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Arrest made in Oxford homicide
HUDDLESTON By Errol Castens Daily Journal A former employee who had lived with funeral home director Kenneth Roberson was charged Wednesday in Roberson’s death. Nathaniel Arnez Huddleston, 27, was...
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Booneville nurse aid facing felony charges
BOONEVILLE – Charlotte Godsey, 39, of Booneville, turned herself in to the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday and faces charges for felony exploitation of a vulnerable person and alleged...
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Monroe County investigates fatal shooting
By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal SMITHVILLE – Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley confirmed one fatality Wednesday in a deputy-related shooting. The incident stemmed from a drug investigation by the...
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Arrest made in Oxford in Pontotoc homicide
OXFORD – Oxford Police arrested a man just north of Jackson Wednesday afternoon for the Saturday murder of a Pontotoc funeral director. Nathaniel Arnez Huddleston was arrested around 3:30 p.m. for the...
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Burglary spree ends with four arrests
MCVEY GENTRY JOHNSON RHODES Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – Teamwork between adjoining counties helped to solve a strong of burglaries in Prentiss County. According to Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar, a...
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State prisoners pulled from Alcorn County facility
William Moore | Buy at photos.djournal.comSome of the 233 state inmates wait to get on a bus Thursday morning to leave the Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility in Corinth. By William Moore...
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Sheriff races will draw voters to some county polls
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – Several sheriff’s races across the region are already settled, but at least three counties will have new top lawmen. The sheriffs in Alcorn and Chickasaw...
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Prentiss drug investigation lands two in jail
TAYLOR BRUMLEY Daily Journal BOONEVILLE – A long-term undercover investigation has led to a pair of arrests with more in the works. Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar said narcotics agents have been...
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Oxford police arrest Booneville woman with stolen debit card
CROWELL Daily Journal OXFORD – A Prentiss County woman has been jailed and charged with using someone else’s debit card at numerous locations. Oxford investigators charged Angelica Crowell, 25, with...
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Starkville man charged with embezzlement
JOHNSON Daily Journal STARKVILLE – The Starkville Police Department arrested a man for allegedly stealing money from his employer. Arthur D. Johnson, 27, of Starkville, is charged with felony...
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29 people in 8 states arrested on sex trafficking charges
By Kate Brumback Associated Press ATLANTA – Raids on a network of sex traffickers around the Southeast resulted in more than two-dozen arrests and the rescues of Latin American women forced to work as...
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MCSO given 20 body cameras
Ricky Kimbrell | Buy at photos.MonroeCountyJournal.comMCSO officer Eric Sloan is presented with a body camera by Nancy Bishop. By Ray Van Dusen and Ricky Kimbrell Monroe Journal ABERDEEN – The Monroe...
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Alabama man charged with Oxford car burglary
EZELL Daily Journal OXFORD – An Auburn, Alabama was arrested last week and charged with breaking into a Oxford car. Orlando Ezell, 23, was arrested after Oxford Police officers took a report of an auto...
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High court won’t hear appeal from death row inmate Loden
LODEN WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate who pleaded guilty in the rape and killing of a waitress in 2000. The justices on Monday let stand a...
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Pedestrian killed in Itawamba County
Daily Journal A pedestrian was killed when he was struck by a car Friday night in Itawamba County. Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers responded to MS Highway 23, near Tremont, at approximately 10:50...
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Ex-Stanford Financial CEO appeal rejected
STANFORD By Dennis Seid Daily Journal NEW ORLEANS – Disgraced former Stanford Financial chairman and CEO R. Allen Stanford must serve his 110-year sentence for defrauding thousands in his $7.2 billion...
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Man jailed after bombing at Tupelo Walmart
LEONARD By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A Tupelo man is facing life behind bars after allegedly setting off an explosive at Walmart early Sunday morning. Marshall W. Leonard, 61, of Tupelo, was...
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Court upholds $30 million ruling against Sandoz
Special to the Journal JACKSON – The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a $30,110,618 ruling against generic pharmaceutical provider, Sandoz, Inc. and affirmed that the company committed common-law fraud...
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Bond set for Walmart bombing suspect
LEONARD By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – During his initial court appearance Tuesday, Marshall Leonard said he will plead guilty to placing a homemade bomb at a Tupelo Walmart. Leonard, 61, of...
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New sheriffs to take office in some counties
Daily Journal TUPELO – Three counties in Northeast Mississippi voted in new sheriffs Tuesday, while sheriffs who faced opposition in eight other counties kept their seats. The sheriffs in Alcorn and...
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