by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: agriculture, commodity, farm, farmer, farming, plant, planting, probation, row crop, seed, state agency, suspend, suspension
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has suspended the seed dealer license of Johnston Seed Company Inc., of Ashburn, Ga., for 15 violations of the Mississippi Pure Seed Law. The settlement resolves allegations that Johnston Seed Company failed to comply with state-issued stop sale orders for seed not in compliance with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: bench, case, court, crime, criminal, fraud, investing, investment, investor, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, prison, probation, sentence, trial
FAYETTE — A Natchez woman will spend 10 years behind bars for her part in a business scheme that reportedly bilked an investor by never opening the business into which the victim poured their money. The Natchez Democrat reports Emily Sanders was sentenced in Jefferson County Circuit Court to probation for her October conviction on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: bench, court, employee, food, illegal immigrant, immigration, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, owner, probation, restaurnat, sentence
PEARL RIVER COUNTY — Three business associates of Mexican restaurants in Pearl River County have received probation on guilty pleas to a misdemeanor charge of hiring illegal immigrants. The three and an employee had been indicted on felonies in federal court after raids shut down their restaurants in Picayune and Poplarville on Feb. 23. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 17,2012
Tags: authority, contractor, court, decision, embezzlement, home, homebuilder, homeowner, house, housing, judge, judicial, judiciary, kickback, probation, real estate, residence, resident, residential, ruling, sentence, sentencing
GREENVILLE — Contractor Jimmy Johnson has been given two years’ probation for his role in aiding and abetting embezzlement in a kickback scheme from a Mississippi Delta housing agency. He had faced up to 10 years in prison. The Delta Democrat Times reports Johnson and South Delta Regional Housing Authority director Ann Jefferson were indicted [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 9,2012
Tags: bench, courts, energy, false statement, fuel, judicial, judiciary, manager, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, petroleum, probation, safety, sentence, sentencing
WALNUT GROVE — A 49-year-old Mississippi man who worked as manager on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been sentenced to two years of probation for lying about testing on a key safety device that allegedly was not working properly. Donald Hudson, of Walnut Grove, pleaded guilty in April to making a [...] [...]
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