On May 22, 2024, the FBI raided the offices and business of Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who is now facing ...

DA Jody Owens is facing multiple counts in a case that has also seen other public officials indicted, including the Jackson, ...

Owens allegedly accepted $50,000 in a bag for his services. He allegedly removed the cash from the bag and put it in his ...

Owens was first elected as Hinds County DA in 2019. Previously, he was the managing attorney at the Southern Poverty Law ...

In 2023, Fifth Circuit Court District Attorney Doug Evans resigned six months before his term ended. Circuit Court Judge ...

Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor are the latest shock to Mississippi’s capital, where a federally appointed ...

Sitting in a private room on a yacht in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Hinds County District ...

A public servant tasked with upholding the law was indicted on 8 counts that allege he facilitated hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.

Lumumba, Banks and Owens indictments follow former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee, who pleaded guilty to a federal bribery ...

In one of the country's poorest states, money is flowing through elected officials' hands in yet another alleged public ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is facing five federal charges, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens is facing eight ...

The charges came after two undercover FBI agents posed as real estate developers and reportedly made payments to officials.