Thursday, August 29, 2013

Guilty

A Rankin County jury convicted former attorney Mike Brown of two counts of embezzlement. Each charge carried a maximum sentence of twenty years. Circuit Judge John Emfinger sentenced Mr. Brown to twenty years on the first count and twenty years on the second county but suspended ten years. The sentences are to run consecutively. Mr. Brown was accused of embezzling $1.2 million from the guardianship of D'Mon McClinton. Mr. Brown faces more indictments in Hinds and Rankin Counties for other alleged crimes related to the embezzlement. The court also ordered full restitution of the $1.2 million although it is considered to be a formality. Mr. Brown has been in jail for over a year after Chancellor Dan Fairly found him in contempt of court after $37,000 under Mr. Brown's care disappeared from the Ray estate.




Judge Emfinger said it was always "a sad occasion when a member of the bar" appeared in court as a defendant. He said Mr. Brown has "no one to blame but yourself." "You've accepted no responsibility for your actions. Through the process you've made allegations I thought were inappropriate. Challenged judges, retired and sitting, in ways that were inappropriate."

Kingfish note: After watching over eight hours of hearings in which Mr. Brown acted as his own counsel and testified on his own behalf, there is little doubt Mr. Brown probably thinks he did nothing wrong. More videos will be posted over the next few days but what was posted today is sufficient to give one a true idea of what went on in this case. Young McClinton never had a chance. From the day he inherited his money, everyone in his life conspired to take his money. His father, his father's girlfriend, and his father's lawyer. Mr. Brown destroyed documents, repeatedly lied to several courts, bought eight cars (including several Mercedes'), destroyed records, submitted phony accountings, fabricated phony conversations, forged signatures, and had the audacity to say in court he was helping D'Mon McClinton. He is exactly where he needs to be.

It only remains to be seen if Chris Epps will give him house arrest while he is in jail.

Posted by Kingfish at 1:38 PM

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Brown deserved every day of that 30 year term. Hope he serves every one of them. The sad part is that young McClinton will probably never see most of his inheritance. Question,though. Was he sentenced to 40 years with 10 suspended on each count or was that total?

August 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Anonymous said...

Is consecutive standard and to the inmates advantage? Depending on the new laws and good time could he be out in three years or so?

August 29, 2013 at 4:11 PM
Robbing Peter said...

Certainly 'consecutive' is NOT to the convicts advantage! Concurrent is. A total of forty with ten suspended is 30 and he'll be out in twelve.

Still unanswered and never to be answered is where in the crap did the boy's grandfather get that kind of money to begin with? Not relevant you might say. And you're right, legally.

August 29, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Brown embezzled no doubt. However, Shackelford knew where the money was coming from and he didn't turn it down. If Brown is guilty for 30 years Shackelford is guilty 5 - 10.

August 29, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Anonymous said...

The boy's grandfather was Aaron Henry and he owned stock in WLBT and when WLBT was sold that's where the monies came from...

August 29, 2013 at 6:35 PM
Anonymous said...

6:00. Grandfather was Aaron Henry who acquired a substantial interest in WLBT when the FCC took the license away from Lamar Life in the 60's. Station sold around 2000 and his share was in the millions.

August 29, 2013 at 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...

His time does not start until released from civil contempt by Judge Dan Fairly. He gets no credit for the time he has served in the Rankin County Jail. He also got 90 days for contempt for asking the DA questions while testifying and that time will start after he has completed his MDOC time. The question is what has The Hinds County DA done in his cases there?

August 29, 2013 at 7:31 PM
Anonymous said...

The DA cut a deal with the Anti-Christ! Shackelford!

August 29, 2013 at 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...

He's gonna irritate the hell out of his cellmate. Wouldn't you hate to be that guy. I wonder if his wife will sell the house in Alabama to help pay back to Damond,or the condo in gulf shores? What happened to their house on Whippoorwill? Somebody ought to look into who they paid for the remodel and how much they paid for the remodel er I mean the kickbacks to the sub- contractor. There is a paper trail if someone would just take the time to dig and explore. Mmmm... Someone needs to talk to his ex wife,she could tell us a few things also. He sent her money over the years even after they got divorced. She may have it,who knows?

August 29, 2013 at 10:32 PM
Anonymous said...

Oh, I know full well who Aaron Henry was. For five decades he ratholed Ford Foundation money intended for Delta Medical Clinics as well as funneling Kennedy money to his personal accounts. He was the Idi Amin of the Mississippi Delta going back to the mid sixties. WLBT stock my ass!

August 30, 2013 at 7:03 AM
Anonymous said...

and if you were looking for fun & friends in Smith Park, he was there!

August 30, 2013 at 9:08 AM
Anonymous said...

Not only was Aaron 'in Smith Park', he was ridin' 61 from Clarksdale to Cleveland and back for years, picking up hitch-hikers. Just to give them a lift of course.

August 30, 2013 at 3:29 PM

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