Hattiesburg man pleads guilty in $510M “cream scheme”
After being charged on 37 counts in the $510 million health care fraud scheme back in September, Mississippi businessman Wade Walters of Hattiesburg has pled...
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US Attorney Mike Hurst Announces Millions Available to Fight Human Trafficking and Help Victims
U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst today announced that more than $65 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities combat human trafficking and...
Hurst announces results of Jackson crime operation
U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and U.S. Marshal Mark Shepherd have announced the results of a recent U.S. Marshals-led anti-violent crime operation in the City of...
Department of Wildlife honors fallen officers
by Alex Paton
May 15th is National Peace Officers Memorial Day. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks honored their fallen officers during a ceremony at their...
Mississippi man pleads guilty to crossburning
by Alex Paton
A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to a hate crime. Louie Bernard Revette pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a crossburning in Oct of...
Project EJECT expands to Hattiesburg
by Alex Paton
Project EJECT will be expanding into the city of Hattiesburg. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Mike Hurst, along with the Hattiesburg Police...
U.S. Attorney Hurst: Prosecution up 120% since ’16
by Alex Paton
New prosecutors are coming to the state of Mississippi. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice allowed for 311 new prosecutors nation-wide. The positions...
Featured Man charged with distributing methamphetamine
U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that 40 year old Demetrius Darnell Mason...
AG Sessions appoints four Assistant U.S. Attorneys to Mississippi
by Alex Paton
Mississippi is getting four additional Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announced that the Department of Justice is taking a...
Featured Insurance agent pleads guilty in MDOC prison bribery scandal
by Alex Paton
The final person facing charges in the Chris Epps prison bribery scandal has pled guilty. Insurance Agent Guy “Butch” Evans, pled guilty to aiding and...