| Federal Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Friday May 03, 2024 ( 5 items ) |
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Miss. U.S. Attorney: Biloxi City Councilman Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy Involving Vape Shops
GULFPORT, Mississippi, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release:
A Biloxi City Councilman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance.
Robert Leon Deming, III, 47, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.
According to court documents and information presented to the court, in 2019, Deming founded the Candy Shop, LLC to operate Candy Shop stores in Mississi
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Miss. U.S. Attorney: Laurel Man Sentenced to Almost 6 Years in Prison for Possession With Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on May 2, 2024:
A Laurel man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
According to court records, Danny Ray Cole, 46, was caught distributing pills to a buyer that contained 12.46 grams of a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine
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Miss. U.S. Attorney: Picayune Man Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Possession With Intent to Distribute 27 Grams of Methamphetamine
GULFPORT, Mississippi, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release:
A Picayune man was sentenced to 160 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 27 grams of methamphetamine.
Conel Lamont Holloway, 40, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.
According to court records, on November 2, 2018, Holloway sold 27 grams of methamphetamine to an individual for $700 in Picayune, Mississippi.
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Miss. U.S. Attorney: Red Water Woman Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
JACKSON, Mississippi, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release:
A Red Water woman was sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiring to possess over 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
According to court documents, in May of 2021, Kelsy Ann Billie, 24, conspired to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine near the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
In September
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Miss. U.S. Attorney: United States Obtains Judgment for Fraudulent Veterans Assistance Claims Against Moss Point Barber School and Owner in the Amount of $916,392
GULFPORT, Mississippi, May 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on May 2, 2024:
Todd Gee, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, announced today that the United States obtained a civil judgment in the amount of $916,392 in connection with fraudulent veterans assistance claims made by barber school and salon owner April Tucker Beard; Beard's salon and barber school, April's Mane Attraction, Inc.
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