Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement.
The Office of the Hinds County District Attorney issues the following update in response to recent media inquiries:
Jenny Lukens was taken into custody today by deputies of the Hinds County Sherriff’s Office following service of her indictment. The Hinds County Grand Jury indicted Lukens for Hindering Prosecution in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-9-105, for her alleged role in the shooting deaths of two individuals during the Hal and Mal’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 25, 2023.
On May 12, 2023, the Hinds County Grand Jury indicted Jordan Cummins of two counts of First-Degree Murder in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-19 for the murders of Joshua Spann and Auden Simpkins. Cummins was arraigned in Hinds County Circuit Court on June 13, 2023. His trial has been tentatively set for November 13, 2023. Cummins is also under a separate indictment for possession of contraband in a correctional facility in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section 47-5-193. That trial has been set for November 6, 2023.
All persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Update (6/26/23): The indictment states:
On, or about the 251h day of March, 2023, in the county aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this Court, being a female human being above the age of eighteen (18) years, did with the intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment ofJordan Cummins for conduct constituting a felony, render criminal assistance, as defined by Mississippi Code Annotated §97- 9-103, to Jordan Cummins by engaging in acts designed to interfere with or prevent law enforcement's investigation into Jordan Cummins, to-wit: Jenny Lukens fled the scene of the shooting with Jordan Cummins, and subsequently misrepresented, fabricated, and/or embellished the events immediately preceding Jordan Cummins's shooting of multiple individuals during the Hal and Mal's St. Patrick's Day Parade, to law enforcement officers in order to prevent and/or interfere with the investigation, prosecution, and/or conviction ofJordan Cummins in violation of Section 97-9-105 ofMississippi Code Annotated (1972, as amended). All of the above, being contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.
12 comments:
I don't see how he can be charged with possession of contraband since there is no evidence he either owned nor had his hands on the video equipment. Maybe he can be charged, instead, with dancing and acting a fool.
I reckon 'fearing for ones life or personal safety' is going to be hard to either prove or disprove.
No blessings for white folk in Hinds County. The truth hurts - as it should.
Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-9-105 is hindering prosecution. You’re welcome.
What about the felon who pulled the gun that led to his homie getting killed?
You can just see the remorse in her face.
Since when is hiding your loved one from the man become such a big deal. Heck, it is a way of life Hinds County and has been for decades?
I find it absolutely amazing that Cummins got a trial date so soon.
I'm pretty sure we know what the verdict will be. There are no fair trials for Rankin county white boys in Hinds county. Not with SPLC.
Meanwhile other murderers are free to roam the city of Jackson at will.
Black and white defendants get trial dates within six months all the time in Hinds County.
They are just continued all the time as well.
Thanks for the equity and inclusion post for the day, Kingfish.
She looks evil and proud of it
I see that we are past even attempting to hide the racism on here these days…
"Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-9-105 is hindering prosecution. You’re welcome."
Please state what, specifically, she did or has done that hinders prosecution. Then I'll thank you. This charge is designed to shut her up. And it will go nowhere.
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