Colombian girl’s dad had her swallow cocaine caps
An 11-year-old girl is in critical condition after doctors removed from her stomach 104 cocaine-filled capsules her father made her swallow.
Traffic stop nets 6 arrested for cocaine
Six people were arrested after a police officer allegedly discovered cocaine and marijuana in a vehicle during a traffic stop last month.
Sources: Hunter Biden leaves Navy after drug test
Hunter Biden, the youngest son of Vice President Joe Biden, has been kicked out of the military.
Peru postpones coca crop destruction
Peru’s president is indefinitely postponing plans to forcibly eradicate coca fields in the world’s top cocaine-producing valley.
Lowndes man to be resentenced in cocaine case
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a Lowndes County man for sale of cocaine.
Noxubee sheriff’s son arrested in Monroe County
The son of the Noxubee County Sheriff has been arrested for the third time in less than six months.
Judge dismisses Rennie Gibbs’ depraved heart murder case
A judge has dismissed murder charges against a Columbus resident who was charged with depraved heart murder after the 2006 stillborn death of her child.
Lowndes County Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens issued his ruling Wednesday in the case against 24-year-old Rennie Gibbs.
Noxubee Co. sheriff’s son arrested by LCSD
The son of the Noxubee County sheriff has been arrested for drugs for the second time in four months, according to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department.
Gibbs case intersects divisive, difficult issues
Rennie Gibbs’s daughter, Samiya, was a month premature when she simultaneously entered the world and left it, never taking a breath. To experts who later examined the medical record, the stillborn infant’s most likely cause of death was also the most obvious: the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck.
Slimantics: Gibbs case is about abortion, not murder
It has been 41 years since the landmark Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling that barred states from outlawing abortion.
Kitchens expected to rule on Gibbs case
Lowndes County Circuit Court Judge Jim Kitchens is expected to make a decision on the fate of a Columbus woman accused of depraved heart murder.
Lawyers seek dismissal in stillborn-death case
A Mississippi woman who gave birth to a stillborn child at age 16 is challenging a “depraved heart murder” charge that was filed against her by prosecutors who said her cocaine use killed the baby.
Major Oktibbeha Co. cocaine ring busted
A major cocaine ring based out of Oktibbeha County has been dismantled, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.
The investigation, called Operation Queen Bee, focused on a group of Starkville-based cocaine distributors who provided narcotics to the northern half of the state.
Fla. congressman to resign after cocaine scandal
After going through rehab for cocaine and alcohol abuse and pledging that he’d work through his problems to regain his Florida constituents’ trust, Trey Radel’s short career in Congress ended with a whimper Monday.
Lowndes County man arrested for cocaine
A Lowndes County man was arrested Thursday after being on the run for more than a year.
Noxubee Co. sheriff’s son arrested on drug charges
The son of the Noxubee County Sheriff was arrested Monday for possession of cocaine.
Akem Olajuwon Grassaree, 25, of Macon, was arrested by agents with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Division after they discovered a felony amount of cocaine and a misdemeanor amount of marijuana in his possession, according to authorities.
Fla.’s GOP chair calls on Radel to step down
The chairman of the Republican Party of Florida on Monday called for U.S. Rep. Trey Radel to step down following his recent cocaine conviction.
Fla. congressman Radel pleads guilty to cocaine charge, takes leave
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Florida Republican Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and received a year’s probation,
Rising tide of drug trafficking in Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Assault rifles at the ready, police in a speedboat scan the coastline as they slice through the slate-gray water, aware that the
Federal, state officials arrest Columbus teen
A Columbus teenager has been charged as an adult for allegedly selling cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon.