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Mississippi schools ordered not to handcuff students

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Public schools in Jackson, Mississippi, will no longer be permitted to handcuff students to poles or other objects and staff will now be instructed how to conduct more effective means of discipline.

The Jackson, Mississippi school district agreed Friday to a settlement with the Southern Poverty Law Center after having been sued over their practice of cuffing kids to poles in one alternative school.

The suit was filed in June, 2011, by Jeanette Murry on behalf of her 16-year-old son. The son suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and was routinely restrained for hours for even minor offenses such as dress code violations. [Read more…]

Man recently pardoned by Mississippi Governor charged with new crimes

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Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is in the crosshairs as a man he pardoned only a few months ago has recently been charged with DUI and accused of fleeing the scene of an accident that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old woman.

Harry Bostick, a retired IRS agent who has previously been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol three times, was just released from jail on a $50,000 bond after being charged at the end of last week.

Bostick was arrested for crashing into a car in Mississippi in October being driven by 18-year-old Charity Smith, then fleeing the scene of the crime. He has also been charged with death caused by driving under the influence (DUI) and was indicted on the charges by a Mississippi grand jury on May 10. [Read more…]

Northern Mississippi residents have reason to fear fake cop may be interstate shooter

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Law enforcement officials in Mississippi are warning drivers about a possible fake police officer who may be pulling drivers over and then shooting them dead. Such reports have Mississippi drivers fearful after two drivers were found shot and killed in two separate incidents in northern Mississippi last week.

“The concern is that someone is posing as a law enforcement officer, and that is how these vehicles end up on the side of the road,” the director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said earlier this week.

The MBI is warning drivers to be wary if an officer attempts to pull them over, and suggests two courses of action if a driver is suspicious about a traffic stop in Mississippi: [Read more…]

A doctor, a lawyer and a Mississippi murder-for-hire

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Police in Greenwood, Mississippi are now saying that a man arrested earlier this week was involved in a separate murder-for-hire scheme that was unrelated to a plot that police say ended in a deadly shooting at a Greenwood lawyer’s office.

Greenwood Police Chief Henry Purnell tells The Greenwood Commonwealth that Cordarious Robinson, 22, has nothing to do with the shootout that occurred Saturday night at the downtown Greenwood law office of Lee Abraham. “These are unrelated charges that we have charged him with. He had nothing to do with the Saturday night shooting.” [Read more…]

Report: U.S. violent crime down, Mississippi has most available guns

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According to a recent study, the United States is less violent today than at any time in the last 20 years. That overall decline however doesn’t mean that every state is equally peaceful, Maine was the least violent state and Louisiana the most violent according to data.

The United States Peace Index, produced by Institute for Economics and Peace, found Cambridge, Massachusetts, the most peaceful metropolitan area and Detroit far and away the most violent.

The index analyzes peacefulness at the state and city levels by comparing five indicators: the number of homicides, number of violent crimes, the incarceration rate, number of police employees and the availability of small arms. [Read more…]

Burglaries in Panola County, Mississippi, have neighbors nervous

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Nita Saba told reporters with WREG in a recent interview that her north Mississippi neighborhood has usually been a quiet, peaceful place for most of the nine years she’s lived there.

A recent series of burglaries has her worried for her safety and the safety of her belongings. “This area, it just doesn’t seem like anything like that would go on here in this area.”

Though a sleepy town, the fact is much has been happening. In just the last week, Panola County Sheriff Dennis Darby says burglars have broken into homes in broad daylight, while people are working. The Sheriff says that the burglars are getting into the homes any way they can and taking as many valuable items as they can carry, “Mostly guns, anything they can carry off, big enough that two people can carry off, so the suspects will be at least two or more.” [Read more…]

Mississippi teen recovering from series of horrible incidents

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A Marshall County, Mississippi, teenager continues the long process of recovery following one terrible week. During the course of the week the teen survived a fire, an attempted drowning and a car crash. High school senior Charles Hardeman, 18, is the youngest of Tammie Hardeman’s four children. “That’s my baby boy,” said Tammie Hardeman. “He’s a smart young man.”

Unfortunately Charles Hardeman has been unable to speak from his bed at the MED, where he has been ever since barely escaping a bizarre attack last week in Slayden, Mississippi.

“Even in the hospital now, he’s fighting,” said Tammie Hardeman. “Can do the thumbs up and wiggle them toes, and can open his eyes.” [Read more…]

Identity Theft on the Rise in Mississippi

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According to a recent article in the Clarion Ledger, more criminals are engaging in identity theft in Mississippi. According to statistics released by the Federal Trade Commission, the state jumped to 17th in the nation last year in the number of identity theft complaints per 100,000 population. According to a similar study five years ago, the state was ranked 32nd.

“Over the last few years, we have seen identity theft become a major contributor to our overall criminal caseload,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Gilbert, who handles such cases. “The problem has become so widespread that several different federal agencies have made identity theft detection and investigation a top priority.” [Read more…]

Southaven, Mississippi, store clerk run over twice in one day

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According to an article in the DeSoto Times Tribune, a terribly unlucky employee of Schnucks was run over twice one afternoon while attempting to retrieve unpaid for items from customers of the store.

Three females brought two cartons of cigarettes and one package of toilet paper to the cashier where they were bagged and one of the women took them from the store on Goodman Road in Southaven.

When the credit card used to purchase the items was declined, one of the women still in the store said she would have to go to the car to get the items or another form of payment. [Read more…]

Southaven, Mississippi, store clerk run over twice in one day

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According to an article in the DeSoto Times Tribune, a terribly unlucky employee of Schnucks was run over twice one afternoon while attempting to retrieve unpaid for items from customers of the store.

Three females brought two cartons of cigarettes and one package of toilet paper to the cashier where they were bagged and one of the women took them from the store on Goodman Road in Southaven.

When the credit card used to purchase the items was declined, one of the women still in the store said she would have to go to the car to get the items or another form of payment. [Read more…]