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Mississippi’s first electronic-sniffing dog calls DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office home – FOX13 News Memphis

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DESOTO COUNTY, Miss — The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office places a lot of pride in busting human traffickers and those responsible for child exploitation. FOX13 found out a new officer has made a huge impact on that department in one month’s time, and he’s not costing it anything except for maybe some dog food. The […]

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Severe Weather Storm in Mississippi Oklahoma Alabama

Severe Weather Storm in Mississippi, Oklahoma, Alabama A severe weather outbreak is unfolding in the Deep South on Sunday. The National Weather Service reported tornadoes in parts of Louisiana, including in the city of Monroe. All flights are canceled until further notice due to weather conditions and debris removal from the runways. Severe thunderstorms are likely into Sunday night, with the greatest threat in Louisiana through the Tennessee Valley. South part of Louisiana faced an onslaught of severe weather. Nearly two dozen homes were reported to have damage after a tornado struck the northern part of Louisiana on Sunday. The tornado that struck Monroe is part of a powerful storm system. The tornado in Monroe has caused heavy rain, tornadoes and hail. The city of Monroe said on Twitter there were "reports of damage in multiple neighborhoods" after the storm. Multiple planes and hangers were damaged at the Monroe Regional Airport. The National Weather Service had declared a tornado emergency for Monroe and the surrounding communities at 11:44 a.m. CDT as a confirmed "damaging" tornado was hitting the area. The NWS said that 20 homes in one subdivision were reported to have sustained damage. City officials said additional damage was reported at one of the office buildings in the airport complex. Another photo from the city showed damage at the airport, including several aircraft that appeared to be overturned. Other images from the city revealed downed power lines in various areas.

Severe Weather Storm in Mississippi Oklahoma Alabama:

ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE LITTLE RIVER         MILLER              SEVIER  OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: ATOKA                BRYAN               CARTER              CHOCTAW              COAL                GARVIN              HASKELL              HUGHES              JOHNSTON            LATIMER              LE FLORE            LOVE                MARSHALL             MCCURTAIN           MURRAY              PITTSBURG            PONTOTOC            PUSHMATAHA TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: BOWIE                CAMP                CASS                DELTA                FANNIN              FRANKLIN            GRAYSON              HOPKINS             HUNT                LAMAR                MARION              MORRIS              RAINS                RED RIVER           TITUS               UPSHUR               WOOD   Mark Pierce, a spokesman for the Desoto Parish Sheriff’s Office told: ''Multiple trees and power lines were down in Kingston and surrounding areas, and a few mobile homes were hit''. A large tree was blocking U.S. Highway 84 heading into Mansfield. “We’ve had some pretty significant damage,” Pierce said. He said the sheriff and road crews were still out assessing the impacts, but there had not been any reports of injuries. More than 5.8 million people live in the area where the most dangerous weather was most likely, including Birmingham, Ala., and Jackson, Miss. The storm center said some 95 million people may be impacted by these storms.

Severe Weather Storm in Mississippi Oklahoma Alabama Nearly the entire state of Alabama is in the moderate risk area for severe weather through early Monday morning. The NWS said strong tornadoes, widespread damaging winds, and large hail are all possible. Be sure you have multiple ways to receive weather alerts. You can get the free WVTM 13 app here. Storm Affected Areas: Here are some info about wind sped and areas affected along with time. At 1:55 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Clarks, or 11 miles southwest of Columbia moving northeast at 60 miles per hour. A severe thunderstorm was located near Ludlow, or 14 miles southwest of Carthage, moving northeast at 80 miles per hour At 1:06 PM CDT. At 1:05 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Indian Bayou, or 8 miles northeast of Kaplan, moving northeast at 60 miles per hour. A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Holly Bluff, or 8 miles southeast of Rolling Fork, moving east at 55 miles per hour At 1:05 PM CDT. At 12:35 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Myrleville, or 10 miles west of Canton, moving northeast at 80 miles per hour. At 12:26 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gassoway, or near Eudora, moving northeast at 60 miles per hour. At 12:21 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Monticello to near Delhi to near Winnsboro, moving east at 65 miles per hour. At 12:16 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of Tenaha, or 9 miles south of Carthage, moving northeast at 65 miles per hour. Read Also : Tornado In Texas Read the full article

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Walmart shooting leaves 2 people dead and an officer injured

A shooting at a Mississippi Walmart left two people dead, an officer wounded and a community in shock. The gunfire broke out Tuesday morning at a store in Southaven, the third largest city in Mississippi. Carlos Odom was walking out of the store when "I heard a bunch of gunshots. Pop pop pop pop -- more than a dozen shots," Odom told CNN. "I just thought 'Run!' and ran to my car. This is crazy. The world is crazy nowadays." Both the suspect and an officer who responded to the scene were shot and being treated at local hospitals, DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said. The stricken officer was wearing a bulletproof vest and "is doing fine" a representative from Baptist Memorial medical center said. The condition of the suspect at Region One trauma center was not immediately known. The names of the two victims killed have not been released. And the motive for the shooting remains a mystery. Southaven, a city of 49,000 residents is near the Mississippi-Tennessee border and is a suburb of Memphis. CNN's Gianluca Mezzofiore and Dylan Miettinen contributed to this report. Read the full article

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Shooting at a Mississippi Walmart Leaves 2 People Dead, officer wounded

A shooting at a Mississippi Walmart left two people dead, an officer wounded and a community in shock. The gunfire broke out Tuesday morning at a store in Southaven, the third largest city in Mississippi.   The suspect and an officer who responded to the scene were both shot and wounded and are being treated at nearby hospitals, DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said.   Carlos Odom was walking out of the store when "I heard a bunch of gunshots. Pop pop pop pop -- more than a dozen shots," Odom told CNN. "I just thought 'Run!' and ran to my car. This is crazy. The world is crazy nowadays." The names of the two victims killed have not been released. The motive for the shooting is not clear. Southaven, a city of 49,000 residents is near the Mississippi-Tennessee border and is a suburb of Memphis. CNN/UPSHOT. Read the full article

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It was the first time in Mississippi defense attorney Richard Rehfeldt's long career that he can remember where police seized a client's furniture.

In 2012, Rehfeldt says the Hind County Sheriff's Office raided his client's apartment on suspicion her boyfriend was a drug dealer. Anything purchased with drug proceeds is fair game to be seized by police under civil asset forfeiture laws, and they determined the boyfriend had furnished the apartment, so off went her TV, her table and chairs, her couch, her lamps, and even the pictures on the wall.

"Her case is the first in my 38 years of practicing law where they took the furniture," Rehfeldt says.

Under a settlement agreement, all of it was eventually returned. Well, all of it except the couch.

"It is, therefore, ordered and adjudged that one Visio television, one dining room table and chairs, pictures and lamps are to be returned to the plaintiff upon execution of this Order by this Court," the Feb. 10, 2015 order in the Hinds County Court reads. "Additionally, one white couch is hereby forfeited to the Hinds County Sheriff's Office."

The order in her case* is one of hundreds contained in a tranche of court records and data collected by a Mississippi state legislature task force studying asset forfeiture in the Magnolia State. The records, which include forfeiture orders from almost all of the county and circuit courts in the state in 2015, offer a rare glimpse into Mississippi's asset forfeiture machine.

The records show many seizures of cash well over $100,000, the sort of big hauls that police say make asset forfeiture a vital tool to disrupt drug trafficking. But there are also many seizures of petty cash and cars in connection to little more than misdemeanor drug possession charges. Many of those cases ended in settlements, like Rehfeldt's client, where police only partially returned money and property—arrangements that state officials say can give the appearance of a shakedown.

For example, in April of 2015 the Desoto County Sheriff's Department agreed to return a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer owned by the mother of the petitioner, Jesse Smith, in exchange for $1,650. As Reason has reported in several cases, family members, especially parents, frequently have their cars seized for the alleged crimes of their children, even though the parents may not be charged or in any way connected to illegal activity.

According to the Mississippi legislature's Joint Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER), which analyzes government operations, such settlements can be problematic. In a July 15 letter obtained by Reason, PEER executive director James Barber wrote to state lawmaker Mark Baker that "upon a cursory analysis of these orders, PEER staff notes that Agreed Orders tend to have the most potential for indicating possible abuse."

"This is because most Agreed Orders are entered into upon a settlement agreement in which the arresting authority receives some or all of the forfeited property as a condition subsequent to some sort of an agreement made between the arresting party and the defendant," Baker continued. "As the arresting party often seizes a large amount of property or cash and many of these Agreed Orders stipulate that some of most of the said property or cash will be returned while some will be forfeited, a reasonable person might assume that the arresting party is using its authority to gain assets from an arrest by settling with the defendant."

Put more simply, a reasonable person might assume he or she is being extorted.

According to court records, a Mississippi man named Robert Evans agreed to plead guilty in 2015 to a reduced charge of misdemeanor drug possession. In return, the state seized his truck and $170 in cash.

In total, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, working with local police departments, seized nearly $4 million in cash in 2015. Out of 154 seizures in 2015, the average cash value amounted to $66,733, and the median was $12,914. They seized cash amounts as low as $75 and as a high as $460,000. They seized trucks, cars, ATVs, riding lawnmowers, utility trailers, and 18-wheelers; an arsenal of assorted handguns, shotguns, and rifles; cell phones, cameras, laptops, tablets, turntables, and flatscreen TVs; boat motors, weed eaters, and power drills; and one comic book collection.

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Two shot dead, two wounded in Mississippi Walmart

Two shot dead, two wounded in Mississippi Walmart

Two people were killed and a police officer was wounded in a shooting early on Tuesday at a Walmart in Mississippi, US media reported.

DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco told the Commercial Appeal newspaper that the suspect had been shot and wounded in the incident in the city of Southaven.

The two people shot dead were believed to be Walmart employees, the sheriff said, and the suspect had…

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Two Dead, Officer Wounded in MS Walmart Shooting

A shooting at a Mississippi Walmart left two people dead, an officer wounded and a community in shock, CNN reports. The gunfire broke out Tuesday morning at a store in Southaven, the third largest city in Mississippi. Carlos Odom was walking out of the store when “I heard a bunch of gunshots. Pop pop pop pop — more than a dozen shots,” he said. “I just thought ‘Run!’ and ran to my car. This is crazy. The world is crazy nowadays.” Both the suspect and an officer who responded to the scene were shot and being treated at local hospitals, DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said.

The stricken officer was wearing a bulletproof vest and “is doing fine” a representative from Baptist Memorial medical center said. The condition of the suspect at Region One trauma center was not immediately known. The names of the two victims killed have not been released. The motive for the shooting remains a mystery. Southaven, a city of 49,000 residents is near the Mississippi-Tennessee border and is a suburb of Memphis.

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"Stay Alert" for This Venomous Species

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"Stay Alert" for This Venomous Species

The fact that we cohabitate with snakes pretty much everywhere in the U.S. means that there’s never really a time when they shouldn’t be on your radar—even in the winter. After all, being aware of their behavior and habits can make it easier to avoid accidentally disturbing them on your property and out in the wild. And even though the weather is cooling down, some might be surprised to know that it’s still a special time of the season for one venomous species of snake that authorities warn the public should “stay alert” of for safety’s sake. Read on to see which type of reptile might be more visible right now.

READ THIS NEXT: The No. 1 Sign There’s a Snake in Your Kitchen.

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Warmer weather usually comes along with spending more time outdoors, whether it’s hiking or spending more time in the garden. Depending on weather patterns and where you live, the high season for snake bites typically begins in April and stretches through October, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service. According to experts, this has much to do with reptiles’ biology.

“Snakes are cold-blooded, meaning that they rely on external sources, such as the sun, for a large chunk of their warmth and energy,” Stewart Flynn of Bug-N-A-Rug Exterminators previously told Best Life.

But even as the weather cools off come fall, other biological factors can still make snakes more visible—especially in warmer climates. In some areas, certain types of venomous snakes are giving birth to live young that will seek hiding places in yards and wooded areas. However, one particular venomous snake species is especially active for a different reason right now.

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On Nov. 5, police in DeSoto County, Florida, were called to a condominium complex in Lake Suzy after receiving a report from a resident of a large snake “curled up” near a sidewalk, the Miami Herald reports. Officers arrived to find an eastern diamondback rattlesnake measuring about five feet long resting near the residences.

Fortunately, authorities arrived with the proper equipment and training necessary to wrangle the venomous reptile. They were able to safely “capture, remove, and safely relocate” the snake to a wooded area nearby, according to a Facebook post from the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.

But the officers also warned local residents to stay on the lookout for species this time of year. “Peak mating season for the eastern diamondback rattlesnake occurs in late summer and fall. So always stay alert for wildlife no matter where you are,” the agency warned.

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While there are plenty of different types of venomous reptiles in the U.S., the eastern diamondback rattlesnake stands out for a few reasons. “It’s the most dangerous snake in the United States,” Jimmy Stiles, a herpetologist and PhD candidate at Auburn University in Alabama, told AL.com. “So it’s definitely one that people should be familiar with.”

The animals grow three to six feet on average—but up to eight feet in some cases—and have an average weight of 10 pounds, making them “North America’s longest and heaviest venomous snake,” according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. They’re also native to the southeastern U.S., across all of Florida up to the North Carolina coast and over through southern Mississippi and eastern Louisiana.

And besides their telltale defensive rattle, it can be easy to pick the species out of a lineup due to other characteristics. “They are best identified by their diamonds, which are dark diamonds on the top of their back, bordered by bright yellow,” Stiles told AL.com. “Diamondbacks also have dark rings towards the back of their tail.”ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb

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Even though it’s best to stay alert during their mating season, there are a few ways you can decrease your chances of crossing paths with eastern diamondback rattlesnakes. Of course, staying aware of your surroundings and listening for the snake’s defensive buzzing rattle gives you an advantage that humans don’t have with any other species. The reptiles are also most commonly found in areas like overgrown fields or abandoned farms near pine forests, so you should exercise caution if working in unkempt areas, according to the National Zoo.

And given the rattlesnake’s preferences, there are also some ways you can make your own property less inviting to them.

“A yard that is unattractive to snakes—especially the venomous ones—has the following characteristics: the grass is kept mowed; plants chosen for landscaping are ‘spindly’ rather than bushy so that they cast little shade and you can easily see the base of the bush; firewood is stored on a table or other platform elevated a few feet above the ground, with no debris piles; and snakes cannot crawl underneath the buildings because they are flush with the ground or because access under porches or into crawl spaces is blocked off,” Emily Taylor, PhD, a professor of biological science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and owner of Central Coast Snake Services, wrote in a Medium post.

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2 killed, officer hurt in shooting at Walmart

2 killed, officer hurt in shooting at Walmart

[ABC News] Two people were killed and an officer was hurt in a shooting at a Southaven, Mississippi, Walmart Tuesday morning, according to ABC Memphis affiliate WATN.

The suspected shooter was shot by a Southaven officer and was hospitalized in unknown condition, DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco told WATN.

One officer was shot but is expected to be OK, said Deborah Rosenberg, a 911…

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Two Killed, One Police Officer Injured In Walmart Store

Two Killed, One Police Officer Injured In Walmart Store

Walmart in Middletown, DE, on July 26, 2019. JIM WATSON / AFP

  Two people died and a police officer was wounded in a shooting early Tuesday at a Walmart in Mississippi, US media reported.

DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco told the Commercial Appeal newspaper that the suspect had been shot and wounded in the shooting in the city of Southhaven.

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2 people are dead, officer wounded after shooting at Mississippi Walmart

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SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — A shooting at a Mississippi Walmart left two people dead, an officer wounded and a community in shock.

The gunfire broke out Tuesday morning at a store in Southaven, the third largest city in Mississippi.

The suspect and an officer who responded to the scene were both shot and wounded and are being treated at nearby hospitals, DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said.

Carlos Odom was walking out of the store when “I heard a bunch of gunshots. Pop pop pop pop — more than a dozen shots,” Odom told CNN.

“I just thought ‘Run!’ and ran to my car. This is crazy. The world is crazy nowadays.”

The names of the two victims killed have not been released. The motive for the shooting is not clear.

Southaven, a city of 49,000 residents is near the Mississippi-Tennessee border and is a suburb of Memphis.

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Two Killed, One Police Officer Injured In Walmart Store

Two Killed, One Police Officer Injured In Walmart Store

Walmart in Middletown, DE, on July 26, 2019. JIM WATSON / AFP

  Two people died and a police officer was wounded in a shooting early Tuesday at a Walmart in Mississippi, US media reported.

DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco told the Commercial Appeal newspaper that the suspect had been shot and wounded in the shooting in the city of Southhaven.

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