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MARION COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - A weekend-long drug raid left 22 individuals behind bars, and more arrests to come. According to Marion County Sheriff Berkley Hall, the drug raid is the result of severalMore >>
A weekend-long drug raid left 22 individuals behind bars, and more arrests to come.More >>
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There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. But doctors say it's dangerous. More >>
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."More >>
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A lawsuit in Mississippi says a man was seriously injured after he was attacked by yellow jackets, jumped off his riding lawnmower and was run over by the machine.More >>
A lawsuit in Mississippi says a man was seriously injured after he was attacked by yellow jackets, jumped off his riding lawnmower and was run over by the machine.More >>
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -
A Biloxi man was sentenced to prison for sexual battery of a
child Tuesday. District Attorney Joel Smith announced Circuit Court Judge
Lawrence Bourgeouis sentenced 34-year-old Kenneth Wayne Ellington to 20 years
behind bars.
When he's released he'll have to register as a sex offender
for the remainder of his life.
As part of a plea agreement, Smith said, Ellington admitted
to sexual assaulting a child in 2008.
During his sentencing hearing on Monday he said he performed
sexual acts on a child in Biloxi, as well as in a home in George County.
"During his plea, he blamed alcohol intoxication for his
lack of judgment in committing his crimes", said Assistant District Attorney
George Huffman, who prosecuted the case. "But as the judge informed him,
voluntary intoxication is no defense for such a crime."
According to Mississippi law, sex crime sentences must be
served day for day without early release or parole.
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Kenneth Wayne Ellington. Image source: Harrison County Adult Detention Center.
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