Steal $50,000 worth of catalytic converters. Get caught. Do not pass go but stop at Community Chest where one gets the Get Out of Jail Free card from Madison County Circuit Judge Brad Mills.
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| Kelvish Nason |
A guard at the Nissan plant noticed Kelvish Nason and other Nissan employees throwing catalytic converters over the plant's fence to their accomplices. Nason was a Nissan employee and is a CMU Commissioner. The police report provides more information on the apprehension of the suspects.
Madison County deputies charged Nason, Kendrick Ratliff, and Glenn White with grand larceny and felony fleeing. A Madison County grand jury indicted the trio in March for grand larceny. The indictment charges them with stealing goods worth over $25,000 from the Nissan plant. However, law enforcement sources said the value of goods stolen was $50,000.
Judge Mills sentenced Nason to serve 20 years in prison but suspended 16 years of the sentence and allowed Nason to serve years under home confinement.
What is interesting is the order says the District Attorney did not make a sentence recommendation even though the recommendation is attached to the defendant's petition to enter a guilty plea. The recommendation is posted below.
So after it all, Nason keeps his seat on the CMU Board* and doesn't have to go to prison. Nice deal.
* According to the CMU website today.
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Ah...Is this Madison County or Hinds County court?
Week or so ago I made a comment about CMU and was chided that at least Canton has water and electricity. Well, from my perspective there's more to delivering a professional service than that. CMU is on the edge of self destruction.
Your honor, motion to fix.
Was Judge Mills trained in Jackson?
What is "CMU"?
He is free to steal again-
I am not familiar with this judge. Does anyone know if he has a history of letting offenders off the hook?
Is this man’s sentence more lenient those received by other people that have been convicted of a similar crime?
I know his family must be so embarrassed and ashamed.
Law and order seems to have been thrown into the trash…
I'm surprised anyone is surprised.
This is one more example of rewarding failure in a state where there is less and less of a distinction between law breakers and law abiders.
CMU has had dirty hands for a long, long, time. I'm not the least bit surprised. Follow the money, folks...
There is definitely a "rest of the story" out there.
"What is "CMU"?"
Something the proprietor of this blog assumes everyone already knows, so it needn't be described by name.
I remember when NISSAN was initially announced.
My first statement was akin to "I hope they bring their workers with them", because of the labor force in this area.
This is not right... how can this be? What has happened in our world? No one is held accountable for anything anymore. What a POS
Judge Mills decides every case upon it's own unique set of facts and circumstances, very few of which we on this thread are privy to. Yes, it is good to look at how similarly situated cases have been handled in the past, state-wide, as a sentencing factor, but if just sentences were simply that easy to impose, then we could just turn it over to AI and let the computers sentence people for us, based upon data from prior cases that may or may not have been just and fair sentences to begin with. Just because a person isn't sent to prison for multiple years does not mean that something went wrong. Each case is different and unless you have evidence to the contrary, judge Mills deserves the presumption that he considered all of the relevant surrounding facts and circumstances before the sentence was imposed.
Will CMU seriously let this guy retain his seat on the Board? Unbelievable.
The only thing worse than the culture of corruption in Mississippi is the lineup of judges that enable and encourage it.
Y’all told me Madison county didn’t have a catch and release program
Don't say the good ol' boy network in MS is only for whitey.
Looks like this Jerdge' is handing out sweetheart deals to all races.
The Judge has his eye on this special Titan. There will be a steady stream of folks at his home. Judge is a joke.
"What is "CMU". Canton Municipal Utilities. We are special up here.
August 2, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Canton Municipal Utilities.
I am disappointed by Judge Mills. This is WRONG!
"CMU is on the edge of self destruction." Would you be so kind as to supply proof of your statement. I have been up here for near 30 years. I know it has some problems but I disagree with self destruction.
3:55 no, the county is wild.
Madison the City is the functional government.
Easy mistake.
CMU may or may not be full of shenanigans but there’s a ton of people in Mississippi making bank with the various water associations. Big time.
3:48 - Thank you for that learned yet useless diatribe and explanation of American Juris prudence. When you have time, please share any possible circumstance (know or unknown to us plebes) that would enable this sentence. Feel free to use your imagination.
Must be a Johnny Cash fan. "One piece at a time"
3:48 be careful with all that water. It could strain your back.
@3:48 Special circumstances? The criminal pled guilty. Did the devil make him do it?
I don't think there is much difference in Jackson and Canton. I am not going to be visiting either one. They can let all of the thugs and thieves out of jail all they want. Just don't let them come to Rankin county. I have a few sheriffs deputies on speed dial and they are armed with dildos and milk.
"I am disappointed by Judge Mills. This is WRONG!" If you are indeed disappointed, please join the others who happen to agree with you to join us at the Polls.
They should’ve been hoarding the catalytic converters instead of selling them. China is about to cut us off from rare earths and other precious metals in retaliation for cutting them off from AI computer chips. A catalytic converter is about to cost a lot more.
"So after it all, Nason keeps his seat on the CMU Board* and doesn't have to go to prison." aAs they say, "This is the way".
Maybe he is now a "policeman's helper," i.e. got off easy for being a snitch.
I know its not Feel and Bret level theft but can we expect MS Today to do an expose on this?
@5:01. You are crazy to say Canton is anything like Jackson. Don’t you ever call my hometown “thugville” again, racist!!! WE DON’T CARE IF YOU EVER VISIT CANON OR MADISON COUNTY!!!! YOU KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THE GOOD AND HARD WORKING PEOPLE OF CANTON!!! YOU ALL ALWAYS WSNT TO TALK ABOUT MADISON COUNTY. YOU’RE JUST A BUNCH OF JEALOUS HICKS!!!!!! FYI, CANTON ALSO EXTENDS INTO DEERFIELD, LAKE CAROLINE, AND HARVEY CROSSING!!! YOU PEOPLE NEED TO GET A LIFE!!!! WE, THE CITIZENS OF MADISON COUNTY ARE VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, WELL-OFF, AND BLESSED!! YOU COULDN’T PAY ME ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE IN RANKIN OR HINDS COUNTY PERIOD. I AM FINISHED WITH THIS RACIST WEBSITE!!! All YOU PEOPLE DO IS TALK ANONYMOUSLY ABOUT EVERYBODY, INSTEAD BUILDING UP YOUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY!!
FOR THE RECORD, KELVISH MADE A MISTAKE. YOU RACISTS DON’T KNOW HIM EITHER!!!! TELL BRETT AND PHIL TO PAY BACK THAT MONEY THEY STOLE FROM THE POOR PEOPLE OF THIS “RED NECK” STATE!!! YOU ALL MAKE ME SICK. I BET YOU ARE THE FIRST ONES TO ARRIVE AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY’S, TEACH OUR CHILDREN, AND RUN BUSINESSES!!!! A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES!!!
Well voting to pay Kenny Jones 75 large severance in secret is definitley Feel and Bret level.
Just ask Shad!
Wow kingfish must be hard up for those donations.
He used to censor all-caps tirades and simply leave a comment
Thanks 5:48 for your diatribe.
So, Kelvish "made a mistake". What was that mistake, the throwing of the convertors over the fence? Was he supposed to be handing them across the fence, or under it? Please help me here - don't understand the "mistake" he made.
And - while not at all condoning Phil (I don't try to compare felonies anyway) but Phil didn't pocket the TANF dollars he and his staff misused. I don't know but I would bet that Kelvish - in making his 'mistake' - ended up with cash in his pocket from these transactions that was pocketed in his trousers.
@5:48 pm, So, willingly stealing is now a mistake? Lord help you! Don't know him, but I know I'm not a fan of thieves.
Yes, Canton is a town full of thugs... like... those on the CMU board. Sorry, Canton is a rural suburb of Jackson through and through.
Bennie
@5:48 ALL CAPS PERSON - Canton does not extend into Deerfield, Harvey Crossing, or Lake Caroline. Admittedly CMU does serve most of Lake Caroline, but it’s not in the city. Neither Deerfield nor Harvey Crossing are served by CMU, and they aren’t in the city of Canton. This is fact.
The "mistake" that he made was getting caught.
Deerfield and Harvey Crossing certainly aren't in Madison. They both have Canton addresses. If someone lives in Deerfield or Harvey Crossing they receive mail to their respective street address followed by "Canton, MS."
So, they live in Canton. Get over it. We can't all live in Mississippi's #1 city, Madison the City.
Snicker, snicker.
Was Feel about to end up with a bunch of Prevacus stock if the TANF gravy train hadn't derailed?
Not the most outlandish thing to wonder if Deppity Feel might have been on the Board of Prevacus making bank and peddling Prevacus and his Commonwealth Society all across the UK had the fat hog not gone tits up.
As one might expect from Council McClure's and USM's best and brightest!
Everyone acting all upset and all, must be living under a rock, just sounds like another simple case of:
a good lawyer knows the law,
a great lawyer knows the JUDGE.
Read:
“Kings of Tort” by Lange and Dawson, and
“The Fall of the House of Zeus” by Curtis Wilkie
to understand just how slime ball Mississippi lawyers and judges can be.
There is no “Justice System” in America, it’s the “Legal Fee Generation System,” full of “Fee Churning Lawyers” and “Rules for Thee Not for Me Deals.”
P.S. The reporting on this site is second to none in this area. Mailing a check tomorrow.
Nason wasn’t even at the scene! Read the police report. The two that got caught red handed claimed he was helping them. That’s it!
does that mean he's a convicted felon now?
It's real simple. You should not be able to steal $50,000 and not go to jail. 3:48 -- there is a difference in judicial discretion and just flat out letting people go for stealing that kind of money. This isn't a pack of gum. Heck, it is more money than anyone would ever steal knocking over a convenience store. This really is horrible.
I did not know a convicted felon could keep his seat on a governmental board. Usually the perp has to resign.
Madison County Justice does not apply to Canton officials. See how the board members convicted of taking bribes will walk after they are sentenced, if they are ever sentenced.
Uh, 9:04, maybe you should read the full article. Yes, the Police Report KF included addressed the apprehension of the two accomplices outside the fence at Nissan. But the article also says that "A guard at the Nissan plant noticed Kelvish Nason and other Nissan employees throwing catalytic converters over the plant's fence to their accomplices." So it wasn't just that the two arrested "claimed" that Nason helped them. A security guard at Nissan "actually witnessed" Nason helping them.
I think Mills was appointed to finish our Emfingers term. From what I hear he isnt going to run for the seat.
Countless times over the years commenters on this blog have said that judges don’t give “blessings” in Madison County.
"Nason wasn’t even at the scene! Read the police report. The two that got caught red handed claimed he was helping them. That’s it!"
"Nason pleaded guilty to grand larceny."
Yet, he Plead Guilty making him a convicted felon.
Think you are missing something? Take your time.
I recall an incident at one of the GM assembly plants, where a panel truck backed up to the dock and guys in some sort of industrial uniform got out with clip boards full of forms and everything. One of them drove a forklift over to the place where car batteries were staged for the assembly line.
He picked up a full pallet load of batteries, drove back across the plant and put them into the panel truck. Then they drove away. The assembly plant's crackerjack security cameras videotaped the entire theft and I'm not sure they ever caught the guys.
They likely had some inside help also, but security said their paperwork looked legitimate, so no one questioned them.
@ 8/3 9:27 a.m. Mills ran unopposed for a full term in 2022. He's up for election again in 2026.
Is it a prerequisite that you have to be a crook to be associated with the CMU?
cmu has pending litigation in the courts of madison county as we speak from their customers for gross negligence and failure to maintain facilities. no better than jxn water
Several years ago, I served on the Madison County Grand Jury that indicted a couple of guys for pushing a million-dollar robot welder off the loading dock at the Nissan plant into the open back of a pickup and driving off. Talk about Idiot of the Day! Can't imagine trying to run that plant with that kind of thing going on, and all the while Bennie trying to unionize it.
The City name is based on the location of the post office in the zip code. Just because the address says Canton does not mean they are in the city limits. Mine says Brandon and I am not in Brandon City Limits.
"Judge" Mills should have his sorry ass thrown in jail!! What a dumb ass for just slapping this buy on wrist!!
Not too much on Judge Mills. All judges, Madison/Rankin included, give “breaks”, sometimes. Its all Law & Order to your or someone you love are in the defendant’s seat… then its have mercy, Your Honor.
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