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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Mississippi welfare agency ex-director faces new charges

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A former Mississippi Department of Human Services director has been indicted on 20 additional felony charges tied to allegations that he participated in misusing money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the nation, including some spent to send a former pro wrestler to a luxury drug rehab facility.

John Davis of Brookhaven has pleaded not guilty to the new charges of bribery, conspiracy and making false statements to the government. The indictments were unsealed this week, days after he entered the plea.

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