Tag: mississippi open records

From SunHerald.com: BILOXI, MISS. — The Sun Herald has asked a judge to hold Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering and his office in civil contempt of court for failing to turn over records requested by the newspaper.

The Sun Herald sued Pickering for access to records that his office had seized from the state Department of Marine Resources as part of an ongoing investigation of the agency.

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From Sun Herald: State Auditor Stacey Pickering has sent a secret memorandum to the judge in a public records lawsuit filed by the Sun Herald, but the newspaper objects to any consideration of the document.

Chancery Court Judge Jennifer Schloegel declared DMR records the auditor seized in January are public and must be copied for the Sun Herald. However, Auditor Stacey Pickering whisked off the records to Jackson, under federal grand jury subpoena, before the judge’s orders could be followed.

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From Sun Herald:

PASCAGOULA — Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd on Friday denied the Sun Herald a copy of an incident report about a shooting at the office of the Narcotics Task Force of Jackson County, though the law says the report is public record.

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