A Lauderdale County man has entered a guilty plea in federal court this week. Levi Gibbs, 51, who was arrested by Meridian police last March, is also facing several other charges.
The Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair, uprooted from the spot where it sat since 1893 in Old Live Oak Cemetery, was found 300 miles south in a tattoo parlor.
Roquandre Malik Jimison, 23, of Meridian, was sentenced Tuesday to serve a total of 9 years in federal prison for robbing two convenience stores in Meridian.