'This Is Ridiculous': Black Mississippi Man Gets 25 Years In Prison for Breaking Into Home and Stealing a Child's Piggy Bank

'This Is Ridiculous': Black Mississippi Man Gets 25 Years In Prison for Breaking Into Home and Stealing a Child's Piggy Bank

The same Mississippi sheriff’s department that paid $2.5 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit over the brutal torture of two Black men in 2023 also oversaw a burglary case that ended last month in a 25-year state prison sentence of another Black man — this time for stealing a child’s piggy bank. Dennis Anthony Walker, 38, of Mendenhall, was sent away on April 22 for burglarizing a Rankin County home in 2023, the same year of the rampage by t…

Man who stole child’s piggy bank receives 25-year sentence - The Zambian Observer

The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call about a possible burglary at a residence on Clara Foote Road on October 13, 2023. Surveillance footage showed Dennis Anthony Walker rifling through the residence and taking a child’s piggy bank. When the homeowner got home, she let a police officer use her security camera, according […] The post Man who stole child’s piggy bank receives 25-year sentence  first appeared on The Zambian Obs…