Secretary of State Eggbert Hosemann issued the following press release:
Recycling Yard Fined for Purchasing Cemetery Vases
Decatur, MS—
On February 12, 2016, February 16, 2016, and March 10, 2016, M-D
Metals, LLC, of Decatur, MS, purchased cemetery flower vases
from Robert Eugene Davis which were taken from Meridian Memorial Park
Cemetery. The Secretary of State’s Office alleged on three separate
occasions M-D Metals purchased approximately 200 bronze cemetery flower
vases totaling 992 pounds of regulated metal
and paying Mr. Davis a total of $1,043.60.
The
Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office charged Mr. Davis on March 19, 2016,
with multiple counts of grand larceny of merchandise in excess of
$1000.00.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-17-41.
As
a purchaser of regulated metal property, M-D Metals is subject to the
requirements of the Mississippi Scrap Metal Dealer Act of 2008. Miss.
Code Ann.
§ 97-17-71 to § 97-17-71.2.
On
March 24, 2016, M-D Metals entered into an agreed Consent Order with
the Secretary of State’s Office as a resolution of administrative
charges issued by the Office, alleging three
(3) separate statutory violations and agreed in the future to comply
with all Mississippi state law requirements.
M-D Metals also agreed to pay a fine in the amount of $2,250.00.
9 comments:
Are there any honest people left in Mississippi?
A lousy two thousand Dollar fine, and that's IT?
How about two hundred counts of Receiving Stolen Goods? How about two hundred counts of something like 'Accessory to Desecration of a Cemetery'?
Sounds like somebody got a sweet deal.
Hopefully, the families of those whose graves were robbed are still free to sue.
7:02 - are you serious? You know the only concern that Dilbert has in this is the ability to get his mug in a press release saying that he has done something. Has to do something to make him feel relevant or he might be overshadowed by those offices that he really thinks he deserves.
is it ALLEGED that these assholes had no idea the vases were stolen from cemeteries?
Who pays to replace the vases?
So when some methhead steals Hosehead's 2016 Tahoe and burns it do they charge based on the scrap value that junk autos bring?
What thee Fock?
Delbert's office has no criminal authority, only administrative authority, therefore it's all just for show.
You Delbert haters have some great putdowns, what are you 5 years old?
Ashes to Asses; Dust to Delbert
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