FBI raids Hinds County DA’s business, office by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today May 22, 2024 On Wednesday morning, the FBI raided businesses owned by Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens II as well as his office. “This morning, FBI agents came to our offices,” he said in a statement. “We are fully cooperating with their efforts.” FBI agents raided his Downtown Cigar Company and other businesses, just blocks from the Hinds County Courthouse, where Owens serves as prosecutor.
In recent years, the Jackson City Council and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba have battled over garbage contracts, leading to multiple emergency contracts with Waste Management and Richard’s Disposal. After City Council members rejected the mayor’s choice of Richard’s Disposal, Richard’s stopped collecting garbage. That led to trash piling up on the streets of Jackson for 18 days in April 2023.