As lawyers for three indicted former Jackson police officers begin the lengthy process of preparing for trial after a man died in their custody, an expert in criminal justice tells WLBT the officers acted as if they had no crisis or de-escalation training, using a tazer more than 50 times to force the man to comply.
Officers with the Jackson Police Department tazed Keith Murriel at least 52 times over the course of sixteen minutes in an effort to get him to comply, according to a 3 On Your Side analysis of body camera footage provided by the city.
A McComb selectman’s behavior behind the wheel led a state trooper to stop him and eventually charge him with driving under the influence, according to arrest records and ticket information obtained exclusively by 3 On Your Side.
As statistics from the city of Jackson and our own analyses show decreases in most types of violent crime last year, the number of police officers employed by the city are dropping, too.
While most of Mississippi’s candidates for statewide office have raised nearly $5 million since January, an incumbent elected official and a political action committee question if Chris McDaniel has raised as much as he claims, and whether he did so legally.
Reported killings in the Capital City have dropped dramatically in the first five months of this year versus the year before, according to a 3 On Your Side analysis of confirmed reports and news releases from Jackson police and other agencies.
Nearly two years after the Mississippi Ethics Commission told the city of Jackson to pay Gray Television more than $170,000 in legal fees for a battle over violations of the state’s Public Records Act, the city has paid that amount in full.
A former Jackson police officer at the center of a 3 On Your Side investigation just one year ago has now been indicted for a violation of federal law.
For the second time in four years, a 3 On Your Side investigation finds the Jackson Police Department misled the city council and the public about how safe the Capital City actually is.
No video evidence exists of the January encounter between Rankin County deputies that lawyers allege led to torturing, tasing and the unprovoked shooting of a man, according to exclusive documents obtained by the department.
Days after an alleged rape on the Jackson State University campus, the prime suspect claimed to investigators the sexual assault was consensual and blamed the victim, claiming she led him on, according to documents obtained by 3 On Your Side.
Capitol Police officer Steven Frederick wasn’t on duty when troopers stopped him more than a week ago, but he was considerably inebriated, one of few details released after WLBT requested records from the arrest.
Two people from out of state say they got suspicious after seeing great deals on used cars from a company that claimed to be headquartered in Jackson, a company 3 On Your Side finds isn’t even licensed to do business in Mississippi.
Law enforcement believe a college student charged with raping two other Jackson State classmates last month could be a serial rapist, due to an active warrant from Atlanta for the same felony charge.
Sixteen judges who represent Hinds County united Tuesday behind a one-page statement vigorously opposing House Bill 1020, saying the creation of a separate district composed of appointed prosecutors and judges violates the Mississippi Constitution.
Two weeks after a Hinds County election commissioner’s guilty plea removed her from office, two more co-conspirators learned their fate from a circuit judge.
On average, someone runs from police every twenty-one days in the Jackson metro, according to an analysis of pursuits from the WLBT archives over a five-year period.
Some Jackson city council members aren’t happy with having to pay tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees because the city’s police department violated the Mississippi Public Records Act.
The candidate who lost to incumbent Democrat Congressman Bennie Thompson plans to review Hinds County’s ballots next week, claiming some equipment was stolen during the election without proof and alleging Dominion voting machines were also involved.
Jackson’s city council will soon begin investigating how more than a million in federal tax dollars got misappropriated by a former city employee and issues at Jackson’s airport board first highlighted by 3 On Your Side.
Three weeks after a 3 On Your Side investigation revealed a Jackson airport commissioner didn’t actually live in the Capital City, despite a requirement to do so, that public official is stepping down.
Four years after Mississippi lawmakers required every law enforcement agency in the state to change how they track and report crimes, fewer than half of those organizations have actually done that, according to data provided by the state’s department of public safety.
While state health officials remain at the helm of Jackson’s water treatment plants, going through a laundry list of emergency items to fix so the state’s largest city can continue to have clean drinking water, many want to know what the future of the city’s aging water and sewer systems will look like, and whether Mississippi lawmakers even have the authority to completely take over those systems.
A Jackson Municipal Court judge has ensured the mother accused of abusing -- even biting -- her four-month-old child doesn’t get out of jail anytime soon, setting her bond at $5 million after a court appearance Monday.
Amid rumors and documents suggesting the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority had removed its acting chief executive officer, commissioners voted Tuesday to extend the interim job for John Means for an additional ninety days.
Merit Health Central, a major hospital that provides care to tens of thousands of Jacksonians, will soon be reducing what care can be provided at that facility, though the reasons for that have not yet been disclosed by company management.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said his agents would do their job to ensure the Capital City’s water and sewer systems are compliant with federal law, but stopped short of specifics, likely because of an ongoing investigation that began two weeks ago.
An incident report claims Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens threatened a man with a gun and alleges a love triangle could have led to the confrontation, though law enforcement redacted some of these details from the public.
John Sullivan, the tax assessor who called himself a professional drunk and bragged about sexual exploits to officers on video obtained by 3 On Your Side, has been indicted on sexual battery and assault charges stemming from an incident that happened a few hours after those risque conversations.
Picture it: You're sitting in your backyard and, suddenly, you feel lightheaded and collapse. Sounds like a movie? Residents of the small town of Satartia in Yazoo County say this is exactly what happened to them.
A pediatrician is spending about 50% of her time on mental health issues, even when it’s an appointment for something else. And she tells us that she has a hard time finding the necessary resources for those young people. We're on your side to find out what resources are available and how they work.
Less than a week after Pearl Mayor Jake Windham told a room full of reporters that the suspect who ran from his officers was also a capital murder suspect being investigated by the Hinds County District Attorney’s office, that same office has debunked that claim.
Surveillance and body camera footage of a drunken Rankin County elected official reveals his mindset a few hours before he would end up being accused and later charged with rape.
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