accused of stealing more than $300K

Associated Press — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:00:41 +0000

PASS CHRISTIAN — A 47-year-old Pass Christian woman has been accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from her employer over a period of nearly two years. The Sun Herald reports Harrison County sheriff’s investigators arrested Kathleen Sue Woods on an embezzlement charge. Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said Woods was arrested following investigation of a complaint of [...]

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Teleflex bringing distribution center to DeSoto County

MBJ Staff — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:18:49 +0000

OLIVE BRANCH — Medical equipment maker Teleflex Inc. is locating a distribution center in Olive Branch. The Limerick, Pa.-based company says it expects to employ 225 workers within four years of operation. The company will locate into an existing 627,000-square-foot facility. The Mississippi Development Authority provided assistance through the Momentum Mississippi Incentives program and guidance [...]

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County taking out loan to pay for road projects, equipment

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:08:32 +0000

WASHINGTON COUNTY — Washington County will borrow $1.5 million to repair local roads and buy road-working equipment, The Delta Democrat Times reports. Supervisor Troy Wesley Sr. says board members did a tour of the county roads about three or four months ago and assessed what roads were in bad shape. Wesley says the county expects [...]

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