State inmate convicted in Monroe County died while hospitalized
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020 12:45 PM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - A state inmate convicted in Monroe County died while hospitalized, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced Monday.
James Boggan, 68, who was housed at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, was pronounced dead Thursday night at Promise Hospital in Vicksburg.
James Boggan | Source: Mississippi Department of Corrections
Cody A. Martin | Source: Mississippi Department of Corrections
Boggan was convicted of two counts of rape and sexual assault in Monroe County and was serving a life sentence.
He was sentenced on Sept. 10, 1997, for rape and assault and again on Nov. 30, 1998, for the second rape.
Ankle monitor leads to arrest of group who attempted to smuggle wings, drugs into prison Keisha Rowe, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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A disabled electronic ankle bracelet led to the arrest of a group of people accused of trying to smuggle marijuana and chicken wings, among other items, into the South Mississippi Correctional Institution.
According to a news release from the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Christopher Naje Wilson, 18, and two others threw footballs containing 25 packages of food and drugs over an 18-foot fence in the early morning hours of Dec. 7. The group then left in a stolen vehicle.
Three teens arrested after weed and wings smuggled into SMCI Richland police arrested 18-year-old Christopher Naje Wilson (left), 19-year-old Fredric James Roberson (center), and 18-year-old Keshun Chambers. MDOC officials said the trio will be charged with drug possession, trafficking, and introducing illegal contraband into a prison. (Source: Mississippi Department of Corrections) By WLOX Staff | December 15, 2020 at 5:08 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 5:09 PM
LEAKESVILLE, Miss. (WLOX) - A teenager out on bond is going back to jail after he threw marijuana, phones and chicken wings into a prison, authorities said.
According to MDOC, 18-year-old Christopher Naje Wilson and his friends threw 25 packages over the 18-foot razor fence at the South Mississippi Correctional Institute around 1:30 a.m. Dec. 7. The packages included modified footballs containing four pounds of marijuana, 38 cellphones and seven pounds of barbecued chicken wings.
Bettye Bell talked to her son, Charoyd Bell, on the phone for just five minutes before he had to hang up.
During the Sept. 28 phone call she took from her home in Natchez, Bettye Bell learned from her son, who is currently incarcerated at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF) in Lauderdale County, that the prison was on lockdown due to some people in his unit testing positive for COVID-19.
According to her son, a lockdown doesnât mean much.
âTheyâre not able to social distance that Iâm aware of. Theyâre all co-mingled, be they have (COVID-19) or not. So thatâs not safe,â Bettye Bell said. âI donât know that (EMCF officials) are doing anything extra in terms of providing medicines or whatever to help. I canât say that theyâre doing any of that. All I can tell you is as a mom, itâs very stressful.â
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