Mississippi State Executive - Attorney General
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Recent News About Mississippi State Executive - Attorney General
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Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed thereview of three incidents involving officer-involved shootings. -
AG Fitch Leads Bipartisan Multistate Letter SeekingBetter Federal-State Cooperation to End HumanTrafficking
Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-MS) and AttorneyGeneral Kathy Jennings (D-DE) led a bipartisan coalition of 41 state and territory Attorneys General in a letter urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy to require better cooperationwith local law enforcement from the next operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline. -
AG Fitch Announces Recent Human Trafficking Sentencing
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the recent sentencing of Lonnie Coleman of Memphis, Tennessee. -
AG Fitch Announces Partnership with ICE
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced that the Mississippi Attorney General's Office will be assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Section 287(g) program. -
AG Fitch Announces Sentencing in Express GrainFraud Case
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announcedthe sentencing of John R. Coleman, former CEO of Express Grain Terminals,LLC, for five counts of making false representations to defraud the governmentand one count of false pretenses to the more than 400 victim farmers. -
AG Fitch Supports President Trump’s Efforts toDeport Violent Tren De Aragua Gang
Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed an amicus briefwith a coalition of 26 attorneys general defending the Trump administration’srecent actions to deport dangerous, non-citizen members of the Venezuelangang Tren de Aragua (TdA). -
AG Fitch Urges Support for Legislation to AssistSexual Assault Survivors
Attorney General Lynn Fitch urged the Mississippi Legislature to pass SB 2211, a bill that would bring Mississippi’s Sexual Assault Victims Bill of Rights into compliance with federal law, resulting in an increase in annual federal funding for victim service programs by as much as 10 percent. -
Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed thereview of three incidents involving officer-involved shootings. -
AG Fitch Announces Recent Sentencing in COVIDStimulus Fraud Case
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the recent sentencing of Ethel Cain of Mound Bayou, Mississippi on two countsof false statements and representations and one count of wire fraud. -
AG Fitch Calls for Action Against CounterfeitWeight Loss Drug Makers
Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined abipartisan 37-state coalition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumerswith counterfeit forms of the weight loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro,Zepbound, Ozempic, and Wegovy (GLP-1 drugs)." -
Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed thereview of four incidents involving officer-involved shootings: a February 3,2023, incident in Okolona involving one investigator and four deputies withthe Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office; an August 30, 2023, incident inbSouthaven involving one deputy with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office; aSeptember 3, 2023, incident in Grenada involving one Master Sergeant with the Mississippi Highway Patrol; and a March 10, 2024, incident in Perkinstoninvolving one deputy with the Stone County Sheriff’s Office. -
AG Fitch Announces Settlement in Medicaid Fraud Case
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced that Mississippi has joined 37 other States and Puerto Rico in settling kick back allegations against Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd., asubsidiary wholly owned by pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. -
AG Fitch Welcomes Seventh MS College as One PillCan Kill Partner
Attorney General Lynn Fitch welcomed Northwest Mississippi Community College as the latest partner to join One Pill Can Kill, her public awareness campaign to educate, support, and empower Mississippians with information on the dangers of fentanyl, how to identify it,and what to do if a student or friend is overdosing. -
Fitch Announces Nearly $3.9 Million Awarded toOrganizations Helping Human Trafficking Victims
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced distribution of nearly $3.9 million from the Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund to thirteen organizations that helphuman trafficking victims become survivors. -
Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed the review of four incidents involving officer-involved shootings. -
AG Fitch Unveils Legislative Agenda for 2025 Session
Attorney General Lynn Fitch shared her five-part agenda for the 2025 Legislative Session, which includes bills to empower Mississippi families, secure our communities, advance election integrity,safeguard children’s health, and protect public funds. -
AG Fitch Delivers Testimony at Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing
Attorney General Lynn Fitch delivered the following testimony during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Judiciary and Public Safety hearing where she discussed the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Attorney General’s Office -
AG Fitch Delivers Emergency Overdose Boxes AcrossJackson Metro Area
Attorney General Lynn Fitch delivered Emergency Overdose Boxes to partners across the Jackson Metro area as partof her One Pill Can Kill campaign, a public awareness initiative to educate,support, and empower Mississippians with information on the dangers offentanyl, how to identify it, and what to do if someone is overdosing. -
AG Fitch Warns Consumers to Beware of Holiday Scams
Attorney General Lynn Fitch warned Mississippians to be aware of unsolicited “missed delivery” notification scamsas they increase this holiday season.“ -
AG Fitch Urges the U.S. Senate to Confirm Pam Bondias United States Attorney General
Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a coalition of 30 current and future state attorneys general in urging the United States Senate toswiftly confirm Pam Bondi as the 87th United States Attorney General.