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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Sean Matthew Langston Jr., an Ohio resident, has been sentenced to sixteen months in federal prison for illegally possessing credit card encoding devices following his arrest in Rankin County last year. The case involved cooperation among multiple law enforcement agencies investigating financial fraud schemes.
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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.