Jason Todd Mardis is back in jail and might be there for a long time. Rankin County deputies arrested Mardis last week after he violated a no-contact order with his wife. A bond revocation hearing is being held for Mardis right now.
A Rankin County grand jury indicted Todd Mardis in December for aggravated domestic violence in the brutal beating of his wife at their Flowood home in October. A Flowood detective testified at an October preliminary hearing she suffered the following injuries on October 11:
1. Fractured right ankle
2. Fractured left cheekbone
3. Lacerated liver
4. Broken ribs (#10 and #11)
5. Strangulation marks on her neck
6. Missing hair on her head
7. Extensive bruising on her left arm and stomach.
Rankin County Court Judge David Morrow set Mardis's bond at $750,000 and ordered him to have no contact whatsoever with his wife.
However, the Mardises just could not seem to stay away from each other and were caught having dinner together a month ago. A Madison County deputy's affidavit states
On March 5, 2023, at approximately 7:00 PM I was dining at Bill's Creole and Steak Depot, located at 471 Railroad Avenue in the City of Flora, MS, when I observed a male, who I know to be Jason Todd Mardis, and a female who I believed to be his wife, Kimberly Mardis, also eating at the restaurant. I later viewed a photograph of Kimberly Mardis and can confirm she is, in fact, the female that was with Jason Todd Mardis on March 5, 2023, at Bill's.
The deputy did his duty and reported his observations to his superiors. Judge Steve Ratcliff revoked his bail and issued a bench warrant for his arrest on March 29. Deputies arrested Mardis and he now resides in the Rankin County jail.
Rankin County Assistant District Attorney Mary Jane (Don't say it) Lemon submitted a motion to revoke bail on March 29. Her motion stated:
6. Moreover, Defendant's flagrant violation of the Court's no contact condition is a material breach of the conditions of release. This violation not only endangers the victim in this cause but jeopardizes the State's ability to prosecute Defendant. Victim intimidation is both a legal and factual problem for the State in its effort to hold the domestic violence offenders accountable.
Flowood police arrested Mardis on October 7. JJ reported on October 11:
Rankin County Court Judge David Morrow set bond at $750,000 for Jason Todd Mardis this morning after Flowood police arrested him for aggravated domestic violence Friday. Broken bones, torn-out hair, and a lacerated liver are just some of the savagery Mardis allegedly unleashed upon his wife the night of October 4. Justice may indeed be served one day but it won't erase the horror that will forever scar her long after the wounds heal.
Mardis is President of Capital Preservation Services, LLC. The company is known for advising physicians on tax planning and investments. (KF note: The Board of Directors relieved him of his duties after his arrest). ...
Sergeant Messer testified Mardis and his wife met another couple for dinner at McLain's Lodge on the evening of October 4. An argument that began at the restaurant ended in violence at the Mardis home in Lineage Lake of Lakeland in Flowood. Security video showed Mardis punching his wife in the stomach before throwing the unconscious woman on the ground "like she was a rag doll." He allegedly proceeded to slap her several times and dragged her across the pavement by her hair.
Collette objected to the testimony, arguing it had nothing to do with a motion to deny bond. Miles replied an accounting of what took place that night showed the defendant is a danger to the community, thus grounds for denying bond. Judge Morrow denied the objection.
The Flowood detective stated her injuries were:
1. Fractured right ankle
2. Fractured left cheekbone
3. Lacerated liver
4. Broken ribs (#10 and #11)
5. Strangulation marks on her neck
6. Missing hair on her head
7. Extensive bruising on her left arm and stomach.
The victim was hospitalized at St. Domic Hospital but her injuries required her to be transferred to UMMC. Mardis flew the next morning to Tampa on his private jet on a business trip. His attorney, John Colette, said the trip was already planned.
A Rankin County deputy received information about the alleged assault and notified Flowood police on October 6. Detective Messer interviewed the victim at the hospital. Flowood police arrested Mardis at 2 PM October 7 at the Jackson International Airport when he returned from Tampa.
Waiving his rights, the defendant said he hit his wife with an open hand but did not recall how she got from the vehicle to the house. However, the detective said police obtained video from three security cameras showing the assault. Earlier post.
The sentence for aggravated domestic violence ranges from two years to twenty years in prison. Attorney John Collette represents Mardis.
The case is assigned to Circuit Judge Steve Ratcliff, III.
103 comments:
He is about to learn that Judge Ratcliff isn’t one to mess with. Madison county doesn’t want his kind in it. It is my recollection he has created problems in Madison county at a previous wedding at a golf course.
As a woman, it makes me sick that any female would tolerate...much less seek this man and his behavior out.
And I have very little sympathy to offer her. She has the financial means to be done with him. So many impoverished women are not blessed with that option. Yet she chooses her abuser.
Perhaps she should beg them to drop all charges and just let them leave happily/miserably ever after.
is his buddy alyssa killebrew gonna dig him out of this one?
People are going to have less sympathy for her now. I do understand the manipulation and pull that an abuser can have over their victim though. But she needs to be strong and stay TF away from him. The court system is trying to help her - she needs to do her part to help herself.
Once again thinking he is above the law....classic Narcissist
Now I ain’t sayin she a gold digger…
I'm really disappointed his gym buddies haven't threatened anyone in the thread yet. Is there a 'roid shortage?
Bill’s does have a good steak.
Where is he in jail? He is not listed in the Madison county correction facility list of prisoners.
Bill's Creole and Steak Depot is very delicious. It might be worth jail time.
She’s gonna get people killed, just like the girl that stayed with her abuser that got 2 people killed at the parade.
He's in Rankin County Jail.
Wow. The power of a domestic partner! The state is doing what they can to protect her and she is back with him? Todd the judge isn’t your wife or kids, you can’t manipulate him. Don’t tell us it is love! If this goes to trial this will be a situation where Todd will throw his entire family on the stand to save himself!!
Someone get this Mardis woman some psychiatric help. She needs a codependency program for a long time.
‘ROIDS.
I wonder if his 2 sons have seen the video of him trying to kill their mother? How can she do this to her kids! They all need help!
why you people jumping her shit? The headline says HE violated the no contact order. Did I miss where SHE was complicit?
Who said She invited him over. I would think he showed up being stupid again and she called police!
2:24, let's see: Article states "Deputies arrested Mardis and he now resides in the Rankin County jail."
"Rankin County Assistant District Attorney Mary Jane Lemon submitted a motion..."
"A bond revocation hearing will be held today in Rankin County Circuit Court at 1 PM today."
Now, after that, where do you think he is????
2:24 pm: (4 watt light bulb illuminates above 1:24's noggin) "Uhhh, Rhode Island?"
These are 2 young people in love and should be lest alone.
"Anonymous Anonymous said...
Someone get this Mardis woman some psychiatric help. She needs a codependency program for a long time.
April 3, 2023 at 2:37 PM"
Why are you shaming her? She is a grown woman and can make her own decisions. Maybe she likes it rough? Maybe she forgave him? No matter what let her make her own choices.
so when she takes him back, as she clearly is looking into it, does he get charged when he kills her at some point?
Does anybody like this steroid monster?
@2:21 - You're right. The usual thug-buddies have not appeared to warn us just how bad-ass this little-dick thug is. And Kingfish usually weighs in to say the same.
Can we get a more up to date photo of him after the spray tan has worn off? Maybe one of him clutching a tube of KY.
@2:34 read the article...he's in the rankin county jail.
Let him go. She willingly violated the No Contact order by going out with him. Agree with our lady poster from earlier, "Perhaps she should beg them to drop all charges and just let them leave happily/miserably ever after."
Seen this type of scenario frequently in LE. They won't convict him w/o her testimony.
"Kingfish note: Prediction: Revocation."
Lo and behold, another Sid Salter Captain Obvious!
Keep him in the slammer. He also assaulted a limo driver for no reason at Reunion Country Club. Those drugs have apparently warped his mind. And, I could care less that he played baseball at Delta State. In his drug impaired mind, he can’t distinguish between good and evil.
Looking at this it seems this guy needs to try somewhere's like Jerk City Grille!
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"why you people jumping her shit? The headline says HE violated the no contact order. Did I miss where SHE was complicit?"
True, that is what the headline said. And the article included the deputy's affidavit where it said "SHE" was at a restaurant in Flora with "HIM". Believe the fact that she was eating dinner some thirty miles away from home with him makes her somewhat complicit. He wouldn't be back in jail if SHE had not made the trip, either with him or meeting him. Either way - that seems to meet the definition.
Oxford Dictionary: Complicit, adjective: "Involved with others in an illegal activity"
They have been seeing each since he bailed out last time. Just dumb enough to appear in public. I’m sure the judge will ask during the bond hearing.
@2:47 did you miss the part where they were having dinner TOGETHER? Now unless Mrs Mardis was kidnapped, transported to Flora and forced to consume steak against her will, methinks she was complicit.
@3:21 - I think you are mistaken on this one. When the list of injuries resembles a high speed motorcycle crash, I’d bet a jury would convict him without the victim’s willingness to help prosecute.
I find it odd that a Madison County deputy in FLORA recognized this guy and his wife and recalled there was a no contact order between them.....then called his superiors.
More to the point I can't fathom why the deputy would even care enough to pick up the phone
Odd
"These are 2 young people in love and should be lest alone."
They are grandparents
"Why are you shaming her? She is a grown woman and can make her own decisions. Maybe she likes it rough? Maybe she forgave him? No matter what let her make her own choices."
She's been brainwashed and abused women are made to believe they are to blame for the abuser's actions.
Plus, she needs help or she'll end up dead. Remember George Bell killing Heather?
She went to dinner with him. I hate this guy (and his little brother, any time, any place son) but fuck a no-contact if she willingly broke it too
OK...So I missed the part about her being there consuming steak with him.
So, hook me up to Ole Sparky!
Stick that Oxford English dictionary where the mornin' sun don't shine.
Stockholm Syndrome:
Physically damaged/abused woman self identifies as a loyal punching bag? So society rightfully forces her away from her tormenter. Hope he eats hemorrhoids, not steroids, for the next twenty years.
The court should require reconciliation counseling. However, as all courts do, the family will be divided.
Here is a tip.
IF you decide to violate a no-contact order issued in the metro, think Vicksburg, Starkville, Meridian, Hattiesburg (preferably the coast), Desoto County, Tupelo for a meet up... Two hours minimum drive.
Damn, dumbf--k, your judge lives in Madison County...
Guys...next time you want to intervene in a domestic dispute, remember this.
If I had a son, I would tell him to call the cops and keep walking. This woman has made her choices. If she dies, then that was by her own willingness. Do not get shot trying to save a female that is addicted to attention and drama.
These type of women don't know how to be in a functional relationship and if Todd is ever by chance locked up, she will find another just like him.
Do not die trying to save someone that does not want to be saved.
Oh wow…. And the dumpster fired flares up again…. :facepalm
Well I’m sure those bars will tell us if there is true love!!
"She's been brainwashed and abused women are made to believe they are to blame for the abuser's actions.
Plus, she needs help or she'll end up dead. Remember George Bell killing Heather?
April 3, 2023 at 4:20 PM"
Oh my bad, I didn't realize you were a licensed psychiatrist/psychologist and had interviewed her and made a diagnosis. You may want to look into HIPAA because you may have violated it by releasing information about her condition (if you don't have her consent).
5:09
Agree. I have sons and advised to avoid "fractured" women from broken homes, violent relationships etc. Unfortunate but such women, especially if physically sexy, have twisted, broken, disloyal psyches.
5:09, probably slim pickins' for a woman with this much drama and baggage to find a new dude with his own private jet.
This is Rankin county. What do you expect? I live in the city of MADISON, we rarely have to deal with our residents acting like this.
@2:23 do you enjoy that great lighter fluid flavoring on Bill’s steak? He needs to let the coals get black before he cooks on them.
5;09.........best comment of 2023
She will get rid of him when he runs out of money. By the way, he is hemorrhaging money as we speak. Time is running out. I knew fraternity brothers in college who relished their ability to spend money. Those are the one struggling to survive now.
5:09 for the win !!
Y’all keep your asses in Rankin county, we don’t need you in Madison county, unless you want to be in Canton!
Apparently he has at least one friend posting periodically on this thread.
Cant wait to see what he looks like when his hgh, hair dye, and rogain supplies dry up in hail
@ "She willingly violated the No Contact order"
I don't think she had a no contact order. Therefore she couldn't violate it.
Attn 6:32 PM How do you know this unknown “friend” is actually not the “perpetrator” of this crime?
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Trust me, this prick DOES NOT OWN a private jet. He leases/has a friend that flies one. Jeez.
I understood that when an order from a judge is violated the asshole is taken to jail without a bond release & stays there until the case is settled. Does anyone know how long it takes for the Grand Jury to make a decision to indite a person on a felony charge? He was arrested 6 months ago?? Seems like a long time for this abuser to be just roaming around city!
I’m siding with 5:09. There are some women that don’t have confidence to find good men. This looks like something that is not going to end well
I never heard of his guy. Why is his arrest so important?
I'd love to hear what his legal outcome is likely to be....any criminal lawyers care to speculate?
There are two types of men when it comes to domestic abuse: those who WILL hit a woman and those who WILL NOT. This guy has proven he will, which means he will again. She needs to get away.
7:38
He has been indicted trail set for May….
I need garbage relief and we have this guy back on top all afternoon?
GMAFB!
Put me on the jury. He'll get out of prison in his 80's.
Remember there is video of him dragging her by the hair across their yard. That, combined with her injuries, makes her testimony much less important.
I always wonder what kind of home women like her grew up in, to think this kind of treatment is acceptable. She narrowly escaped being murdered.
The unnamed officer that saw this just hurt those kids.
Looks like Mardis will be missing the Southern Classic Bodybuilding show this year.
Would like to know what attorney represents a wife beater?
3:51, I find it odd that you think it is odd. Deputies from Rankin and Madison County are friends. Deputies in Madison County know who Todd is. Why would it be odd to be doing your job? Your comment is odd.
John Colette is representing the abuser
Well, Mardis is a degenerate piece of useless, wife-beating crap, and she's prob. dropped all the damn charges. He prob. bought her a new car, a diamond ring, "I'm so sorry, won't EVVVER do it again," and she drank the koolaid, And..in 6 months or so, instead of his ass being in Parchman, where he belongs, he will KILL HER. I'm very upset that he has conned her back into his drunken, violent life. At least *WHEN* he DOES (very sadly) kill her, maybe THEN they'll FINALLY put him away forever. After he takes an innocent, small woman's life. The mother of his children. (Because that list of injuries that he inflicted, last time? Those are injuries that..I don't even know.. boxers, or MMA fighters don't even get. Those injuries that this "man," TWICE her size, inflicted on her, are injuries that you see in the VERY WORST CAR WRECKS. She barely LIVED after all that.. and she's BACK WITH the monster..) The police NEED to keep him caged up, to save his wife's life.
10:25 - I'd guess whichever one he chose and paid. Attorneys don't choose clients. Attorneys are paid by clients to see (in this case) that they get a fair trial.
Surely you knew that.
Maybe, just maybe, this trophy wife wanted this animal back in jail. You don’t get spotted in an unknown restaurant 40 miles away unless someone reports it to the authorities. Who even knew this restaurant even existed? I don’t know if the food there is any good, but I will bet it is better than the food in the “Rankin county slammer.”
10:25
John Coletti, who would represent Old Scratch if the money was right.
@10:25. John Collette. He’s defended hundreds of low lifes over the years. Good attorney. Anyone who can afford him usually has the upper hand.
Was it that good attorney who advised this wife beater to take his wife out to eat secretly to try to arrange a “deal”?
Ahhahahahha. Good. Glad that animal is back behind bars. He think he’s above having to play by any rules. So, I’m glad he had his bail revoked.
As for her, well, she can make her own decisions I guess. What a moron.
When a man has over 65 responses about being a wife beater, he apparently isn’t liked very well. What else did he do to bring all off this distain upon himself?
Some pieces of $hi+ like this guy just never accept that they can’t control everybody and everything. “Ain’t no judge telling me who I can and cannot be around.” Welcome to Hotel Graybar, control freak.
With him in custody steroid warehouses are likely overflowing with inventory.
9:28
The deputy didn’t do this to his kids. Todd and Kim did this to their kids! Follow the court order, server your time and then try to put your family back together. No matter what he has tried to convince his family he made a life changing mistake and has to be held accountable!
"The unnamed officer that saw this just hurt those kids."
Whoah! That one gets the 'stupid comment of the month' trophy.
If 'the unnamed officer had not done his job, those kids would probably be getting dressed for their mother's funeral today.
It looks like his (ex)wife may have set this up. Rankin and Madison counties are in the same judicial officials’ territories. He knew he could not be seen with her in Rankin county, but probably thought he would not be recognized in Flora, an almost unknown town in Madison county. If she did have something to do with this, more power to her. At least he is getting 3 meals and a bed.
I'm not an attorney, but I don't think she can drop the charges against him since it's Mardis vs. State of MS.
There is something to these type of people. I knew a guy in High school that beat up his girlfriend. She would have walked over hot coals for him. He moved on to another girl in college that he randomly beat on and she was the same way. He married another one that he was arrested 2 weeks prior to the wedding and she married him anyway. This ended when he killed himself on an ATV. I refer to them a girls because no woman would tolerate this behavior. I refer to him an a guy because no man would do this. Some women like it as much as the man does. I do not think this means it should happen it's just a fact. Its hard to care for her more than she cares for herself. If they have been seeing each other since the event where he almost killed her then left her for dead and flew off for a week I ask, why is my tax money being spend to house and prosecute him?
What is with those break a way glasses around his neck for his latest mug shots?
Plot twist: The wife set him up to be photographed breaking a court directed no-contact order. Meanwhile, while Todd is held without bail and experiencing the emotional rollercoaster of steroid withdrawals, Mrs. Mardis is liquidating assets and planning to flee the county with Todd's gym buddy - who so happens to be a RCSO.
I think the court should remove any minor children from these two people. Their bad decisions will always affect their children but removing them would eliminate the chance of physical harm. Then let the adults do what they want. If the next time he kills her then that would be on her for associating with him. I do understand the psychological issues surrounding abuse but there is nothing society can do because eventually he will get out of jail.
Does he work part-time for Richards as a leg buster?
Todd's gym buddy has his own problems right now with an investigation into over the top tactics with suspects.
One would have to believe she set him up on this out of rankin county trip, and I don’t blame her.She obviously told someone he was leaving Rankin county, or called from the rest room after they arrived at this restaurant in the middle of nowhere. I am also pretty sure he is or will experience steroid withdrawal symptons.
She should be charged with violating the order as well. Law Enf doesn't have the time to be saving her again, if she is going to go looking for trouble. Lock them both up. Sometimes we have to save stupid from themselves.
@6:30 I think Mayor Mary and her cronies have dropped a few too many bricks on your elitist head.
Fraudster. Peddles "dumb doctor" bogus tax shelters that will not withstand IRS scrutiny, leaving the unsuspecting dupe subject to ruinous tax penalties and interest. He's as bogus as a three dollar bill.
Any update after the hearing?
Um..... She married him. To me, that makes her the kind of woman who'd marry someone like him. She may be every bit as big a jerk as is he - only, he's more physically-powerful. They could both have been beautiful bullies. They wouldn't be the first sociopaths I've seen hunting in pairs - tag-teaming their victims (bullying... scamming... I remember a local real estate heiress and her plumber husband, destroying people basically as a pastime.)
It may be, that she deliberately goaded him into that fit of violence. Maybe she got more than she was planning to get (enough for a lucrative divorce). Documented injuries are worth big bucks, in the Divorce Market. Maybe she underestimated his rage and his physical power.
As for this latest chapter, I'd imagine she set up the meeting, and made it difficult for him to say "no". It was probably a combination of emotional blackmail (which is why the daughter was there), plus "urgent" business (doesn't she control his company?) they needed to discuss.
Maybe the daughter is helping to take him down?
@7:22pm - that's a real nice story you've got there. 'she deliberately goaded him....'. I'm old school, you don't hit a woman, no matter how much she 'goads' you, moron. You need to be locked up with that idiot.
You people are crazy trolls. This family have been through enough. I don't see why yall are all so obsessed with this case.
@1:53 Why are you here? Oh to be noisy just like the rest of us.
"@7:22pm - that's a real nice story you've got there. 'she deliberately goaded him....'. I'm old school, you don't hit a woman, no matter how much she 'goads' you, moron. You need to be locked up with that idiot."
April 5, 2023 at 8:24 AM
Goodness, you seem to have a lot of feelings. But how you're feeling about what may or may not have happened, how you feel about yourself, and how you feel about 7:22, are of limited relevance.
@ 1:53 There are a lot of people here for two reasons. First, they have dealt with him in the past and are taking pleasure seeing him get what he has deserved for so long. Secondly, Until of recent, we wanted to see his wife get the justice she deserved. That's kind of gone now with the fact she is compliment.
Wonder how he would react if some man treated his daughters in such an abusive way!!!
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