Mississippi Criminal Law Attorney

0.  Criminal charges still possible (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ - The possibility of criminal charges against the Natchez mayor still looms without answers. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has discussed the next step in the Natchez pecan factory saga, but they aren't sharing their opinions with the public yet.

1.  AROUND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Project Recovery, the free crisis counseling service established in the wake of Katrina, has announced that its workers will leave the area and the service will end on April 27. Outreach workers will remain in South Mississippi until that time, providing links to other sources of mental and emotional recovery. Following the April 27 deadline, all calls to the Project Recovery Help line ...

2.  Pecan issue settled (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ - The Mississippi Attorney General's Office and the city reached a settlement Monday in the litigation over the demolition of the old Natchez Pecan Shelling Factory.

3.  Motion denied at hearing (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ - A motion to quash the indictment for Circuit Clerk M.L. "Binkey" Vines was denied at a hearing Wednesday. One argument Vines' attorneys used in favor of throwing out the indictment revolved around state statute regarding the repayment of fees originally overpaid to Vines.

4.  West appears in court; restraining order still in place (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ - Mayor Phillip West appeared in an Adams County courtroom Monday afternoon as a result of his orders last week to tear down the pecan factory.

5.  Jackson mayor enters hospital (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Mayor Frank Melton, the subject of an arrest warrant for allegedly violating terms of his probation, will likely remain in a Jackson hospital this weekend after complaining of chest pains, his attorney said Friday.

6.  Judicial Bribery Retrial Of Attorney, Two Judges Begins (WLOX-TV Biloxi)
Mississippi attorney Paul S. Minor and two former judges sought to subvert the judicial system for their own gain, using "subtle but cunning deception," a lawyer for the U.S. attorney's office claimed Monday during opening statements in the U.S. District Court trial.

7.  United States Charges 19 With Gun Trafficking in Mississippi and Chicago (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Federal officials unsealed charges relating to firearms trafficking today against 19 defendants in Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois. 18 defendants were arrested by federal, state, and local agents this morning in Chicago and Northern Mississippi, and one is in custody on an unrelated charge.

8.  18 months after Katrina, much work remains to be done (Louisiana Weekly)
Each morning, Debra South Jones drives 120 miles into New Orleans to cook and serve over 300 free hot meals each day to people in eastern New Orleans, where she lived until Hurricane Katrina took her home.

9.  United States Charges 19 With Gun Trafficking in Mississippi and Chicago (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Federal officials announced today the arrest of some 19 defendants in Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois, who are charged with trafficking firearms from Mississippi to Chicago and putting them in the hands of gang members and convicted felons.