Margaret Baker
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Senior staff reporter providing crime and investigative coverage for @SunHerald, a @McClatchyDC member daily newspaper.
Gulfport, MS
Joined August 2011
Just in: The #MS state #flag is coming down in @CityofGulfport . It portrays ‘#hate and #racism ,’ councilman says @CAnitaLee1 @sunherald https://t.co/dRIIhHj3ho
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#MS #police chief’s scathing letter, officers’ words detail department’s collapse https://t.co/QBEj55SGPx
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The Sun Herald reviewed resignation letters submitted by former Moss Point Police Chief Brandon Ashley and six of his officers in mass exodus.
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On probation in #Mississippi? This offender thought she'd have some fun channeling Tyler Perry's @madea on a viral #TikTok clip, but then a judge stepped in. #ms #housearrest @tylerperry #ms #CrimeNews
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Ayiesha Cook Bowdry’s viral Madea-inspired clip on TikTok is nearing 200,000 views.
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A Mississippi man and serial domestic violence abuser got a plea deal in kidnapping, assault of girlfriend. He used a metal pry bar: #DomesticViolence #ms #crime
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Mississippi Coast man sentenced after having been repeatedly convicted of domestic violence over the years, records show.
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#Mississippi teen died by suicide at a South Mississippi jail. She had a history of in-patient mental health treatment #suicide #teens #ms #jail
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The Biloxi High School sophomore committed suicide in her jail cell less than 24 hours after she was taken into custody.
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The Sun Herald started investigating criminal wrongdoing allegations against the former Homeland Security supervisory agent in Gulfport and #Mississippi officer over a year ago. Now, he's jailed. #crime #ms #fraud
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MDPS commissioner ordered a second independent investigation after he learned the first investigator had personal ties to the agent and his family.
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A Mississippi attorney argued for no prison time for this man because the case first came to light as a result of the work of a self-professed vigilante group targeting child predators. #vigilantejustice #crime @PPoachersLIVE
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The 33-year-old suspect was charged with texting sexually explicit photos to a 9-year-old child. Here’s more.
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The mother made a suicide pact with her daughter. Here's more: #childabuse #ms #crime #fugitive
https://t.co/56xHGqigQb
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The mother fled after police determined she had poisoned her 10-year-old daughter during a botched suicide pact, the police chief said
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Mississippi DPS commissioner Sean Tindell said a second investigation of the former federal agent & Hancock County narcotics commander is complete. Here’s what we know. #ms
https://t.co/0dgRzgxHha
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Mississippi DPS commissioner Sean Tindell said a second investigation of the former federal agent & Hancock County narcotics commander is complete. Here’s what we know.
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the former Biloxi councilman reported to prison to begin his six-year sentence in a drug case in Mississippi #crime #ms #corruption
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Former Biloxi councilman Robert Deming reported to a federal prison to serve his six-year sentence.
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@IsabelleTaft reporting on prison/jail evacuations or lack thereof in #Flwx for #Milton
https://t.co/LoyZRijFtL via @NYTimes
nytimes.com
Manatee County, just south of Tampa, has ordered residents in three evacuation zones to get out. But the inmates and staff of the county jail will stay put.
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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety released limited police camera footage of the December 2022 shooting death of the son of Georgia pastor and his wife #ms #Hancock #police #shooting
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A Georgia pastor and his wife believe the ex-Hancock County sheriff’s deputies should have faced criminal prosecution in the shooting death of their son.
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Brett Favre, current and former MS Coast officials owe millions in misspent & embezzled funds #embezzlement #ms
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From ex-MDMR chief Bill Walker to the famed NFL quarterback, here’s a look at how much current and ex-Coast officials owe the state.
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"A child abuser, a monster, a bully and a person with no heart:" #Mississippi daycare owner sentenced in child abuse, neglect case. #abuse #childabuse #ms #crime
https://t.co/7c86EneHQK
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“I want it to be known that Connie took something from my daughter that day that we will never be able to get back,” a parent told the judge. Here’s more.
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Just in: Mary Mahoney's Old French House & one of its owners are guilty of a federal crime for selling frozen, foreign seafood as fresh Gulf catches. #ms #crime #seafood
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The iconic Mississippi Coast restaurant will pay a fine of more than $1 million for the mislabeling of seafood.
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#Mississippi DA Crosby Parker said the toddler “was beaten and killed for doing what 2-year-olds do.” #DeathPenalty #ms #crime
https://t.co/EXRNNW1NjL
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“I had never seen a kid that had sustained so much trauma.”ER doctor said. #MS jury convicts man of capital murder in torture, suffocation death of a 2-year-old in child abuse case #crime
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“It was one of the most horrific scenes I’ve witnessed as an ER doctor.”
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Biloxi councilman Robert Deming III set to resign, speak at #MS Coast press conference after drug plea #crime
https://t.co/7KQRu7KomF
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The three-term Biloxi councilman was surrounded by family as he announced his time on the council had come to an end.
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This Mississippi man wanted authorities to "hurry up" and arrest him after his Las Vegas drug shipment was intercepted. Here's more: #crime #ms #Alabama
https://t.co/u5gGL1jvNX
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An Alabama postal inspector intercepted the drugs sent from Las Vegas to the Mississippi Coast man’s home. Here’s more.
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"Egregious and despicable" are just some of the words a #Mississippi judge used to describe the law enforcement officers who tortured two Black men in Rankin County, all under the direction of their leader, referred to by 1 victim as the "mafia don." via @mikergoldberg
A fifth former sheriff’s deputy in Mississippi was sentenced Thursday to more than 27 years in prison for breaking into a home with a group of officers as they tortured two Black men, an act the judge called “egregious and despicable.” @AP @Report4America
https://t.co/wVEDXIhLe9
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