This agency's "Operation Pretense" nabbed 57 corrupt county supervisors in Mississippi
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Missississippi has tangled history of public corruption  Dec 6, 2014 ... Mississippi topped the nation in corruption from 1976 to 2008, a study ... In 1985, FBI agents arrested Mississippi Senate President Pro-Tem ... The FBI's undercover probe, "Operation Pretense," which utilized a preacher offering kickbacks, led to the prosecutions of 57 county supervisors on bribery charges,...
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Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi  Page 13  Sep 22, 1987 ... Former Pontotoc County supervisors Grady Baker, T.M. Nix, O.L. Finley, Theron Baldwin ... guilty to charges in "Operation Pretense," a federal probe into county buying practices. ... One supervisor died after being arrested. .... The judge, 58, and his wife, 57, were found shot to death in their north Biloxi home...
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BILL MINOR: Barbour's appointees look white and male - Daily ...  Jan 15, 2004 ... Noticeably absent from last week's lineup of new state agency heads in the ... including Operation Pretense, the FBI-run scam, which nabbed dozens of ... as well as some 57 county supervisors of public corruption. ... Bill Minor is a syndicated columnist who has covered Mississippi politics since 1947.
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Jackson Jambalaya: Did Karl Banks hide his ownership in Miller ...  Apr 21, 2010 ... Mississippi law requires public officials to file a statement of economic ... "Operation Pretense" and what kind of county political corruption was...
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Professor's book recounts Operation Pretense - Clarksdale Press ...  Over the course of three years starting in 1984, the FBI ran an undercover operation that nabbed 57 county supervisors in 25 Mississippi counties. All but two of...
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Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2008  officers. These findings come from the 2008 Bureau of Justice Statistics' .... officers. FIGURE 3. Full-time state and local and law enforcement employees ..... 50 states. Depending on the state, this agency may be a state police agency, ... agency, the California Highway Patrol, ..... wisconsin department of natural resources.
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Prepared by - South Carolina Sheriffs' Association  To gain a full understanding of the Office ... In doing his research on the Office of Sheriff in South Carolina, Sheriff Johnny. Mack Brown came upon this group photo of the 1946 Annual Meeting of the ... Ten tithings were called a hundred, and ... tus (power of the county) by which he ..... Many sheriffs enlist the aid of local.
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New Data Provides Detailed Look at Military Gear Held by NY Law ...  Oct 15, 2014 ... One of two armored mortar carriers vehicles transferred to the NYPD by the ... The New York State Park Police also obtained a dozen M-14 rifles ... eight bomb robots and more than 150 military trucks and Humvees. ... while Suffolk County obtained a bomb disposal robot and more than a ... Private company
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tbr-1959-06.txt  This is particularly true in Texas with its highly automated petroleum refining and ... 216 202 192 + 7 + 13 Miscellaneous freight carloadings in S.W. district 87 85 78 .... feud between cowmen and farmers never got very far in the Midland country. ... Some contended that homesick Russian railroad workers were reminded by...
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Details about JESSE JAMES TRAIN & BANK ROBBER MISSOURI ...  After the war, as members of one gang or another, they robbed banks and ... He was prosperous, acquiring six slaves and more than 100 acres (0.40 km2) of farmland. .... those who credited them with being the leaders of the Clay County robbery. ... as Missouri Governor Thomas T. Crittenden set a reward for his capture.
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Jersey Hustle: The real-life story of Abscam | NJ.com  Nov 25, 2013 ... The elaborate sting ensnared seven members of Congress, including ... who were caught on secretly recorded surveillance video accepting tens of ... Barely controlled by his FBI handlers, he helped orchestrate the sting operation. ... with an FBI undercover agent posing as an Arab prince, that an emir from...
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Car seizures at DUI checkpoints prove profitable ... - California Watch  Feb 13, 2010 ... Additionally, police officers received about $30 million in overtime pay for ... these checkpoints were illegal immigrants, based on interviews with the ... About 17 percent of the state's checkpoints occurred in areas with the ... One police agency, the California Highway Patrol, has far different .... June 16, 2010.
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Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi - Wikipedia  Jefferson Davis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,487. Its county seat is Prentiss. The county is named in honor of Mississippi Senator and Confederate President...
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5726 - Nation/World | The Spokesman-Review  Jan 14, 1997 ... Jacob Parrott and 21 other men, some posing as smugglers sympathetic to the Rebel cause, stole a train in Big Shanty, Ga., in April 1862. ... Officials of General Motors Corp. were close to deciding a winner in the bidding ... It was the first time this year that a high-ranking Clinton administration official has...
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Troubled NY politicians: A list of arrests, scandals, misdeeds and ...  Jan 26, 2015 ... In New York, 41 elected state officials have been accused of misdeeds in the past 12 years. ... His seat became vacant automatically when he was convicted. ... He resigned from the Senate right before he pleaded guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud, and ... He served 28 years in the Assembly and Senate.
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25 Famous Mississippians You May or May Not Know - HottyToddy ...  25 Famous Mississippians You May or May Not Know. September 22, 2014. 1 Elvis Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo. ... Tammy Wynette was born May 5, 1942, in Itawamba County. ... He played his college ball at Mississippi Valley State University from 1981 to 1984, where he became a standout wide receiver and...
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Books Set in William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County - Read or ...  Yoknapatawpha County, Miss. is a fictional county created by the American author ... Faulkner, based upon and inspired by Lafayette County, Mississippi, and its...
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William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County goes online  Jul 24, 2015 ... More than 50 years after William Faulkner's last book, educators are ... a play on Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County, a fictional county based on and ... "Ultimately, there are 14 novels and 54 short stories, so we are ... "The goal, of course, is for the project to include all the novels and stories that Faulkner set...
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U.S. Marshals Service, History, Timeline  Conclusion: Retired Deputy U.S. Marshal Follows the Trail of Robert Forsyth's ... Any negligence in doing so exposed Marshals and deputies to severe ... the Department of Justice and gave it supervision over U.S. Marshals and Attorneys. 1872 ... arrested by the Marshals after their fugitive responsibilities were expanded to...
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77 Sunset Strip - Thrilling Detective  Stuart Bailey, Jeff Spencer, Rex Randolph and "Kookie" ... albeit temporary-- employment, joining a certain Sunset Strip detective agency for the 1960 season.
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Documents Related to the 2000 Election Dispute  News Conferences ... Secretary of State Katherine Harris, with Fla. ... As of 5, the Divisions of Elections reported receiving recount results from 53 counties in Florida. ... Official certification by the Elections Canvassing Commission, consisting of ... The secretary will exercise her duty as chief elections officer, and where she is...