Leflore County News

Leflore County Assistant District Attorney Tim Jones questions a witness during a preliminary hearing for Dr.Arnold Smith Jr.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Leflore County Department of Human Services employee who said she was falsely imprisoned after her boss refused to open a door when she became locked inside a foyer.

A cancer doctor accused of plotting to kill his ex-wife's divorce lawyer said he wanted a picture of the attorney with a 'bullet between his eyes', a U.S. court has heard.

Dr. Ralph Arnold Smith Jr., 70, walks into a Leflore County Court in Greenwood on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing during which it was determined there was enough probable cause for his case to be turned over to a grand jury.

The last time the public saw Dr. Arnold Smith, the shackled physician was being yanked out of a courtroom after arguing with a judge two weeks ago.

The bizarre story here of the alleged plot to kill politically connected attorney Lee Abraham has been the talk of this Delta town of about 15,000 since the shootout at his office last weekend that left one man dead and others wounded.

Cordarious Robinson, 22, of 505 Kinney St., was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Paul Muller of Morgan City made bond Tuesday on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder and shortly headed to Facebook to proclaim his innocence.

In this April 29, 2012 photograph, a law enforcement officer walks to a car outside Dr.