Stealing Money From a Nursing Home Resident: Indianola Woman Charged Monday
INDIANOLA, Miss.–If your mom or grandmother or grandfather is in a nursing home, this story might tick you off just a bit. An Indianola woman...
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Atty. Gen. Hood: Jail Time For Man Abusing a Vulnerable Person, Woman Defrauding Medicaid
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JACKSON, Miss.–It’s jail time for two Mississippians in two separate incidents, but there are lessons to be learned from their cases. One person is going...
The Republican Run-Off: What You Need to Know Before You Vote
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JACKSON, Miss.–Today will likely be the moment of truth for Sen. Thad Cochran and his opponent, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, in the run-off election for...
Watch Your Folks’ Bank Cards: Miss. Woman Charged With Bilking Elderly Couple
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CLEVELAND, Miss.–If you get someone to look after your elderly relatives, you’d better watch ’em like a hawk. That’s the lesson coming down after Lisa...
Online Messages That Cause Harm: Atty. Gen. Launches Campaign to Stop It
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JACKSON, Miss.–What you do online can hurt others and if you have malicious intent, then your online words are illegal, is the message from Atty....
Keeping Your Kids Safe: One Hundred Images of Child Pornography Gets Man Jail Time
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BRANDON, Miss.–More than one hundred sexually explicit pictures of children on his computer has bought Thomas Williamson of Rankin County prison time. He pleaded guilty...
Hurt on the Job, or Not? Miss. Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud
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PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss.–IF you fake being hurt on the job, you could end up with a new job, a prison job. That’s the message from...
Fake Purses, Jeans and Jackets and Real Drugs: Tate County Man Arrested
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SENATOBIA, Miss.–You can’t sell phony purses, jackets, jeans and shirts, and real drugs, and get away with it in Mississippi. That’s the message from Atty....
Whacking a Teen With a Shoe: Jail Time for a Mississippi Caregiver
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BROOKHAVEN, Miss.–Everybody gets angry, but when you’re in charge of taking care of teenagers, hitting one of them with a shoe is inexcusable and illegal,...
Warning from Atty. Gen.: Don’t Gouge During the Winter Weather Emergency
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JACKSON, Miss.–Don’t be tempted to raise your prices to take advantage of the situation. That’s the message to businesses from Atty. Gen. Jim Hood, who...