A 51-year-old Vancleave, Miss., man who claimed he caught 1,000 pounds of shrimp a day before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is going to prison over $36,300. That’s how much he received in oil-spill recovery money by claiming he owned …
Ocean Springs, Miss., police have arrested a 20-year-old man on charges of auto burglary after some stolen items showed up on Craigslist. Police Capt. William Jackson says Jimmy Rudolph Smith of Ocean Springs was arrested Monday. Smith is charged with …
A Jasper County, Miss., man has been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud. Attorney General Jim Hood on Monday said 55-year-old David Myrick Cox, of Louin, surrendered to investigators with his office’s Insurance Integrity Unit at the Jasper County …
A man has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars in copper from farm irrigation pivots in Mississippi and selling it in Arkansas. Mark Tigues, Curtis Tigues and Ernest Calvin were indicted last year. Indictments in their cases say the …
A 35-year-old D’Iberville, Miss., man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $6,000 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto accidents. Circuit Judge Lisa also ordered James Eric …
A Columbia, Miss., man is under federal indictment for allegedly filing $10,000 worth of false claims for Deepwater Horizon oil spill relief funding. The Clarion-Ledger reports Jermaine Ball is charged with a separate felony for each of the $5,000 checks …
An Okolona, Miss., man has pleaded guilty to FEMA fraud. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that Ronnie G. Beard entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Aberdeen. Beard was indicted in December 2011 on two counts that he …
A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 12 years is getting a $195,000 settlement from the city of Jackson, Miss. The Clarion-Ledger reports Cedric Willis had sued the city and four police officers, alleging that their misconduct led to his …