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Officials with the sheriff’s department said they were contacted on February 5 by school administrators about allegations of inappropriate conduct between a student and Dizon.

Top Stories from JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WKRG) — A former Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor has been arrested ...

Lawrence Richard Dizon Jr., a former St. Martin High School JROTC instructor, was arrested Wednesday and charged with ...

Major new details coming to light in the investigation into a former St. Martin High teacher on allegations of inappropriate conduct. One of the school’s former JROTC instructors is charged with ...

Kelsey Jeanae Whitmore, 29, is now being charged with aggravated stalking, according to the criminal justice system.

A former JROTC instructor at St. Martin High School has been arrested and charged under Mississippi’s new child grooming law.

Mississippi will receive more than $24.8 million to advance safe room projects in the state toward construction, including a large multi-use facility at ...

A bill aimed at making explicit grooming of children illegal is headed to Gov. Mark Gordon’s desk for final approval after passing the House and Senate.

A 26-year-old Chicago man was ordered held in jail pending the outcome of allegations he traveled to Bloomington to meet what ...

Lawrence Richard Dizon Jr., a former St. Martin High School JROTC instructor, was arrested Wednesday and charged with ...

The words used to describe child sexual abuse matter. Media framing can obscure exploitation, minimize harm, and shape how the public understands abuse.