Living Local: May 8, 2020

Posted: May 8, 2020 / 07:13 AM CDT / Updated: May 8, 2020 / 09:23 AM CDT

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Man wanted for sexual battery involving minors in Jackson

by Kaitlin Howell / Dec 6, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Jackson police are working to find a man accused of four counts of sexual battery involving minors.

Police are searching for Sammie Woodard, 34. They believe he is traveling in a white 2002 Cadillac Escalade with the tag HNW 6878.

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Emmett Till investigation closed by Justice Department

by The Associated Press / Dec 6, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.

A person familiar with the matter informed The Associated Press about the closure of the investigation and the meeting with Till’s family. The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

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Trial begins for man accused in 2018 homicide in Jackson

by Rachel Hernandez / Dec 6, 2021

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The trial for the man accused of killing a woman in 2018 began in Hinds County Circuit Court on Monday, December 6.

Prosecutors said Jason C. Garrett shot and killed Brittney Green on December 16, 2018, at convenience store on Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Jackson. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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