1. Clear Channel. Clear Channel Broadcasting filed a complaint against Ms. Gray on February 27, 2012 in Hinds County Court against Ms. Gray and her d/b/a, Gray's Advertising. The complaint alleged Ms. Gray purchased advertising from the company on behalf of the Mississippi Kidney Foundation. The Foundation was not sued. Clear Channel claimed the advertising cost $4,745. Ms. Gray did not appear in court to defend herself against the complaint and Clear Channel obtained a default judgment against her for $4,840 on May 18, 2012. There is no listing of Gray's Advertising on the Secretary of State's website.
2. Roger Davis. Mr. Davis, a co-owner of Woodbridge Capital, filed a complaint against Ms. Gray and Curtis Publishing d/b/a Mississippi Land & Lodges on September 15, 2011 seeking repayment of a $9,500 loan issued in 2008. He stated Ms. Gray had not repaid the loan over three years after the initial payment of $500. The complaint states she wrote him a $10,000 bad check to repay the loan in May 2011. Ms. Gray signed a consent judgment on November 22, 2011. Mr. Davis then sent garnishments to several major banks in Jackson such as Trustmark and Bankplus. All banks returned the garnishments stating there were no funds to collect.
3.Chris Patrick filed a complaint against Ms. Gray on April 15, 2011. Mr. Patrick owned that nice beautiful two-story home on the corner of Ridgewood and Northside Drive (1612 Northside Drive). Ms. Gray leased the home on July 29, 2009 for $2,500 per month (Ouch!). The complaint states Ms. Gray did not pay the rent for February, March, or April of 2011. The complaint also states Ms. Gray changed the locks on the door and refused to let realtors show the home as it was listed when the complaint was filed. The court awarded a judgment of possession to Mr. Patrick on July 21, 2011 for $12,500. The award penalized Ms. Gray for staying in the home through May and June without paying rent and included $2,000 in attorney's fees. The order said the judgment could be enforced by the Sheriff on July 27, 2011.
4.Jackson Academy. This complaint was filed on July 15, 2009. As it involves a child, the details will not be published as the case is just a typical non-payment of tuition. The court awarded a judgment to JA for $3,900 plus 8% interest per year.
Mississippi Land & Lodges does not have a website. The magazine and Ms. Gray do not appear on any Facebook pages. The glossy-paged magazine include ads from companies such as C-Spire, The Rogue, Van's Sporting Goods & Deer Processors, McDade's Wine & Spirits, and Don Evans. The magazine published articles on expensive hunting lodges, wildlife, and hunting-oriented businesses. Several issues were published in 2011.
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This magazine came up last night on a local Duck Hunting website. Several members had purchased subscriptions, got one or two issues and nothing since.
The issues I read seemed like ti was going to be a great magazine. Too bad.
Saw the magazine with Don Evans ad (strange) and VanDevender article (even more strange).
Sad that this woman couldn't make a go of it.
Never saw this one but "Garden & Guns" is a great southern outdoor mag.
I can't figure out why Kingfish thinks this is newsworthy.
Attorney Don Evans is her uncle.
Yes It was an outstanding concept.
What a waste.
"Pearls Before Swine."
Or "Wild Boar" as it would be more in keeping with theme.
This is the tip of the iceburg.
Wish somebody could find her and buy the concept, art files and marketing materials from her. (Pay off her debts.)
It was designed to be syndicated in multiple states. And could have been a big deal in the right hands.
All involved from investors to advertisers,designers,vendors family and friends were taken advantage of.
And she appears to have skipped town.
Looks like this Gray chick wanted the NE Jackson lifestyle and didn't care who got F__d in the process.
Hope she's in single wide with no A/C and waiting tables at a truck stop.
Cindy Gray died suddenly in June 2011. Hope your "news" blog has enjoyed reporting half the story, as usual.
That's funny, Anonymous@12:33, my colleague said they had a conversation with Cindy Gray as recently as spring 2012. But maybe it was The Ghost of Cindy Gray, who also deposited a check.
Creepy!
I don't understand the rush to jump on the buzzard and gut wagon. And I don't understand the publication of this situation to begin with. Isn't it simply a situation where someone had a good concept and tried to make a go of it and it failed for whatever reason? If she had purposefully defrauded people with an 'in your face' attitude, I could see rubbing her nose in it.
If she died in june of 2011 then I saw her ghost a lot that fall. Including when I wrote her checks for ads that did not run.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=cynthia-gray&pid=152038860&fhid=3183
Different Cindy Gray that died last year.
She was quite alive and well at her daughter's graduation from Prep last month, my dear 12:33.
Yes, she purposely diverted funds to personal use, changed the locks on her rental home when she couldn't pay the rent. I would say that's fraud.
BTW, the above obituary is for another Cindy Gray, who was probably about 10 years older than THIS Cindy. Please get your facts straight before you drag a departed soul into this mess.
"included $2,0000 in attorney' fees." (sic)
$2,000 or $20,000?
let me see, the one I wrote about is divorced, has a kid of a different name, is younger, looks different in her pictures, yup. I got it wrong. Don't you feel stupid right now?
That is NOT the Cindy Gray, publisher, in the obit. The Cindy Gray in question wrote hot checks as easily as some people breathe. Doubt it was her first rodeo. It was a great concept for which she can take absolutely no credit other than conning the right talent into making it happen. Agree whole-heartedly with 10:40 and 11:50. Thanks to kingfish for reporting this.
FYI...that obituary is not the same Cindy Gray. I bought an ad from her so I can verify - that is not the same Cindy Gray.
Awesome looking magazine - if it was simply a case of cash flow issues, I think she could have found a publisher to purchase the magazine or simply take it over, have a job working for them (in sales - obviously, she was great at that!), and keep from being a fugitive. She'll go to jail when they catch her. makes you wonder what drove her to make the choices she did.
Funny. Ms. Gray contacted me in Jan. 2012 about my not getting my subscription that I paid for.
Mudsucker
Can't we all just get along?
sounds like the spitting image of Claiborne Frazier!!! wonder if they know each other
Desperate people do desperate things. What more needs to be said? Upon which public square do you jackals want her pilloried?
Shadow doesn't think this is newsworthy? How about all her subscribers and advertisers who now are out money? How about all the people who have hot checks on her? Perhaps knowing this will get someone scammed by her to go after her in court for passing bad checks, fraud, and more.
You misjudge me 3:48. I'm only suggesting that the lady's plan did not materialize. check your hangin' rope at the door for a moment and think....Don't you know she is devastated that her dream got sidetracked and her publication didn't make it? Or do you simply want to hang by the neck until dead every son of a bitch who tries and fails?
5:16 - your comment is so off-base that it can only mean that you either do not know Cindy Gray at all or that you actually know her better than anyone else because you the culprit herself. The only thing that she is "devastated" about because it "got sidetracked" is the fact that her con artist ways are finally catching up with her. She knew her "publication didn't make it" the entire time she was selling ads to people & requesting payment up front from them & cashing their checks for something she knew was never even going to happen. On top of that, she was promoting that the magazine was even INCREASING the # of issues it would be publishing & used that to justify why she was increasing the cost & scamming advertisers to pay her up front. And yes 3:15, much like a female version of Claiborne Frazier.
Geesh, I leave you alone for how long shadow and you are able to continue to piss off many?
Slow down, you move too fast, you got to make the mornin' last.
"Garden & Guns" is by far the best out there... heck, I never even heard of "Mississippi Land & Lodges" before...
I don't think I 'pissed off' anybody, Kangaroot. Merely offering an alternative view. Don't know the woman, never heard of her or this publication. Having watched this site for only a little less than a year, it's a well known fact that there are bleachers full of detractors ready to hang people without trial. They're the 'junior jackals'. Then there are the 'senior jackals' with you are more familiar.
Shadowface - your right they should only fry when you say so. Now that we all understand we will wait for the thumbs up or thumbs down from you oh great one.
Meople, it's "you're" right.
I guess u can alwayz have my spelling to correkt... Troll
Moople ~ I can only assume you're one of the local illegals. Please check into Rosetta Stone for English.
hey shadow-huffer you know what they say if you can't win the arguement you can always correct their spelling or grammer. i am sure that is why your husband cheated on you in the first place
*exhusband
All right Kangaroot, Shadowbum, and Mesohorny: KNOCK IT OFF!!!
Wait. Shadoxfax is a WOMAN?
Oh, this is getting good.
Yet, no response.
Any update on this? Many wonder what became of her.
Any update on this? Many wonder what happened to her.
So has anyone seen or heard from Cindy Gray lately?
Cindy Gray was living in Clinton with her mother and working at Merit Health in South Jackson last time I talked to her daughter.
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