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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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.
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A former correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex in Yazoo City, Mississippi, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for engaging in sexual acts with a federal prisoner.
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A Guatemalan national, Mateo Ramos-Perez, was sentenced to 11 months in prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after having been previously removed.
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A Neshoba County man was convicted of second-degree murder and using a firearm during the commission of that crime after a three-day jury trial concluded on September 10, 2025.
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A Mexican national has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after having previously been deported three times.
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A Colorado man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, following his arrest during a traffic stop in Warren County, Mississippi.
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A Meridian resident has entered a guilty plea in federal court to charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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A man from D’Iberville, Mississippi, Sean Parol, was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional fifty years for coercing minors into sexual activity and producing child sexual abuse material.