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DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton announced “Operation Final Departure” to help the incoming Trump administration with its vow to deport immigrants. Barton’s effort will focus on inmates in the DeSoto County jail.
Following a superseding indictment issued last month, both accused parties face a total of 15 felony charges, including grand larceny, aggravated assault and possession of a stolen weapon.
County Circuit Court Judge Celeste Wilson admonished Andrew Willcutt on Monday, Sept. 30, for his handling of a 2023 case and defying verbal and written orders to appear in open court.
The school resource officer faces two counts of rape and one charge of sexual battery related to a single incident last week.
Attorney Tony Farese said he believes if state officials had further investigated the matter, his client would never have been charged.
Former Horn Lake alderman Charlie Roberts was indicted on charges that he received unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic despite getting paid to be a city official.
The former employee was terminated Friday, Aug. 23, according to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.
After more than two months, escapee Joshua Zimmerman is back in custody, but there is still tension between certain parties in DeSoto County.
Colby Towles, 34, was indicted on two counts, one for attempted murder and another for aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer stemming from his arrest in March.
A Circuit Court judge has issued a gag order to prevent DeSoto County’s Matthew Barton from speaking publicly about an inmate who escaped from custody and remains at large.
Sheriff Thomas Tuggle and District Attorney Matthew Barton were elected on the promise of keeping DeSoto County safe. Can they do that while their offices are at odds?
Joshua Zimmerman, 31, was in court Friday, June 14, for a hearing related to multiple felony charges in DeSoto County including attempted murder, armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Thomas Waller was arrested Thursday, June 27, after Circuit Court Judge Celeste Wilson ordered him held for being intoxicated in court.
As Joshua Zimmerman remains on the run after escaping in DeSoto County, there are questions about what happened, who is responsible and what happened to the video evidence.
“It did not take long for us to uncover a conspiracy to cover up and suppress certain evidence regarding the escape of Joshua Zimmerman,” DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton said during a press conference Thursday, June 20. DeSoto inmate escaped through courthouse ‘design flaw,' sheriff saysRelated story:
This approval means the DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office will employ seven assistant district attorneys as it prepares to deliver more than 450 indictments, a total that would set a record for the county and the state.
“Capt. Farish represents everything that is good in law enforcement,” said DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton as he presented Farish with his office’s Behind the Badge Award. “He represents everything we strive to emulate.”
Prosecutor Matthew Barton says a new judge under consideration in Hernando doesn’t hold the same hard line on crime as Barton. Meanwhile, the DeSoto County sheriff says there are more to the problems than those associated with Memphis.
Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson intends to nominate Bob Morris to a municipal judgeship when the city’s aldermen meet next on Tuesday, May 7.
DeSoto County Sheriff Thomas Tuggle, DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton and DeSoto County Youth Court Judge Craig Treadway were joined by detectives and public-safety experts for the conversation at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven.
Tony Herring Jr. is charged with one count of felony vehicle theft and one count of conspiracy to commit vehicle theft, although law enforcement believes he is connected in multiple open cases.
In his first 100 days as district attorney, Matthew Barton has initiated the first phase of his grand jury restructuring plan, created a new task force to expedite the apprehension of violent criminals and created the agency’s first-ever Public Corruption Division.
On the first episode of “DeSoto Crime Cast,” DA Matthew Barton says he plans to go after all citizens who shoot at members of law enforcement the same way he did Kyle Dodson.
“I hope that people are keeping score at home and try to pay attention to what’s happening to this guy,” said the DeSoto County district attorney.
Two men were arrested following a shootout and chase with law enforcement that spanned two DeSoto County cities and ended with a standoff at a Southaven warehouse. Related story:
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