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Attorneys petition court to seal case against man accused of killing University of Mississippi graduate, whose body has never been found
Attorneys have petitioned the court to seal the case against the man accused of killing a missing University of Mississippi graduate whose body has never been found. Prosecutors and defense attorneys have petitioned the Lafayette County Circuit Court to seal the case against Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr., who was arrested on July 22, 2022, and charged with killing Jimmy “Jay” Lee in 2022. He was indicted on a capital murder charge and has been out on a $250,000 bond since December 2022.
‘Star chamber’: Joint motion seeks to seal Tim Herrington’s capital murder case
The joint motion filed by District Attorney Ben Creekmore and the defense for Sheldon Timothy Herrington, Jr., is very rare, according to one legal expert. The post ‘Star chamber’: Joint motion seeks to seal Tim Herrington’s capital murder case appeared first on Mississippi Today.
Reardon sentenced to 2 years in prison for violating probation
A Lafayette County Circuit Court judge sentenced a man serving probation for stalking the mayor of Oxford to two years in prison Thursday for violating his probation. According to court records, Matthew Reardon pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated stalking and was sentenced to five years in prison in September 2022. However, four years […] The post Reardon sentenced to 2 years in prison for violating probation appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
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