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A cousin of Jackson State University student Ryan Henderson, gunned down last weekend at a pool party, is blaming JSU football players for the shooting. On her Tumblr page this morning, Shelby Davonna wrote: "My cousin Ryan was brutally murdered by members of the Jackson State University football team after he accidentally bumped into a player during a pool party. The problem could have been resolved when Ryan apologized, but instead he was jumped 3 times, chased around an apartment complex, ... read on »
Rankin County suffered a one-two punch this week on the crime news front. Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney's office announced that three Rankin County men, Dylan Wade Butler, 20, John Aaron Rice, 19, and Deryl Paul Dedmon, 19, would be the first sentenced under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act for committing a hate crime that resulted in murder. The three men, and up to four accomplices, worked together to kill James Craig Anderson last summer.
Cobby Williams, a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, recently released a campaign video, or "jingle."
Three Brandon men plead guilty to two felony hate crime charges today in the case that resulted in the death of James Craig Anderson, of Jackson.
Dylan Wade Butler, 20, John Aaron Rice, 19, and Deryl Paul Dedmon, 19, were charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act. Conspiracy holds a maximum charge of $250,000 and up to five years in prison. The violation charge holds a maximum fine of $250,000 and a ... read on »
by Elizabeth Waibel
March 22, 2012
Gov. Phil Bryant’s Facebook page has probably never been so popular.
The Jackson Police Department's weekly major crimes report was just released. The report covers citywide crime for the week of March 12 through March 18.
The following is Hinds County Assistant District Attorney Scott Rogillio's verbatim account of the events that transpired when Deryl Dedmon and his friends encountered James Craig Anderson in June 2011. The narrative would have provided the basis for the prosecution's case against Dedmon, who pleaded guilty to Anderson's murder this afternoon. Because racial hatred inspired the crime, Dedmon, who is white, received the maximum penalty of two life sentences for his part in a plot to target ... read on »
JFP Staff
March 21, 2012
Deryl Dedmon pleaded guilty today to the murder of James Craig Anderson. The judge sentenced Dedmon to life for murder and another life sentence for hate crime, to run concurrently.
Well, it's official -- the NFL has levied its sanctions against the New Orleans Saints and they aren't pretty for the organization or for their head coach -- Sean Payton has been suspended without pay for a year; former defensive coordinator Greg Williams, who managed the "bounty" program that paid defensive players for dramatic plays and illegal hits, has been suspended "indefinitely" by the league. His suspension will be reconsidered by the commissioner after the end of the 2012 season. GM ... read on »
I couldn't help but notice that it was USA Today -- owned by the same company that owns the Clarion-Ledger and, of course, the extraordinarily creatively named "Deal Chicken" -- that published the story Daily Coupon Deals May Not Work For Buyers, Sellers over the weekend.
The story is informative for anyone who hasn't yet done the deep dive into the problems that can be created for small businesses by the likes of Living Social and Groupon (and DealChicken) where a combination of high ... read on »
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