Jackson Jambalaya

Belhaven is LOST.

Some brave individuals that live there!

You shouldn't carry anything in your purse worth dying over.

Shocking.

Sadly, when the police show this snapshot around the neighborhood, every soul will say, "Hmmm, never saw him before."

7:49 am Do you even know where these apartments are?

The lack of city planning and just plain stupidity and greed in '50's that allowed commercial encroachment of neighborhoods without providing buffer zones is still a challenge for Jackson and other cities in MS.

Not even historic homes were adequately protected.

You see this failure all over MS . Vicksburg preserved around the old Capitol would be a lucrative tourist center. Nachtez did bit better but not much.

You may not like Mayor Mary, but she was smart to plan and require even nearby commercial buildings to not be future eyesores.

Pretty good pic of the perp. If there is an exact time stamp on it, some cell record research might make this an easy case to solve.

Hopefully, during the arrest, he will provide ample resistance and provide a crystal clear reason for police to use deadly force.

Why can't these people buy their own purse?

can someone tell me what is depicted on the shirt?

I bet this guy hasn't enrolled in any Career Readiness Certificate Program through his local JUCO-

Get that POS off the streets, and keep him there. Belhaven is worth saving.

Does an apartment complex like this have any security presence outside?

An armed robbery in The Belhaven. Tsk, tsk.

This punk, sissy, bitch, coward couldn't even rob a woman without using a gun.

You die-hard residents of The Belhaven don't be moving on up to Madison. You elected the fools "managing" Jackson - own it.

If you chose to live in the ghetto, then this type of stuff should not come as a surprise.

I bet he is just about to start college.

Round up the usual suspects.

Let' see...murders, armed robberies, more murders, more armed robberies, auto burglaries, and on and on.
Yeah. The Belhaven is safe, real safe.
It's a virtual utopia.

Is FPDS still open there?

Every time this happens property values in Madison and Rankin counties go up.

11:22, the name of the neighborhood is just plain old Belhaven. "The Belhaven" is the name of one particular building within the neighborhood. I know it may be confusing if you live in Madison the City.

2:22
Nope. I live in The N.E. Jackson, not The Madison, or The Fondren, or The Belhaven.
I do go to eat at The Manship, in The Belhaven in The Belhaven.
I just like saying "The xxxx".

Well in that case, by all means enjoy yourself, 2:36.

Ah, the "the" thing lives! That was one of the silliest arguments a few weeks ago on this blog that I can recall. To make matters worse, I think one of the new hotels in Fondren is to be called The Fondren. There's The Belhaven (not hotel) in Belhaven. Thanks for stirring the pot again, 2:36. I seem to recall that one of the sillier comments in that previous "debate" was about calling I-55 The 55 or I-20 The 20, which some provincial moron didn't seem to realize was extremely common practice elsewhere in the country.

Louis,
2:36 here. My pleasure.
At first, I was one of those that "corrected" the "The" guy/gal. Then, after an epiphany, I decided to embrace it and realized that it's too much fun NOT to say it.
As for the Interstate references, I was already familiar with that usage.
Can't WAIT for The Fondren to open!

As long as The Fondren and The Belhaven are "certified," then then use of "The" is appropriate.

Wonder if that is the same guy seen going in and out of that house on the 1100 block of Lyncrest. People need to watch out for themselves in Belhaven.

Amen 8:11am. We were interested in buying a house in Belhaven until we drove through it. There are beautiful houses for sale throughout Belhaven, many of which are near dilapidated apartments and rental houses. It's truly a shame no one had the foresight to preserve that neighborhood.

On the commercial edge of Belhaven which has always been more vulnerable than the interior residential portion north of there. A lot of ignorant comments here by those Madisonites who don’t know what they are talking about.

Madison is the new Pearl.

I am sorry for the victim. That obviously is not a sentiment shared among you losers who prefer to trash neighboring towns and cities.

The issue is the ever-escalating crime. The woman who was robbed couldn't help where she happened to be forced to live.

At lease she is still alive; unlike Mrs. Temple.

“There are beautiful houses for sale throughout Belhaven, many of which are near dilapidated apartments and rental houses.” Yes,most of these properties are owned by NEJAM PROPERTIES. It is a shame that one person, Nejam, could be such a big player in the decline and fail of Belhaven.

How to destroy a neighborhood 101. There is one street in Belhaven. New Stage bought all but one house on one side of the street. Kicked everyone out and converted the houses to offices and apartments for visiting actors. Keep in mind that the renters weren't of the transient variety but tended to live in these units for years. In other words, it was pretty stable. A local company bought two houses that were for sale across the street. They were owner occupied. They rented them out. Yup, someone lives there for six months, then moves out, move in new renter, rinse, repeat. Now the street has become transient renters and offices. Meanwhile, a neighborhood was pretty much destroyed.