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December 11, 2008

Judge says Melton, ex-bodyguard will be tried together

The Clarion-Ledger, 12/9/8 In an order filed today, U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan has again denied a request for a separate trial for Mayor Frank Melton’s former bodyguard. Jackson Police Detective Michael Recio, one of two long-time security guards for the mayor, last month renewed his request to be tried separately from the mayor…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 11, 2008

U.S. District Court gets nearly 340 pleas for leniency for Joey Langston

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/10/8 U.S. Rep. Travis Childers, doctors, Prentiss County officials and hundreds of others have written letters to the U.S. District Court, urging mercy for their friend and colleague, former Booneville attorney Joey Langston. Langston faces up to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to influence a…