BREAKING: Melton in Jail, In Medical Lock-up | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS

BREAKING: Melton in Jail, In Medical Lock-up

Photo caption: Mugshots of Mayor Frank Melton, courtesy Hinds County Sheriff's Office.

Mayor Frank Melton turned himself in to Sheriff Malcom McMillin at 9:30 this morning after his probation officer discovered that he had left St. Dominic's Hospital and gone back to his North Jackson home.

Council President Ben Allen said the council had not made a decision on its next move, saying events were still unfolding. "He's being held at Raymond Detention Center in what is known as the medical wing," Allen said. "He is not in the general population. He will be held there until he goes before Judge Tomie Green, unless (Dale) Danks is successful in his attempts to have (Green) recused from her position in this case. At this point, that's all we know."

Melton's ankle bracelet alerted Probation Services Company that he was home at 7:30 a.m., Sheriff Malcolm McMillin said. PSC called McMillin, and the sheriff called Melton attorney Dale Danks.

"There won't be any mints on the pillow," McMillin said. "(Melton) will be wearing standard-issue jail clothing."

McMillin said Melton was in the health ward for both safety and health reasons. "You wouldn't put someone as high profile as the mayor in with the general population," he said.

McMillin said that Melton's new accomodations were a "single cell, like a hospital room."

Raymond Detention Center's hospital wing can house about 15 prisoners.

More details to come.

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