Mayor arrested for embezzlement 11-24-2010

THE MAYOR OF FRIARS POINT HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. JAMES WASHINGTON WAS BOOKED INTO THE COAHOMA COUNTY JAIL TUESDAY ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES. HIS ARREST COMES ON THE HEELS OF AN INDICTMENT HANDED DOWN BY THE COAHOMA COUNTY GRAND JURY. JUSTICE COURT JUDGE JESSIE BURTON RELEASED THE MAYOR ON AN OWN RECOGNIZANCE BOND.