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Oxford, MS – Ten local Mississippi men were arrested yesterday on criminal charges related to their alleged participation in a fentanyl and methamphetamine conspiracy and related money laundering. 

Greenville, MS – A Georgia man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for attempting to coerce a Mississippi minor to send sexually explicit images through an online platform. 

Oxford, MS — The Justice Department today announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants, including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals, in 50 federal districts and 12 State Attorneys General’s Offices across the United States, for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes involving over $14.6 billion in intended loss. The Takedown involved federal and state law enforcement agencies across the country and represents an unprecedented effort

OXFORD – A Mexican national, unlawfully in the United States, pled guilty in front of United States District Court Judge Michael P. Mills to illegally reentering the United States after having been deported on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Sentencing will be held at a later date. 

Oxford, MS – A former federal probation officer was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for receiving child sexual abuse materials. 

Oxford, MS – Montreal Hudson, of Olive Branch, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Michael P. Mills to over five years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering following his trial conviction in January.

Aberdeen, MS – A Corinth man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for armed carjacking.

Oxford, MS – Connor Milhorn, 20, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock to 20 years in prison for driving under the influence and manslaughter on the Natchez Trace Parkway.  

OXFORD, MS – An Ohio man was sentenced yesterday to over four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $547,000.00 in restitution for committing wire fraud and money laundering in connection with scamming companies in Mississippi and throughout the country.

Oxford, MS – A Tate County man was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for the illegal possession of a machine gun.

Oxford, MS – A Starkville, Mississippi man was sentenced today to over six years for illegal gun possession and drug trafficking. 

Oxford, MS – Two Lowndes County men were sentenced yesterday for drug trafficking in Northern Mississippi.

According to court documents, Charles Stephen Farrar, Jr., of Columbus, Mississippi, pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District to Mississippi to trafficking methamphetamine. Farrar was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Glen H. Davidson on Monday to over 11 years in prison for the charge. He was further sentenced to four years supervised release following his release from prison.

William Lyon, of Columbus, Mississippi, also pled guilty in the drug trafficking