Mississippi

High School Teacher Fatally Shot at Home by 14-Year-Old

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A 14-year-old Mississippi girl has been charged as an adult in the alleged murder of her mother, a high school math teacher, and the attempted murder of her stepfather, according to local authorities. The teenager, Carly Madison Gregg, is accused of fatally shooting her mother, 40-year-old Ashley Smylie, at their home in Brandon, near the state capital of Jackson, on Tuesday evening. Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey stated that Gregg also shot her stepfather in …

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Mother Arrested After Viral Walmart Incident

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A Mississippi woman was recently arrested after she was seen walking her toddler, clad only in a diaper, around a local Walmart in freezing temperatures. The incident, which was captured on video and subsequently went viral, led to the arrest of 26-year-old Kambria Gabrielle Darby on charges of child neglect. The arrest was made after local law enforcement received a call about the situation and found Darby in the store’s parking lot. The video, which …

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Woman Murders Husband After Second Stabbing in Last Year

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Ashley Latrice Wright, a 25-year-old woman from Clarksdale, Mississippi, was arrested on December 4 in Alabama, charged with the murder of her husband, Carl Dewayne Johnson. This arrest comes nearly a year after Wright was accused of stabbing Johnson, her then-boyfriend, with a steak knife at a hotel. The Moulton Police Department took Wright into custody following her detention in Mississippi during a traffic stop. She was subsequently extradited to Alabama. The arrest records were …

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Mom Fatally Stabbed 11-Year-Old “Demon Son”

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An Ohio woman, aged 36, was convicted of capital murder for the brutal killing of her 11-year-old son in a Mississippi hotel bathroom three years ago. Latina Marie Oates claimed she believed her son, Joshua Oates, was possessed by a demon when she attacked him with a metal bar she thought was an “ancient dagger.” The incident occurred while his two younger brothers were present in the room. The verdict was delivered by a jury …

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Boy, 10, Arrested for Public Urination, Sparking Controversy

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A 10-year-old boy from Mississippi found himself in an unexpected predicament when he was arrested for public urination. The incident occurred on August 10, when the boy’s mother, Latonya Eason, was seeking legal advice at an attorney’s office in Senatobia, a town just south of Memphis. According to Eason, a police officer informed her that her son, Quantavious, had been caught urinating behind her car. The boy explained to his mother that his sister had …

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Deadly bacteria with 50 percent fatality rate found in US Gulf Coast

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported three cases of infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, with a roughly 50 percent fatality rate, in the US Gulf Coast. According to Julia Petras, an epidemic intelligence service officer with the CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, this bacteria “lives naturally in the soil, and typically freshwater in certain areas around the world, mainly in subtropical and tropical climates”. The most …

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Babysitter indicted after allegedly killing 2-year-old

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Makallie E. Durham, a 23-year-old babysitter in Mississippi, has been indicted on new felony criminal charges in connection to the death and abuse of a 2-year-old boy and his 11-month-old sister that occurred in September 2022. Besides the capital murder charge she already faced, Durham was charged with four counts of child abuse. According to the indictment, the charges include that Durham intentionally harmed the two-year-old boy by hitting him in the face or head …

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6 dead in Mississippi shooting rampage

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On Friday, a devastating event occurred in the town of Arkabutla, Mississippi, leaving six people deceased as a result of multiple shootings. Richard Dale Crum, 52, from Arkabutla, was taken into custody and is being charged with first-degree murder, with more charges expected. Sheriff Brad Lance stated the shooting started at approximately 11am at a store and two different homes. The suspect began by killing a man outside of a store before driving to a …

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Burger King worker shoots customer after argument at drive-thru

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A Burger King employee in Mississippi was apprehended by police following a physical altercation with a customer that initially started over the drive-thru intercom. According to the arrest records, 33-year-old Eddie Louis Smith was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon after a felony conviction. Officers were notified of the incident on Thursday night by a driver who had been stranded near the Burger King. This person reported that there was a violent …

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