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 Meridian resident, Steven Wright, 30, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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A Mexican national, Cristian Mitchel Mondragon Gonzales, 30, was sentenced on August 14, 2025, to 34 years in prison for second-degree murder and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime.
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A man from Brandon, Mississippi, has pleaded guilty to charges related to methamphetamine distribution.
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Bogdan Gabriel Radu, a 23-year-old Romanian national, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for possessing device-making equipment, commonly known as skimmers.
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A Woodville, Mississippi resident has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
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A Guatemalan national has been sentenced to seven months in federal prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after previously being removed.
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Six individuals have pleaded guilty to narcotics distribution charges following an operation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Jackson, Mississippi.
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An El Salvadoran man, Jose Rigoberto Mejia-Cubias, has been sentenced to twenty-four months in federal prison for unlawful reentry after removal from the United States.
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A Honduran national has been sentenced to nearly six months in prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after being previously removed.
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A Guatemalan national has been sentenced to four months in prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after being previously removed.
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A federal jury has convicted Fredrick Dywane Campbell, 51, and Ramonz Payne, 45, both of Meridian, Mississippi, for conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine and marijuana.
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A Meridian, Mississippi resident was convicted by a federal jury on drug trafficking charges after a four-day trial.
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A Gulfport man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possessing images and videos depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
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A Neshoba County man has been sentenced to more than fifteen years in federal prison for possessing child pornography, officials announced.
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Pedro Aranda-Zaragoza, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, pleaded guilty to unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.
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Two individuals associated with the Venezuelan organized crime group Tren de Araqua have admitted to bank theft charges.
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Four individuals have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in an automobile dealership fraud conspiracy in the Jackson metropolitan area.
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A Guatemalan national has been sentenced to 17 months in prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after being previously removed.
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An Ohio man, John Carleton Johnson, Jr., has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing magnetic stripe credit card encoding devices.
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On July 1, 2025, a man from Neshoba County pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor.