Attorney Generalissimo Jim Hood issued the following statement.
Three people were arrested in Jackson Thursday for stealing copper cables from AT&T poles in the area valued at a loss of more than $225,000 to the company, announced Attorney General Jim Hood.
Jackson residents Jon-Phillips Cote, 25, and Cynthia Ford, 45, and Madison resident Chance Joiner, 33, were arrested at Metal Processors by investigators with the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division and Cyber Crime Unit. They were each charged with one felony count of grand larceny and booked in the Hinds County jail.
If convicted, they each face 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. A charge is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
This case was investigated by Lee McDivitt and will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Patrick Beasley, both with the AG’s Consumer Protection Division.
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18 comments:
Token white thieves?
You can always count on Hood to go after the really heavy hitters. Epps was damn lucky that Hood was otherwise busy all those years going after the real criminals in Mississippi.
So, now telephone poles are gonna need enhanced security. Great.
Religion: Crystal Methodist.
Only job they can find in Mississippi.
For the genius at 8:23 - A quarter of a million in copper theft and damage is significant. And you might want to assume this is not all they stole or planned to steal.
Plenty of jobs in Mississippi, you just can't piss hot or be a thug.
If they had put the pedal to the metal they could have escaped, but they may have been wired.
//bada bing//
Guessing she's not the one who climbed the poles? ...at least not "those" poles.
Fine looking folks. I bet no one ever explained to them that you don't have to steal very much copper to make felony level theft. Hopefully they will have time to consider how dumb they are while in prison.
Plenty more jobs in Colorado and you don't have to piss for anyone. Maybe we should think about changing things here a little more.
A quarter of a million in copper theft and damage is significant.
As significant as all the really big corrupt Mississippi fish that the Federales have landed while Hood stands there with his finger in his ear? Hardly.
Face it. When it comes to the truly big stuff Hood has been AWOL.
Jobs are not the same things as opportunities. That's why we have a brain drain. What's sad is not that folks like 10:40 don't understand that, but that they want the status quo. They don't care how big a shit heap Mississippi is as long as they and theirs remain in charge. The brain drain actually benefits our aristocracy.
“As a son who has cared for his own parents, it is beyond angering that white people who probably vote Republican would selfishly steal the copper wire that old people in this state use to speak to their children."
9:23...If you want to see 40,000 restaurant and food service jobs open up next week in Mississippi (great tips) start piss-testing applicants and randoms. Call your local Job Service office and ask them for figures on employment in food service here or in Colorado or California or any other state. Next?
I take cans, scrap metal and assorted junk to The Can Man frequently. At both of their locations there are signs prominently posted that serve as a warning that if you are selling copper or other valuable metals, you must have a license such as an HVAC Tech (or similar) and that you will be mailed a check after you satisfy certain requirements of Mississippi law in regard to selling such metals.
How stupid of these people to think they could get away with this. But no more stupid that the metro-county-ads we see on the net for selling six flat screens still in the box or eight brand new power drills and three generators never used.
Flat screens, drills, and generators frequently fall off the back of trucks, and sometimes even Rolex watches.
In conclusion, the coppers busted some thieves for stealing, wait for it...copper.
Got it wired.
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