by Associated Press Published: June 13,2013
Tags: bench, county government, court, customer record, electricity, energy, home, homestead exemption, house, investigation, judge, judicial, judiciary, power, residence, tax, taxpayer, utility
MADISON COUNTY — County officials are seeking customer information on 25,000 Madison County residents from Entergy Mississippi in an ongoing investigation of homestead exemption fraud, but the utility is fighting what it calls “a fishing expedition” in a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court. “The only thing we’re asking from Entergy are regularly kept business [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 3,2013
Tags: administrator, complaint, director, federal agency, federal government, health, health care, investigation, lawmaker, medical, medicine, military, public relations, veteran, whistleblower
JACKSON — The new director of the veterans’ hospital in Jackson is struggling to change perceptions of the institution as members of Congress and a government oversight office pursue investigations into misconduct. Joe Battle stepped into a public relations nightmare when he arrived at G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Medical Center in early 2012. Whistleblower complaints were [...] [...]
COPIAH COUNTY — Federal and local investigators are trying to determine the cause of an accident in which two workers fell to their deaths from a cellphone tower in Copiah County. The accident happened yesterday afternoon at a tower on Mississippi Highway 27. The Copiah County coroner says the men were climbing up the 300-foot [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: crime, district attorney, election, election law, invedstigator, investigate, investigation, law, law enforcement, legal, poll, vote, voter, Voting, voting law
CANTON — Complaints about alleged irregularities in Canton elections have prompted the Madison County district attorney’s office to start collecting information in anticipation of an official investigation. District Attorney Michael Guest tells The Clarion-Ledger seven people have contacted his office about alleged voting irregularities in the May 7 Democratic primary. Guest says he wants to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: agent, case, court, environment, environmental, falisfied records, federal government, fraud, investigate, investigation, investigator, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, lab, laboratory, law, legal, prosecutor, test, tiral, wastewater
WATER VALLEY — A laboratory owner charged with faking wastewater samples wants a judge to dismiss evidence taken from her computer because she claims she was stressed, “without coffee” and intimidated when she gave it to federal agents. Tennie White, owner of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., faces trial tomorrow on charges of faking wastewater [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 9,2013
Tags: attorney, crime, elected official, gay, homocide, homosexual, investigate, investigation, investigator, law, law enforcement, lawyer, mayor, mayoral candidate, murder, politician, Politics, public official
CLARKSDALE — Relatives of a slain Mississippi mayoral candidate are renewing their push for a federal investigation amid their complaints that local officials are withholding information about the case. Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian’s nude and battered body was found Feb. 27 near a Mississippi River levee. The case drew national attention after his campaign [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — A fire gutted the Frat House bar early yesterday but authorities say there were no injuries. The Hattiesburg American reports no one was in the bar on South 37th Avenue when the fire was reported shortly after 2:30 a.m. Fire Investigator Geneva Morgan says the building was a total loss. No one was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 1,2013
Tags: crime, elected official, investigation, judge, law, law enforcement, legal, letter, mail, poison, Politicians, post, Post Office, President, public official, ricin, Senator
TUPELO — When poison-laced letters were sent to President Barack Obama and two other officials, it didn’t take long to track down a suspect based on a phrase in one of the letters often used by a 45-year-old Elvis impersonator named Kevin Curtis: “I am KC and I approve this message.” Curtis was soon arrested [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: attempted assassination, investigation, judge, law enforcement, letter, mail, poison, politician, Politics, President, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
CORINTH — Attorneys for a Mississippi man who was briefly charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and others are encouraged after speaking with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office about repairing or replacing the man’s house after an intensive search left it uninhabitable. Christi McCoy, an attorney for Kevin Curtis, a 45-year-old [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 29,2013
Tags: court, crime, errorist, investigation, judge, justice, law, law enforcement, legal, letter, mail, poinson, politician, Politics, President, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism
TUPELO — A Mississippi man who describes himself as a patriot with no grudges against anyone was expected to appear in court today on charges of making and possessing ricin, part of the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others. The arrest of 41-year-old James Everett Dutschke early Saturday capped a [...] [...]
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