U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi
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A man from Natchez, Mississippi, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with fraudulent unemployment insurance claims made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A federal jury in Jackson, Mississippi, has found William “Bill” Byrd McHenry, Jr., of Canton guilty of perjury for making false statements during a court proceeding.
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A Louisiana resident, Travis Thorn, has admitted in federal court to conspiring to obtain unemployment insurance benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic while he was incarcerated.
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A Jackson resident has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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A Magee resident, Santos Vidal Estrada, 34, has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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Stephen Spencer Pittman, a 19-year-old from Madison, Mississippi, has been indicted on charges related to the arson of the Beth Israel Congregation and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life.
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A McComb resident, Jeffery Budziszewski, was sentenced on January 8, 2026, to one year of federal probation and fined $3,000 for violating a federal wildlife law.
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Stefan Day Rowold, a 37-year-old resident of Wiggins, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 360 months in federal prison after being found guilty on six counts related to arson and civil rights violations.
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A Meridian, Mississippi man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for manufacturing and trafficking drugs.
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A Brookhaven resident, David Tiler Castillo, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $928,500 in restitution after being convicted of wire fraud.
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A federal jury in Gulfport, Mississippi has convicted Marcus Agee, 35, on charges related to fentanyl trafficking.
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Andrew Grant and Eric Gilkey, both former members of the Canton Board of Aldermen in Mississippi, have been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for their involvement in a bribery scheme with former Madison County engineer Rudolph M. Warnock Jr.
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An Ohio resident, Sean Matthew Langston, Jr., has pleaded guilty to possessing equipment used for making fraudulent credit cards.
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A Venezuelan citizen has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal money from several ATMs in Jackson County, Mississippi.
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Rudolph M. Warnock, Jr., from Birmingham, Alabama, and Cleveland Anderson, of Canton, Mississippi, were sentenced to 12 years and 7 years in federal prison respectively for their involvement in a bribery scheme.
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Joe Lewis, a 55-year-old resident of Hinds County, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 292 months in federal prison after being convicted on two counts of attempted production of child pornography.
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A Romanian national has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for his involvement in installing card skimming devices at grocery stores across the Southern District of Mississippi.
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A Jackson resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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A woman from Canton, Mississippi, has admitted to stealing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that are intended to help low-income families purchase groceries.
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A Hattiesburg resident, Velton Taylor Williams, Jr., was sentenced in federal court to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining and using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.