by Donna Ladd
May 13, 2009
Mayor Frank Melton and I disagreed on many things, especially the way he ran the city and his style of “crime-fighting,” but we met in the middle on a few things.
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[City/County] - [Melton] - The Charms of Frank Melton
[City/County] - [Melton] - The Curious Case Of Frank Melton
by Ward Schaefer
February 25, 2009
The first federal civil-rights trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former police bodyguard Michael Recio ended Tuesday in a mistrial; attorneys plan to discuss a retrial next week. Court attendance had thinned over the lengthy deliberation process, and…
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February 25, 2009
The first federal civil-rights trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former police bodyguard Michael Recio ended Tuesday in a mistrial; attorneys plan to discuss a retrial next week. Court attendance had thinned over the lengthy deliberation process, and…
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[City/County] - [Melton] - Day of Reckoning
by Ward Schaefer
February 4, 2009
The thrice-delayed federal civil-rights trial of Mayor Frank Melton and bodyguard Michael Recio began this week, ending a long process of pre-trial maneuvering. Melton and Recio face three counts for their roles in a 2006 raid on a Ridgeway Street…
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February 4, 2009
The thrice-delayed federal civil-rights trial of Mayor Frank Melton and bodyguard Michael Recio began this week, ending a long process of pre-trial maneuvering. Melton and Recio face three counts for their roles in a 2006 raid on a Ridgeway Street…
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[City/County] - [Melton] - ‘The Mayor Happened’
by Donna Ladd & Adam Lynch
December 31, 2008
The Jackson Free Press got an anonymous call about the mayor of Jackson tearing down a house with sledgehammers in late August 2006. The call came about a day after local news reported on the mayor injuring…
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December 31, 2008
The Jackson Free Press got an anonymous call about the mayor of Jackson tearing down a house with sledgehammers in late August 2006. The call came about a day after local news reported on the mayor injuring…
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[City/County] - [Melton] - A Tangled Web: The Mysteries of Frank Melton
by Donna Ladd
May 21, 2008
It was Sunday, April 9, 2006, and Frank Melton hadn't called me, yet. This was odd because the Sunday before, I had gone on my first ride-along with him on the Mobile Command Center, and he had invited me back…
by DonnaLadd on 05/21/08 at 04:46 PM Comments (39) -- Read More...
May 21, 2008
It was Sunday, April 9, 2006, and Frank Melton hadn't called me, yet. This was odd because the Sunday before, I had gone on my first ride-along with him on the Mobile Command Center, and he had invited me back…
by DonnaLadd on 05/21/08 at 04:46 PM Comments (39) -- Read More...
[Melton] - The State Of JPD
by Adam Lynch
Photos by Adam Lynch, Brian Johnson, Ronni Mott, and Kate Medley
November 14, 2007
Precinct 2 Patrolman Michael Braxton was on an evening shift in July when he got a vague call from dispatch telling him to head to Deer Park and…
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Photos by Adam Lynch, Brian Johnson, Ronni Mott, and Kate Medley
November 14, 2007
Precinct 2 Patrolman Michael Braxton was on an evening shift in July when he got a vague call from dispatch telling him to head to Deer Park and…
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[Melton] - The FBI’s Turn on Frank Melton?
by Adam Lynch and Brian JohnsonPhotos by Jaro Vacek and Brian Johnson
June 20, 2007
The FBI has subpoenaed documents from the city of Jackson, including but not limited to the activities of Mayor Frank Melton, according to Special Assistant to the…
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[Melton] - Judge Denies Melton Defense Motions
by Brian JohnsonPhoto by Jaro Vacek
April 18, 2007
Friday the 13th was a dark day for Mayor Frank Melton and his two police bodyguards Michael Recio and Marcus Wright. This was their first real day in court regarding the…
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[Melton] - Webster: No Patience For ‘Fluff’
by Adam Lynch
April 18, 2007
Retired Coahoma County Judge Joe Webster, who is presiding over Mayor Frank Melton’s trial next week, is a personality with little patience for “dilly-dally,” say lawyers who have worked with him.
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April 18, 2007
Retired Coahoma County Judge Joe Webster, who is presiding over Mayor Frank Melton’s trial next week, is a personality with little patience for “dilly-dally,” say lawyers who have worked with him.
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[Melton] - Christopher Walker Charged Again
by Adam LynchApril 18, 2007
Christopher “Smiley” Walker, once Mayor Frank Melton’s star witness against Albert “Batman” Donelson, pleaded not guilty to possession of contraband in prison last Monday, and will stay with his mother Lolethia Donelson if he is released from…
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[Melton] - Timeline
Aug. 26: Melton and his entourage, including at least one minor, destroy a home on Ridgeway Street with sledgehammers, according to witness accounts.
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[Melton] - Frank’s Boy
by Donna LaddApril 18, 2007
At the center of the maelstrom around Mayor Frank Melton’s actions the night of Aug. 26, 2006, sits a young man named Michael Taylor. Because Taylor—already accused of a felony then at the tender age of 16—allegedly helped…
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[Melton] - 2006: The Year That Was (Nuts)
by JFP Staff
December 27, 2006
As we survey the top local news from this past year, we have to take a deep breath and feel a measure of pride. Time after time over the last year, the Jackson Free Press broke crucial stories, beating…
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December 27, 2006
As we survey the top local news from this past year, we have to take a deep breath and feel a measure of pride. Time after time over the last year, the Jackson Free Press broke crucial stories, beating…
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[Melton] - JFP Exclusive: Meet Witness Stephen Stamboulieh
by Brian JohnsonPhoto by Jaro Vacek
November 21, 2006
See an archive of JFP stories and blogging on Frank Melton
Stephen Stamboulieh, 28, looks every bit the part of an ordinary grad student. The only thing that makes…
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[Melton] - Melton: After Guilty Pleas, What’s Next?
by Adam Lynch
November 21, 2006
Now that Mayor Frank Melton has pled guilty to gun charges, he must gird his loins for the upcoming trials against him and his two city-financed bodyguards regarding their alleged destruction of a home on Ridgeway Street. He faces five…
by DonnaLadd on 11/21/06 at 03:04 PM Comments (2) -- Read More...
November 21, 2006
Now that Mayor Frank Melton has pled guilty to gun charges, he must gird his loins for the upcoming trials against him and his two city-financed bodyguards regarding their alleged destruction of a home on Ridgeway Street. He faces five…
by DonnaLadd on 11/21/06 at 03:04 PM Comments (2) -- Read More...
[Melton] - Frankie’s Got A Gun
by Donna Ladd
November 8, 2006
From the day Frank Melton took office as mayor of Jackson on July 4, 2006, he has exercised his right to bear arms in dramatic and public ways. Almost immediately after proclaiming at his inauguration that he was going to…
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November 8, 2006
From the day Frank Melton took office as mayor of Jackson on July 4, 2006, he has exercised his right to bear arms in dramatic and public ways. Almost immediately after proclaiming at his inauguration that he was going to…
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[Melton] - A Loose Cannon?
by Brian Johnson
November 8, 2006
Cliff Cargill is a licensed, certified NRA instructor who teaches rifle, pistol, shotgun, home safety and personal protection. He was with the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department from 1993-95, where he taught deputies on the shooting range. He has been an…
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November 8, 2006
Cliff Cargill is a licensed, certified NRA instructor who teaches rifle, pistol, shotgun, home safety and personal protection. He was with the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department from 1993-95, where he taught deputies on the shooting range. He has been an…
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[Melton] - The High Cost of Frank
by Donna Ladd and Adam Lynch
October 4, 2006
Monday, Oct. 2, was one of those days when Mayor Frank Melton needed to be two places at once. Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green had called him, his bodyguards and their attorneys to her courtroom in…
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October 4, 2006
Monday, Oct. 2, was one of those days when Mayor Frank Melton needed to be two places at once. Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green had called him, his bodyguards and their attorneys to her courtroom in…
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[Melton] - Melton’s MBN Lawsuit: A Timeline
Dec. 4, 2002—Gov. Ronnie Musgrove appoints former WLBT executive Frank Melton head of Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.
April 17, 2003—MBN employee Roy Sandefer distributes a memo, alleging complaints of theft of state property, the falsification of overtime records and the transfer of agency planes to curry political…
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April 17, 2003—MBN employee Roy Sandefer distributes a memo, alleging complaints of theft of state property, the falsification of overtime records and the transfer of agency planes to curry political…
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[Melton] - Nightmare on Ridgeway Street
by Adam Lynch and Donna Ladd
Sept. 12, 2006
About 8:30 the evening of Aug. 26, residents of Ridgeway Street in the Virden Addition saw the Mobile Command Center roll up in front of Evans “Bubba” Welch’s duplex, near the corner of Mill Street. Mayor Frank…
by DonnaLadd on 09/12/06 at 09:49 PM Comments (24) -- Read More...
Sept. 12, 2006
About 8:30 the evening of Aug. 26, residents of Ridgeway Street in the Virden Addition saw the Mobile Command Center roll up in front of Evans “Bubba” Welch’s duplex, near the corner of Mill Street. Mayor Frank…
by DonnaLadd on 09/12/06 at 09:49 PM Comments (24) -- Read More...
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