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Anti-crime mayor pleads guilty to gun charges
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Nov 25, 2006 07:58pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Nov 25, 2006 07:00pm |
| Description | JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) -- Mayor Frank Melton, who has taken a hard stand against the city's rising crime rate, pleaded guilty to weapons charges Wednesday in a deal with prosecutors that lets him stay in office and out of jail.
The mayor stood and acknowledged the agreement more than 90 minutes after his trial on the charges was to start. A jury had already been seated.
Melton, 57, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for carrying a weapon into a church and a park, and no contest to a reduced charge on what had been a felony count involving a gun on a university campus.
He was given a six-month suspended sentence on each count, plus one year probation, and was fined $1,500. |
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