
Margaret Baker
Senior Crime, Courts and Investigative Reporter at Sun Herald
Senior staff reporter providing crime and investigative coverage for @SunHerald, a @McClatchyDC member daily newspaper.
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3 weeks ago |
sunherald.com | Margaret Baker
A probation officer with the Mississippi Department of Corrections has petitioned the court to revoke former Diamondhead Councilman Alan Moran's probation once again, this time because of Moran's arrest on felony bribery and conspiracy charges. The probation officer petitioned the court on Tuesday to revoke Moran's probation in another criminal case that resulted in his conviction on a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and felony child exploitation.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Margaret Baker
A probation officer with the Mississippi Department of Corrections has petitioned the court to revoke former Diamondhead Councilman Alan Moran’s probation once again, this time because of Moran’s arrest on felony bribery and conspiracy charges. The probation officer petitioned the court on Tuesday to revoke Moran’s probation in another criminal case that resulted in his conviction on a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and felony child exploitation.
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3 weeks ago |
sunherald.com | Margaret Baker
A Diamondhead man died Tuesday after being struck by a trailer being towed by an SUV as he attempted to cross U.S. 90 in Waveland, according to Police Chief Mike Prendergast. Waveland police responded to the scene at 12:49 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Highway 90 near Arnold Street after receiving reports of a 69-year-old pedestrian, identified as Rob Macgregor Adams, lying in the middle of the road. Bystanders had started performing CPR on the man after the accident.
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3 weeks ago |
sunherald.com | Margaret Baker |Lillian Foster |Anita Lee |Mary Perez |Hannah Ruhoff |Martha Sánchez
A voter walks into a polling location at Gaston Hewes Recreation Center in Gulfport on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, for a primary runoff election. Sun Herald A municipal election season that has seen incumbents tossed and national figures flocking to the Mississippi Coast hits the finish line today. Polls opened across the Coast at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 7 p.m. This story will be updated with results as soon as they begin rolling in once polls close.
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4 weeks ago |
sunherald.com | Margaret Baker
Philip Moran and son Alan Moran indicted for bribing a witness in stalking case The Morans allegedly offered $20,000 via intermediaries to silence accuser Bribery probe follows Alan Moran's convictions for child exploitation offenses Former state senator Philip Moran and his son Alan have each been arrested and charged with orchestrating a scheme to cover up a crime. A grand jury indicted Philip Moran and Alan Moran each on one count of bribery of a witness and one count of conspiracy.
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