Sentencing for man who sent ricin-laced letters moved to Oxford
OXFORD — The May 14 sentencing for James Everett Dutschke has been moved to Oxford from Aberdeen. The order was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court clerk’s office. No explanation for the change...
View ArticleEx-DMR director wants more time before sentencing for corruption
BILOXI — The former head of Mississippi’s Department of Marine Resources has joined his son and another defendant in asking a federal judge to hold off sentencing him on corruption charges. Bill Walker...
View ArticleDutschke faces sentencing for sending ricin-laced letters
ABERDEEN — A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to making ricin and sending letters dusted with the poison to President Barack Obama and other officials is being sentenced in Aberdeen. James Everett...
View ArticleRicin letter suspect stuns court, withdraws guilty plea
ABERDEEN — James Everett Dutschke is not going easily. The Mississippi man who pleaded guilty in January to sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others changed his mind yesterday,...
View ArticleMan who sent ricin-laced letters to be sentenced for fondling
TUPELO — A Mississippi man sentenced to 25 years for sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials is scheduled to be sentenced on unrelated state fondling...
View ArticleWalker, Janus get jail time for misusing funds at DMR
HATTIESBURG — The former Mississippi Department of Marine Resources director yesterday was sentenced to the maximum of five years in prison and fined for helping steer $210,000 in federal money to buy...
View ArticleGeorgia woman gets jail time for bribing ex-Delta school superintendent
GREENVILLE — A federal judge has sentenced Georgia businesswoman Edna Goble to 30 months in prison for bribing a former Greenville Public Schools superintendent to use her reading program for children....
View ArticleEx-circuit clerk Palmertree gets 10 years for embezzlement
VICKSBURG — A former Warren County circuit clerk has been sentenced for embezzlement while in office, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. Shelly Palmertree was sentenced today after pleading guilty...
View ArticleZiegler’s sentencing ends DMR embezzlement case
BILOXI — Former Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Chief of Staff Joseph Ziegler has been sentenced to three years’ probation. Ziegler was the last of 10 individuals to be sentenced as part of...
View ArticleInvestigators: Dog fighting sentences send strong message
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Investigators in the nation’s second-largest dog fighting bust said defendants’ stiff sentences should send a message that the cruel spectacles will not be tolerated. Those...
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