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December 4, 2024
District Attorney Daniella Shorter-Levy announced the conviction of Terrance Jones for the crime of commercial burglary.
Jones was sentenced by Judge Tomika H. Irving to serve four (4) years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with three (3) years suspended and one (1) year of supervised probation.
Also, he was ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution to Bankplus, court costs of $427.50, and a $150.00 investigative fee to the District Attorney’s Office.
On July 9, 2023, Jones was arrested while he was in the Bankplus in Port Gibson, Mississippi by the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office. After he was arrested, he admitted that he broke into the business and he took some nickels and dimes from the bank.
The investigation of this matter indicated that Jones committed the crime of commercial burglary by breaking the window and entering the business and as a result of these findings, he was charged with the crime of commercial burglary.