News and Press Releases
2011: Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
January 2011
January 10, 2011
BILOXI MAN SENTENCED ON DRUG AND FIREARM CHARGES
January 6, 2011
LOCAL ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY TO SCHEMES TO DEFRAUD CLIENTS
January 5, 2011
TWO GANG MEMBERS PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE
GANG MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFTER FELONY CONVICTION
FOUR INDIVIDUALS PLEAD GUILTY TO DRUG CHARGES
February 2011
February 15,2011
Jerry Rushing named Acting Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi
February 4,2011
Jackson Woman Pleads Guilty to Bribery of a Public Official
March 2011
March 28,2011
RANKIN COUNTY MAN SENTENCED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
March 11,2011
THREE ILLEGAL ALIENS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
March 11,2011
MIAMI MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME
March 4,2011
MADISON RESIDENT SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS AND ELEVEN MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD
April 2011
April 27,2011
Mississippi Woman Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Bribery of a Public Official
April 18,2011
TAX DEFIER INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY
April 15,2011
FEDERAL OFFICIALS CLOSE THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF
BILLEY JOE JOHNSON, JR.
April 13,2011
MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR OIL SPILL FRAUD
April 11,2011
MISSISSIPPI DOCTOR CONVICTED OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD
April 6,2011
GREENE COUNTY SUPERVISOR CONVICTED OF BRIBERY AND OTHER CHARGES RELATED TO KATRINA DEBRIS REMOVAL CONTRACTS
April 1,2011
TEXAS WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS
May 2011
May 31,2011
Mississippi Man pleads guilty to Assault with a Deadly Weapon
May 12,2011
ILLEGAL ALIEN IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
May 11,2011
Mississippi Man Sentenced on Drug Charges
June 2011
June 23,2011
GREENE COUNTY SUPERVISOR SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS IN PRISONON BRIBERY AND OTHER CHARGES RELATED TO KATRINA DEBRISREMOVAL CONTRACTS
June 9,2011
MISSISSIPPI BROKER GETS OVER SIXTEEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR MORTGAGE LOAN FRAUD SCHEME
June 8,2011
Mississippi Man Sentenced for House Burglary
June 8,2011
THREE LOCAL BUSINESSMEN PLEAD GUILTY TO EMPLOYMENT-RELATED IMMIGRATION CONSPIRACY
July 2011
July 28,2011
FIVE INDIVIDUALS INDICTED ON CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT
JACKSON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING A FALSE CLAIM FOR SNAP BENEFITS
MADISON ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH BANKRUPTCY FRAUD AND BANK FRAUD
July 21,2011
MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS STUDENTS PICKED TO ATTEND
NATIONAL INTERTRIBAL YOUTH SUMMIT
MISSISSIPPI MAN INDICTED FOR MAIL FRAUD AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS A FICTITIOUS PROMISSORY NOTE
July 11,2011
SIX DRUG CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
July 8,2011
LAUREL FATHER AND SON PLEAD GUILTY TO BRIBERY
Mississippi Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges
MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE CLAIM FOR USDA SNAP BENEFITS
Man Pleads Guilty to Ammunition Possession Charges
August 2011
August 30,2011
Gulfport Man Sentenced on Firearms Charges
August 26,2011
TAX PROTESTER CONVICTED OF FEDERAL TAX EVASION AND OBSTRUCTION
August 24,2011
GULFPORT MAN SENTENCED ON BANK ROBBERY CHARGES
Two Mississippi Street Gang Members Sentenced on Gun Charges
August 22,2011
CLINTON MAN SENTENCED FOR BANK FRAUD
August 18,2011
FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY DUNN LAMPTON DIES
August 17,2011
17 ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
August 12,2011
DRUG RAIDS IN COVINGTON AND FORREST COUNTIES YIELD 4 ARRESTS AND $37K IN METH
August 5,2011
HONDURAN CITIZEN SENTENCED FOR FILING FALSE PASSPORT APPLICATION
September 2011
September 29,2011
HOLMES COUNTY SUPERVISOR PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY
September 28,2011
George County Man Sentenced on Arson Charges
September 16,2011
TWO MEN CONVICTED OF POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT CREDIT CARDS
TWO DRUG CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
September 14,2011
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS $642,780 TO ENHANCE, SUPPORT TRIBAL JUSTICE AND SAFETY IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
September 9,2011
TWO MEN INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING, CARJACKING, CONSPIRACY
PIKE COUNTY ONCOLOGIST, OFFICE MANAGER AND MEDICAL BILLER INDICTED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
October 2011
October 28,2011
MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR
October 26,2011
OKLAHOMA MAN SENTENCED ON FIREARMS CHARGES
WIGGINS MAN SENTENCED ON BANK ROBBERY CHARGES
BILOXI MAN SENTENCED ON FIREARMS CHARGES
October 18,2011
LAUREL FATHER AND SON SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR BRIBERY
October 16,2011
FLOWOOD MAN SENTENCED TO 97 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
October 6,2011
FORMER MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO $2.2 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME AND TAX EVASION
October 4,2011
HANCOCK BANK AUDITOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL BANK FRAUD
November 2011
November 10, 2011
TAX PROTESTER SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL TAX EVASION AND OBSTRUCTION
November 9, 2011
TWO SENTENCED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD
November 4, 2011
TWELVE MISSISSIPPIANS CHARGED WITH STUDENT LOAN FRAUD
SIMON CITY ROYALS STREET GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
FOUR SENTENCED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD
November3, 2011
RIDGELAND BUSINESS OWNERS APPEAR IN COURT ON FEDERAL CHARGES INVOLVING ILLEGAL ALIENS
December 2011
December 20,2011
ILLEGAL ALIEN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY
TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS
December 19,2011
TWO JACKSON LAWYERS SENTENCED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY AND FEDERAL BANK FRAUD
December 14,2011
MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULT
December 13,2011
TWO MIAMI MEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT CREDIT CARDS
SIMON CITY ROYALS STREET GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 9 YEARS
ILLEGAL ALIEN SENTENCED ON RE-ENTRY CHARGES
December 5,2011
TEXAS WOMAN GUILTY OF TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS
