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Jackson Crime Statistics

Year Population Violent Crime Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Crime Burglary Theft Car Theft Arson
2008 174,734 1,652 63 136 942 511 13,035 4,334 6,990 1,711 81
2006 N/A 787 20 69 433 265 6,751 1,838 3,940 973 41
2005 180,417 1,225 38 158 612 417 12,008 3,139 6,960 1,909 59
 

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Masoli denied waiver to play for Ole Miss in 2010
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:07:28 -0700
The NCAA has denied Mississippi quarterback Jeremiah Masoli's request for a waiver that would allow him to play immediately, meaning the former Oregon standout won't be eligible until 2011. University of Mississippi - Jeremiah Masoli - Quarterback - National Collegiate Athletic Association - Mississippi

High court to hear appeal of $1.1M ruling
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:54:56 -0700
Horseshoe Casino has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn at $1.1 million judgment related to a fatal accident in Tunica County in 2002.

THIRD & SHORT
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:29:34 -0700
NFL NEW YORK -- Ben Roethlisberger is getting time off for good behavior. He'll be back on the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers two games earlier than expected after convincing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell he is turning his life around. The sta ...

Program offers offenders success instead of jail
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:23:20 -0700
PASCAGOULA — Jeffery Hanson was facing jail time for a felony prescription-drug arrest before he completed Jackson County’s pretrial-diversion program.

Prep football scores and summaries from Sept. 3
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:31:00 -0700
Prep football scores and summaries from Friday, Sept. 3, games

Vermont Prosecutor Ready To Bring Back Miss. Fugitive
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:32:40 -0700
A Vermont prosecutor says she's ready to bring back to the state a man arrested in Jackson 21 years after he was convicted of sexually assaulting his girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter.

News in Brief: Hawkwind, Aeroplane, Badly Drawn Boy, Ooh LA L.A.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:19:34 -0700
-- On September 7, Critical Mass will release a tribute album dedicated to space-rock greats Hawkwind . In Search of Hawkwind features tracks from fuzz-pedal abusers like Mudhoney , Bardo Pond, Acid Mothers Temple, Kinski , Moon Duo, and White Hills trying Hawkwind songs on for size. -- Belgian disco duo Aeroplane will release their new album We Can't Fly September 27 on Wall of Sound in the UK ...

Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. Book Tour Together
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:34:28 -0700
New Orleans-bred, New York-based cult rapper Curren $y makes supremely bleary rap music that sounds great when you're stoned, partly because you can always be pretty sure he was stoned when he made it; check the BNM'ed album Pilot Talk for evidence. Rising Mississippi MC/producer Big K.R.I.T. is a Southern rap traditionalist, and his tracks come with a full-bodied organic thump that captures ...

Lashley indicted in one of largest embezzlement schemes
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:45:19 -0700
JACKSON COUNTY — Former Jackson County employee Ginger Lashley has been indicted for embezzling $890,000.

College Football Previews
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:15:56 -0700
Mississippi College and Millsaps College have met on the gridiron 48 times. The first meeting was in 1920, when Millsaps fielded its first football team.

Choctaws prepare for redone Majors
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:51:18 -0700
Millsaps is led by a new coach, Aaron Pelch, who also brought in new coordinators.

Jerry Cope: No Safe Harbor on Gulf Coast; Human Blood Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Toxic Exposure
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:47:11 -0700
Within two days after arriving in the region in mid-July, everyone on our team began getting sick. After our first day out on the water, we all had extreme headaches.

Jackson woman wounded in shooting
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:10:06 -0700
Jackson police are investigating an overnight shooting that left a 19-year-old Jackson woman wounded.

Hall’s certification needed for his job
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:45:38 -0700
TUPELO – The city must appeal the denial of its deputy police chief’s certification – and it must win – if Robert Hall is to keep his job as currently defined.

No time like now
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:33:13 -0700
    If State Treasurer Tate Reeves was concerned whether or not the fifth grade students at Poplar Springs Elementary School were listening to him, then he was convinced they were judging by the questions the youngsters were peppering him with after he spoke Wednesday morning.     "Boy these are very good questions," said Reeves as he took a minute to collect himself from the barrage. "You ...

County faces fines from MDEQ
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:33:03 -0700
    At the same time as they are investigated by the state auditor's office, Lauderdale County is facing fines from another state agency — the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.     MDEQ is fining the county $12,000 for failure to use sediment control at a county road project, but Road Manager Neal Carson said the sediment controls were there.     According to MDEQ spokesman Robbie ...

Convicted sex offender arrested
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:32:53 -0700
    Nothing freezes the blood of a mother more than hearing the cries for help from one of her children.     Monday night, a mother and her 14-year old son allegedly found themselves in a battle against a man who earlier this year pleaded guilty to a sexual crime. Fortunately, the two were able to fight off the man, identified now by authorities of the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department as ...

No verdict in capital murder trial
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:11:01 -0700
A Hinds County Circuit Court jury on Wednesday couldn't decide whether a Jackson man was guilty of capital murder in the 2009 slayings of two men at a south Jackson apartment.

September 2, 2010
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:00:00 -0700
A jubilant Sonny Jackson gestured toward the crowd yesterday at the 31st annual Memphis Boys Town Labor Day carnival.

Southern gospel quartet the Florida Boys to perform in Niles Sunday
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:09:16 -0700
Posted 1 minute ago at 12:07 am. One of Charlie Waller’s fondest memories of his childhood was seeing one of his favorite musical acts perform live.

 

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Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2008

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Aberdeen 23 18 5
Amory 25 18 7
Batesville 46 36 10
Bay Springs 7 6 1
Bay St. Louis 33 29 4
Belzoni 16 10 6
Biloxi 190 134 56
Booneville 30 24 6
Brandon 55 42 13
Brookhaven 37 31 6
Bruce 6 5 1
Byhalia 14 9 5
Calhoun City 5 5 0
Canton 38 29 9
Charleston 11 10 1
Clarksdale 39 30 9
Cleveland 56 44 12
Clinton 62 43 19
Collins 13 9 4
Columbia 23 19 4
Columbus 75 64 11
Corinth 52 40 12
De Kalb 5 4 1
Durant 8 7 1
Edwards 1 1 0
Eupora 7 6 1
Florence 17 11 6
Flowood 56 44 12
Fulton 11 11 0
Gloster 4 2 2
Greenville 135 94 41
Greenwood 72 56 16
Grenada 48 45 3
Gulfport 266 194 72
Hattiesburg 236 134 102
Hazlehurst 20 16 4
Heidelberg 6 5 1
Hernando 43 33 10
Hollandale 10 6 4
Holly Springs 26 20 6
Horn Lake 64 50 14
Houston 9 6 3
Indianola 37 29 8
Itta Bena 15 7 8
Iuka 10 8 2
Jackson 657 441 216
Laurel 84 61 23
Leakesville 2 2 0
Leland 23 17 6
Lexington 10 9 1
Long Beach 48 32 16
Louisville 30 23 7
Lucedale 19 13 6
Macon 10 9 1
Madison 78 61 17
Magee 17 13 4
Magnolia 6 6 0
McComb 63 29 34
Meridian 116 99 17
Moorhead 6 5 1
Morton 10 10 0
Moss Point 36 21 15
Natchez 74 48 26
New Albany 26 24 2
Newton 13 8 5
Ocean Springs 59 43 16
Okolona 9 9 0
Olive Branch 64 60 4
Oxford 69 60 9
Pascagoula 96 63 33
Pass Christian 24 20 4
Pelahatchie 7 5 2
Petal 35 28 7
Philadelphia 37 27 10
Picayune 54 35 19
Pickens 3 3 0
Poplarville 13 12 1
Port Gibson 10 6 4
Purvis 11 8 3
Raymond 6 5 1
Ridgeland 94 64 30
Ripley 13 12 1
Sandersville 2 2 0
Senatobia 24 19 5
Shaw 8 3 5
Shelby 10 6 4
Southaven 118 96 22
Starkville 56 48 8
Summit 4 4 0
Tchula 5 4 1
Tupelo 129 115 14
Tylertown 7 6 1
Vicksburg 93 65 28
Water Valley 12 12 0
Waveland 28 26 2
Waynesboro 17 10 7
West Point 33 27 6
Winona 11 9 2
Yazoo City 36 22 14
   
 

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Missing Persons for
Jackson, MS


Endangered Missing: KRENEICE JONES (MS)
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:45:13 EDT


Endangered Missing: ANGELA FREEMAN (MS)
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:36:59 EDT


Endangered Missing: DAFFANY TULLOS (MS)
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:42:08 EST


Missing: CAMERON ANDERSON (MS)
Thu, 07 May 2009 11:06:46 EDT


Missing: KYLE ANDERSON (MS)
Thu, 07 May 2009 11:06:46 EDT


NonFamily Abduction: LAMOINE ALLEN (MS)
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:49:02 EST


NonFamily Abduction: MADELINE PONDS (MS)
Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:31:23 EST


NonFamily Abduction: LEIGH OCCHI (MS)
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:40:38 EST

There are no missing persons
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