It should come as not surprise to JJ readers that one of the alleged Mudbug Festival shooters is a participant in the Hinds County Catch & Release program.
Hinds County deputies arrested Calvin Berry, Jr. and Leedrick Trim Saturday night during a shootout at the Mudbug Festival held at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds.
Trim is charged with not one, not two, not three, but four counts of aggravated assault.
Trim has no prior records. However, Junior can not say the same. He is charged with two counts of aggravated assaults, adding to his rather sizeable list of felony charges he has been accumulating in the Hinds County criminal justice system.
The first indictment took place in December 2020. A Hinds County grand jury indicted him for three counts of armed robbery and one count of auto theft. Bond was set at $90,000 but he submitted a request for a mental evaluation, a tactic designed to prolong the prosecution for a few years. The case has been repeatedly continued.
A grand jury served up another batch of indictments against Berry for armed robbery and carjacking in August 2021. The case was continued in February. Believe it or not, Berry was arrested again for armed robbery in July.
The case is assigned to Circuit Judge Faye Peterson. It is Faye Peterson who keeps lowering his bond to where he can get out of jail.
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So ? No one cares about any of this. And you can see it in the faces of EVERY elected official in this county and those who live downtown. Hell, most of them just work here and make the drive in. Dodge a pothole and leave before dark.
Because it’s been a while, it bears repeating: If you have the means to leave Jackson, but stayed anyway, you chose to expose yourself and your family to ferals like these. Good luck.
worthless scumbag pieces of shit
Worthless pieces of shit!!! And the elected/appointed officials in Hinds County and Jackson that choose to do nothing about it are even worthless than them. Until a state or federal takeover of Jackson, nothing will change.
He’s from a nice house in Brandon?
Special rules for special people.
Mental evaluation as a stall tactic? Um. No..
Berry could qualify as a violent habitual offender before he even gets to trial on his first set of charges.
Looks like the system is working well for them. If you can't maintain a water system and do something as simple as pick up garbage can you really expect anything more than this. Hope this is politically correct enough for you KF!
Most sane jurisdictions will keep one who claims to be insane i.e. in need of a mental evaluation, incarcerated pending the outcome of the evaluation and probably even trial. The simple fact that he takes and uses a gun in all of his crimes shows he knows the difference between right and wrong and frankly he appreciates the consequences of his actions as he knows if he doesn't bring a gun to an armed robbery it's not gonna be successful. I bet he even knows that if he pulls the trigger on that gun a bullet comes out and could potentially hurt someone. I do wonder sometimes if the defense bar, who keeps getting him out of jail through securing bonds etc., if they don't bear some responsibility when these creatures go back out and do the same thing again and then they help them again make bond so they can go out and do more. How could you even sleep at night knowing I'm the lawyer that convinced the judge and the prosecutor to let this guy out on bond again and he goes out and shoots people.
@3:07pm - Probably the “godmother” or some other “relative” to use their address to send him to the Brandon school district.
They look innocent to me, right? Blessings forthcoming, right?
The City with Soul
3:07 PM
More likely his mom moved him to brandon to get away from Jackson. My wife sees that all the time in Brandon High.
The Brandon address given for Berry appears to be the address of the attorney who signed the transfer order for his August 2021 indictment.
Kind of sad. Kid is only 16 and shooting at people. Already has a case when he was 14-15 years old. Safe to say he has a very unstable home life with zero guidance.
Three types of people that live in Jackson, 1 - Those that can't leave for whatever reason, 2. Those that won't leave for fear of being called racist and 3. those that prey on the first 2.
This here Mudbug firefight is way worse than stealing taxpayer money from TANF!!!
Frequent grammar offense on JJ, even some claiming to be attorneys are guilty: using "that" instead of "who or whom" which are de rigueur as pronouns to reference person(s), the former for subjective case, the latter for objective case.
I'm not a grammar cop, but this error bugs me to where I lose the writer's whole attempt to communicate when I hit that roadblock. Thanks.
I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town.
So he's still on the run ? This should make many folks a bit nervous.
Check out additional facts at WLBT. Jackson Municipal Judge Taurean Buchanan gave no bond to the defendant charged with violent crimes. Then, County Judge McDaniel lowered total bond to $400,000. Then, Circuit Judge Peterson inexplicably lowered it to $90,000.
In this instance, the blame falls on one particular Circuit Judge, not the entire Hinds County/Jackson court system.
The look in their eyes is the same as a soulless predator who would kill and consume without remorse.
2:53 I wish to God I had those means. I am retired and to find a decent place in Madison I would need to dip into what I have saved, and that I cannot do.
Makes you ponder the idea of bringing hip hop acts to the Brandon Amp.....you goofs acting as if all the thuggery is central to Jackson. These are 14 and 15 year olds !!! It is not the same as it use to be and YOUR 14 year old may be into the same shit. He/she just ain't been shot yet ! Then you will know.
Growing up in Jackson, about the only really fun things to do were Jubilee Jam, the state fair, and the St Patrick's day parade. All for the food and the music.
Now the thugs have thoroughly ruined that. What normal, law-abiding person (yes, of any racial group!) would want to be where these thugs will be, which is everywhere in Jackson and 110% at any festival/event.
So those fun events are gone. Jackson is so far gone it is not even remotely a debate or discussion. . .
How can we hold Faye Peterson accountable for this?
3:20 Lawyers are taught that they bear no responsibility for bad outcomes if they do a good job i.e. win for their client. It's an adversarial system based on winning not a determination of truth based on justice. Lawyers really believe this shit and it allows them to sleep at night.
I remember when someone hollering "Get Down" was just an enthusiastic dancer.
Get out of Murderville USA while you can.
In hell, there's this one REALLY hot corner. That's where they throw all of the lawyers and car salesmen
4:36, and the Symphony needs to find a new home in a safer location. This is my last year for season tickets.
"Growing up in Jackson, about the only really fun things to do were Jubilee Jam, the state fair, and the St Patrick's day parade. All for the food and the music.
Now the thugs have thoroughly ruined that. What normal, law-abiding person (yes, of any racial group!) would want to be where these thugs will be, which is everywhere in Jackson and 110% at any festival/event.
So those fun events are gone. Jackson is so far gone it is not even remotely a debate or discussion. . ."
I strongly disagree that you can't host events because of some idiots messing up this event. Capital Police numbers have grown, they fall under DPS now and they definitely should have been working the event at the fairgrounds.
Many moons ago, JPD and Hinds County Sheriffs Dept would patrol the state fair with a major presence.
We need to do a better job of planning these events, involving security. We need a tri-county (Hinds, Rankin, Madison) L.E.O task force to manage these events.
The Highway Patrol should have been stationed northbound and southbound, on I-55, ensuring people are driving home safely.
JPD should've had people stationed at State Street, High Street, and Greymont. While Capitol Police had a more active role in handling the fairgrounds with the sheriff's dept.
Better patroling of the event would have helped to nip early escalations between whomever.
But bigger cities, with higher crime rates, still host events like this that are way larger and have no major hiccups.
It's 2021 - mass shootings happen all across this country. You can't just take your safety for granted, but you shouldn't punish law-abiding citizens by not hosting any more events because of a few rotten eggs. We just need to do a better job of planning these events, with security taking priority on day one.
This is what I mean when I say state supported violence. The chaos caused by these culturally Marxist judges is the point. Their desired political ends cannot occur in an environment of peace and prosperity.
I hate to say this but the lawyers are doing the job they are paid to do. It is the judges that drop the ball. The judges turn the thugs loose.
The guy with the long rap sheet lives in Brandon. So if I move out of Jackson and into Brandon I might wind up living next door to him or someone like him. How am I any safer or better off?
Mayor, Governor tell contradictory stories re: Fairground Shooting.
"I believe that our city is safe. Most instances of violence that we see in our city are interpersonal, they're not random," Lumumba said. "We can't aim all arrows at one target. There are layers, and we all have to work in combination with each other to reveal a safer environment."
Spoken like an incompetent failure at mayor, but an accomplished obfuscator.
Meanwhile, the Governor said "100 rounds were fired into the crowd."
@5:37
The symphony will not relocate. Many big donors and sponsors live in Jackson. Get serious
4:06, It looks to me like the city judge who signed the two no-bond orders was Jeff Reynolds.
5:37. They don't care. They will be glad when the mostly white MSO is gone. They don't care.
Just saw on the news that the mayor says nearly all violent crime in the city is "interpersonal" - whatever that is. Shooting broadly into crowds on the midway is not interpersonal. It's a failure on so many levels. Jackson IS NOT SAFE, despite what the mayor said today.
5:46: The Commish is responsible for handling the security for such events. What they have always done is contract out with HCSO and other law enforcement agencies. There doesn't need to be any special task forces created as you suggested. The question to be asked is how many LEO's were on duty that night af the festival. We don't know but it is a question worth asking. If there were 50, then ok. If there were only 15 or so, problem. From what I can tell there was Hinds, Edwards, Capitol Police. Might have been Byram but trying to nail that down. JPD works outside the perimeter unless hired by MDAC to work inside the fairgrounds.
5:46. Great missive but the shorter answer is don't have these type events in Jackson.....move them to Rankin or south Madison County. If anyone reading this is not familiar with the criminal underbelly of Jackson's fatherless youth, keep dreaming.
Glad all those victims of carjackings at gunpoint identified the criminals since they knew them personally.
Cancel the fair. Move it to rankin. Either the thugs don’t show up or the thugs show up and get arrested. Problem solved.
Believe it or, not these two can be fixed.
The problem is they have too much freedom and no supervision.
Bring 'em to me and in one year they will be productive members of society with no desire to commit any more crimes.
We will start by planting this year's garden. Then we will move to bricklaying, roofing, sheetrock work and painting. Of course, Saturdays will be workdays and Sunday's we will go to church.
Their asses will be so tired and worn out the only goal they will have is to get in the bed. I promise you, it works.
More Brandon thugs causing trouble. Keep your trouble in Brandon!
If any municipality doesn’t host events like this, they are called racists. If Brandon doesn’t have hip hop gangsta music at the Ampitheator, then they will be called racists. Have them and this eventually happens…. So it’s a catch 22 for politicians…
"Most instances of violence that we see in our city are interpersonal, they're not random"
Lumumba is talking about gang violence, though he won't come out and say it plainly.
Ahhh... So that's what mudbugs are.
5:46 hahaha!
"We need to do a better job of planning these events, involving security. We need a tri-county (Hinds, Rankin, Madison) L.E.O task force to manage these events.
The Highway Patrol should have been stationed northbound and southbound, on I-55, ensuring people are driving home safely.
JPD should've had people stationed at State Street, High Street, and Greymont. While Capitol Police had a more active role in handling the fairgrounds with the sheriff's dept.
Better patroling of the event would have helped to nip early escalations between whomever. "
We know you... and totally see you coming anywhere/anytime... you truly stand out!
Hahahaha!!!
7:25. It only works if they show up and get tired. They would never stay long enough and they will not listen to someone who knows the truth about the consequences of actually working. You forgot to leave you phone number and address.
KF nailed it. The “Commish” was responsible for security on state property, screwed up big time, so then he tries to foist responsibility for his mistakes onto the Hinds County judicial system. Trim had a clean record and was not on bond. He’s there shooting people regardless; probably the same for the dead 14 year old shooter.
A “law and order” Repub. screws up, people get shot on state property at a family oriented event he is 100% responsible for, yet it’s all somebody else’s fault. Pitiful.
Brandon schools (Rankin County) does a home check on every single student to make sure he or she is legit.
Looks like he lives with Tamara Bowie in Brandon MS near the high school. She also signed off as his attorney. Moved into the house in September, 2020. Maybe she was trying to get him away from Jackson, but obviously she let him go wherever he wanted.
Cowboy Andy - "Somebody's poisoned the waterhole!"
Why is the case being assigned to the Circuit Judge? I thought there was a partnership with the Fed where all gun violence in the City of Jackson is now taken on a federal level?
https://www.wjtv.com/news/crime-crisis-focused-on-solutions/fbi-local-agencies-launch-federal-initiative-to-combat-crime-in-jackson/
Looks like Big Hat Gipson needs to start hiring more security help for all his hoedowns in Jackson.
Or wear a pair of six shooters to go with the Big White Hat and his cowboy boots.
5:46, the crime rate in Jackson is higher than that in big cities. It’s worse than Chicago, NY, Detroit, St Louis ETC.
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