by Associated Press Published: November 6,2012
Tags: arrest, bail, bail bond, crime, criminal, false pretense, fraud, investigate, investigation, investigator, jail, law, law enforcement, legal, prison
GULFPORT — A 33-year-old Gulfport woman posing as a bail agent and collecting thousands of dollars from clients of A Grant Bail Bonding has been arrested on two felony charges of false pretense. Harrison County Sheriff’s Maj. Ron Pullen tells The Sun Herald Susan A. Johnson was arrested after deputies received a tip about her [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 3,2012
Tags: appropriation, bill, budget, corrections, COST, expense, funding, incarceration, jail, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, prison, state government
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers say they want to examine sentencing, parole and corrections practices to see if the state can find ways to save money on prisons. Two state House committees — Corrections and Judiciary B — met jointly yesterday to hear from judges, prosecutors, the Parole Board chairman and the corrections commissioner. “We’re going [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 2,2012
Tags: archiitect, architecture, build, building, contract, county government, jail, law enforcement, prison, supervisor
PASCAGOULA — Jackson County supervisors have approved a contract with Goldberg, Sullivan and McCrerey Architects & Planners to design the new Jackson County Adult Detention Center. The Mississippi Press reports supervisors discussed the matter in a closed session on Monday. Supervisor Mike Mangum voted against the measure, saying he would have preferred to work with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: bench, courts, employee, employment, fine, illegal immigrant, illegals, immigrants, immigration, jail, judge, prison, restitution, sentence, sentencing, visa, work visa, worker
GULFPORT — A 41-year-old South Florida businessman has been sentenced to prison, fined and ordered to pay $197,000 to 29 victims of visa fraud. The Sun Herald reports Michael V. Lombardi received a prison term of four years and three months, was fined $10,000 and given three years of probation after he serves his full [...] [...]
PASCAGOULA — Jackson County supervisors have fired the architect for the new county jail. The Sun Herald reports the supervisors voted to terminate the contract with Pryor & Morrow, who has been working on the jail for more than 10 years. Board of Supervisors president John McKay said the move would free the county to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 7,2012
Tags: arrest, beg, begging, city council, councilman, fine, jail, money, municipal government, panhandle, panhandler, panhanling
JACKSON — Jackson City Councilman Quentin Whitwell wants to make it more costly to panhandle in downtown Jackson by increasing fines and possible jail sentences for repeat offenses. Whitwell tells The Clarion-Ledger residents have complained more and more lately of being accosted when they go downtown. While acknowledging the ordinance won’t solve the problem on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 15,2012
Tags: doctor, health, health care, jail, license, medical, medical license, medicine, murder-for-hire, physicial, prison
GREENWOOD — A doctor charged in a murder-for-hire scheme has renewed his medical license even though he’s in jail. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Dr. Ralph Arnold Smith Jr.’s medical license was to expire on June 30. It is now extended through June 30, 2013, according to records from the Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure. Dr. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 15,2012
Tags: corrections, health, health carte, inmate, jail, medical, mediciane, prison, state agency, state government
JACKSON — Health Assurance, LLC will provide medical services at two additional state prisons. The Jackson-based company has provided health services at the Walnut Grove prison since 2002. The company and the Mississippi Department of Corrections announced additional contracts were awarded for the East Mississippi Correctional Facility near the Lost Gap community in Lauderdale County [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 9,2012
Tags: courts, fraud, insurance, insurance agency, insurance agent, insurance fraud, jail, judges, judicial, judiciary, law enforcement, prison, sentence, sentencing
MERIDIAN — A former insurance agent will spend time behind bars for fraud, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. The Attorney General’s Office Elisa Odom, 45, of Bailey pleaded guilty in Lauderdale County Circuit Court before Judge Lester Williamson to five counts of mail fraud and four counts of false pretense. She was sentenced on count [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2012
Tags: athletes, athletics, football, fraud, investing, investors, jail, prison, professional athletes, professional athletics, professional sports, sentencing
JACKSON — Former NFL football player Jeffrey Walker is going to prison for defrauding investors in four states of more than $2 million in what prosecutors say was a land development scheme involving property in China. A federal judge sentenced Walker to 45 months for wire fraud and 36 months for tax evasion. The sentences [...] [...]
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