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Drew Johnson in an undated photo from the George County Sheriff's Office (left) and after his capture near Leaksville, Mississippi, on Dec. 25, 2024.
George County Sheriff's Office has launched an investigation after human remains were found today in the Basin community. Basin is a few miles east of the Plum Bluff area along the Pascagoula River.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Mississippi.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 342 law enforcement agencies employing 7,707 sworn police officers, about 262 for each 100,000 residents. [1]
The Bexley School operated from 1913 to 1959, and was one of the first consolidated schools in Mississippi (consolidation allowed two or more rural schools to combine). [5] In 2010, George County Sheriff Garry M. Welford was killed in Bexley while assisting in a high-speed chase.
On June 21, 1964, three Civil Rights Movement activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were murdered by local members of the Ku Klux Klan.They had been arrested earlier in the day for speeding, and after being released were followed by local law enforcement & others, all affiliated with the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. [1]
A Mississippi sheriff said Tuesday that he has not ruled out the possibility of murder in the case of Rasheem Carter, months after initially saying there was “no reason” to suspect foul play
George County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,350. [1] Its county seat is Lucedale. [2] The county is named for James Z. George, US Senator from Mississippi. George County was included in the Pascagoula, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is located adjacent to the ...
The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and death sentences of a man in the killings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff, at three different crime ...