Couple admit role in Jackson County drug-trafficking trade
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A Moss Point man and his wife have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a drug-trafficking case in Jackson County.
The Sun Herald reports 36-year-old Melvin Eugene Summers accepted a plea agreement to federal charges of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and unlawful transport of firearms. His wife, 29-year-old Alicia Yvette Graves, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and providing false information to obtain a firearm. They entered the pleas late last week and will be sentenced April 1.
Graves remains free on bond pending sentencing.
Summers is jailed in Pearl River County pending sentencing.
