Mayor freed after gun probation bust
From Times Wire Reports
The state Supreme Court ordered Jackson’s mayor released from jail by vacating his arrest on suspicion of violating his probation on a misdemeanor gun charge. Presiding Justice William Waller Jr. issued the order without comment.
“It was quite a humbling experience,” Mayor Frank Melton, 57, said after his release, noting that he had been put to work cleaning bathrooms.
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