Melton To Face Second Federal Trial

Mayor Frank Melton Will Stand Trial Again On Federal Charges (Added: March 05, 2009)

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Federal prosecutors will retry Jackson Mayor Frank Melton on charges related to the destruction of a duplex he considered a crack house.

By: Associated Press |
Published: March 05, 2009

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Federal prosecutors will retry Jackson Mayor Frank Melton on charges related to the destruction of a duplex he considered a crack house. Melton and his former police bodyguard have been accused of leading a group of troubled young men to use sticks and sledgehammers to damage the house in a vigilante-style raid in August 2006. Melton says he was only trying to get rid of a drug
den in a crime-ridden neighborhood. The new trial for Melton and Michael Recio is scheduled for May 11. Melton was acquitted of state charges related to the incident in 2007. A federal trial ended in a hung jury Feb. 24. Prosecutors decided retry Melton after a conference call Thursday with U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III.