Jackson Jambalaya

He needs to capture those eyebrows. Seriously.

Ouch. I'm sure the residents of North Brandon Estates will be interested in this one.

KF, this is obviously a continuation of your obsession with Michael Guest and some sort of personal shot at him. One could just as easily argue that this scumbag was captured, although he has been released by the courts under certain conditions. I could agree with your argument, but I could just as easily agree that Guest's terminalogy was appropriate too. Admit it - you just don't like Guest and will utilize anything you can to take a shot at him.

Hello Mr. Guest!

Reads to me that KF is questioning the "misleading" grandstanding Mr. Guest employs on his own website. If that is alright with you 2:13PM, don't ever complain about truth or transparency. This would be strike two of Mr. Guest demonstrating somewhat poor judgement in presenting all the facts. Just look back to his collections business.

Obsession? Obsession? Allow me to retort.

1. No prosecution of the Evans case. Largest real estate fraud in Mississippi ever and $40 million of it took place in Madison County.

2. Collection business

3. Nothing been done about Soto who allegedly committed perjury in Madison County.

4. Then there is the case in Rankin where he paraded the little girl who was paralyzed by a drunk driver. She got 50 years. He got in front of the cameras and bragged about it. Really burned me up. Especially when his office plea bargained Alford, who killed someone drunk driving and only has to serve six years in jail.

yeah, but aside from that, what's wrong with the guy? ;-)


Seriously, he's not as bad as the guy he replaced, who collected disability because he was unable to work right up until the day he started as DA, then he was miraculously fit to work the day that check started coming.

I think the context in which the word "Captured" is used is appropriate (and accurate) on this page of the DA's website.

Morrow was a fugitive because he failed to surrender when indicted/failed to appear. This is what landed him on the DA's Most Wanted list. When law enforcement captured him, his status changed to "Captured."

This is the same procedure the FBI and other federal agencies use when they apprehend someone on their Most Wanted lists. Fugitive vs. Captured doesn't refer to the ultimate resolution of the case.

If the argument is that the website should be updated because the case is over, that may be a legitimate point. However, I didn't find this to be misleading at all.

Captured is fine until the point the guy is released. Captured implies the guy is NOT out and about.

I agree with Crowley. Issue with me is "Captured" credit should go to the Police, not the prosecutor. Captured/Prosecuted/Jailed or in this case Captured/Prosecuted/Set Free should be Mr. Guest's headline. More truthful.

Does the U.S. Attorney have "captured" on his website? I wasn't aware prosecutors were in the apprehension business. Just checked,. No he doesn't.

As for David Clark, you will get no argument from me about him.

Captured does not mean incarcerated. Straining at a knat?

I believe the DA's office would be better served by providing the prosecution status - "Convicted!" perhaps. The police, marshals and other law enforcement should get the credit for the capture.

Captured implies only one thing, they have apprehended a person who is presumed innocent.

I don't think the use of the word "captured" is incorrect. In the wrong place, maybe. If this case is closed, and a plea entered, it should not be on the website. If it is overlooked, someone needs to notify the DA's office. If it is intentional, it might lead to question someone's character.

Kaptain, or one who is found guilty.

Yes, 7:10PM, apparently the meaning of "Captured" implied by the website means someone "CAPTURED" and "found guilty, sentenced to 20 years, suspended, and released free on 5 years probation while registering for life as a sex offender."

Thank you. Good point.

My only gripe is that there are plenty of fugitives to put in the places of the "captured". If they are captured, they are not wanted any more. Put up the ones wanted. The DA doesn't need to convince us that he is taking care of crime.

My gripe is the DA should pay attention to his public duties and not his public persona or personal interests that profit from his public position. He does a fine job hogging the airwaves when a major crime occurs. Remember the Klansman that was murdered in Rankin? Sheriff initially was in front of the press, but Guest showed up and took over...primping to the public. The issue is the grandstanding folks. If he is doing a good job, great. I think he does. But if he is taking credit for things that are "spun", he would do himself a great deal of good and hire a PR guy. He is doing a pretty good job with the size of the population of the two counties. What he is doing that is out of the public eye, however, is starting to look very self-serving and mish-mash of a message. I don't admonish him for it, I would rather see him do better. He is young, has a promising political career, and not sure who is advising him. He would do better to get someone to help him to straighten out all the issues coming to light in advance of future public service. ;)

I don't think it's proper for any prosecutor to have a most wanted list...prosecutors are in a position to do justice, which may mean not pursuing charges in a given case. Having a most wanted list presumes that prosecution will follow arrest, which is not always the case. Let the cops do the capturing.

Great point, what if he decides to put up most wanted for "Contempt of Court" (I actually saw an FTA in that list), I wonder if he has power beyond criminal to post civil matters. I bet he does. There is NO rule. I bet it could be "spun" even if it's civil. Where is the line drawn? In this case there is no line, much like the business dealings. Its all legal shmeagle, and we are again playing sheepish.

Guest is a lot better than the man he replaced. I voted for him last time, and I would again if the election was today.

What about the continued crime in the "safe" Fondren area? Another business was broken into just this week. The thugs and drug dealers a block away just needed some new sunglasses. No big deal.

http://www.johnemfinger.com/bio.html

Candidate for judge is using mugshots.

I'm doing Guest a favor, believe it or not. Its no secret he wants to run for higher office one day. Better to bring this stuff up now, then have an opponent do it one day in a very sleazy fashion.

Anyone hear about an armed robbery and high speed chase at the Renaissance last night?

A guy from Florence held up two employees leaving Five Guys and a Hamburger.

Dude is going to learn that in Ridgeland they actually send people to jail.

Rank got robbed in Ridgeland today. Who said Ridgeland is not the new Jackson? Been saying that for a couple years now.

8:51am:

As to the website you referenced, if you run those names through MDOC, you will find that every one of those guys are just where the website says they are--prison.