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DA starts collecting evidence on alleged voting irregularities

Associated Press — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:34:29 +0000

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 [...]

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Lab owner wants evidence tossed because of lack of coffee

Associated Press — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:44:29 +0000

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 [...]

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Family of murdered mayoral candidate wants federal investigation

Associated Press — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:47:05 +0000

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 [...]

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No injuries in Hub City bar fire; investigation underway

Associated Press — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:58:35 +0000

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 [...]

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Items from suspect’s karate studio test positive for ricin

Associated Press — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:22:13 +0000

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 [...]

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House ‘uninhabitable’ after search in ricin-laced letter case

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:02:12 +0000

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 [...]

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Man accused of sending ricin-laced letters due in court

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:32:37 +0000

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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Man investigated in ricin letters case goes into hiding

Associated Press — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:41:33 +0000

TUPELO — A Mississippi man whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into poisoned letters sent to the president and others has dropped out of sight in order to escape the news media spotlight, but is cooperating with authorities, a friend and his attorney said. Everett Dutschke, 45, had his home [...]

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Mystery thickens around who sent ricin-laced letters

Associated Press — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:26:55 +0000

TUPELO — Of three ricin-laced letters mailed this month to public officials, only one made it into the hands of an intended target, 80-year-old Mississippi judge Sadie Holland. Investigators are working to piece together what motivated someone to send the letters to her, President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker. Holland is a common [...]

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Investigators looking at Coast store fire, suspect arson

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:25:48 +0000

MOSS POINT— Authorities suspect arson in a fire at a Moss Point convenience store. Fire Chief Clarence Parks tells The Sun Herald a passer-by saw the fire at the store on Main Street about 4:15 a.m. yesterday and alerted firefighters. The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the fire along with the Moss Point Fire [...]

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