Felonies
The following people were booked into the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail in connection with felony charges ending Monday at 11 a.m.
Alaina Adams, 23, no address given, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff s Office, drug court violation.
Bridgette Bady, 44, no address given, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff s Office, drug court violation.
Donale Antonio Brown, 34, no address given, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, simple assault on an officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, possession of paraphernalia.
Randell Curtis Brown, 52, no address given, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff s Office, capias for sexual battery.
Sharoski Ivy, 23, no address give, was arrested by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, violation of probation.
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Mississippi Department of Corrections staff were out in the Walmart parking lot in Pearl, Miss. working to try and hire people to work as correctional officers, March 13, 2021.
As shoppers file out of a Walmart in Pearl, Miss. on a busy Saturday in March, they cross paths with some unlikely recruiters. This parking lot, and lots of others around Mississippi, is the headquarters for a hiring blitz by the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Through outreach events like these, the department is trying to fill 700 correctional officer positions by this summer.
“It’s really not a job you want to start out and be afraid of,” said Charles Krook, who started out working in the prison as a correctional officer, before working his way up into the probation and parole office. “If you’re afraid, you know, don’t come here, because we need somebody with heart.”
Former JPS teacher to spend 10 years behind bars, must register as a sex offender Former JPS teacher found guilty on 2 of 6 sex crimes with student (Source: WLBT) By WLBT Digital | April 8, 2021 at 3:26 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 8:40 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A former Jackson Public School teacher who was found guilty of sexual battery against a 17-year-old student was sentenced to 15 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Amber Turnage, who was sentenced Thursday, will serve ten years behind bars with five years suspended for both counts of sexual battery. She must also register as a sex offender.
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