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<FONT class=headline>Sheriff to answer for crossing FEMA</FONT><BR
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Feb 23, 2006, 05:45 PM CST</FONT> <FONT class=body>


News Seven has learned that longtime Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee will
be in federal court Friday to answer charges that he ordered the removal of two
18-wheelers full of ice from Camp Shelby shortly after Hurricane
Katrina.</P>


Sources tell New Seven that the feds have been investigating McGee and
several of his deputies for the last three months in connection with the
post-Katrina incident.</P>


In earlier published reports, McGee admitted taking two FEMA trucks full of
ice from Camp Shelby to areas in the county that needed ice. </P>


According to sources close to the case, the trucks had been sitting at Shelby
with nowhere to go. </P>


Sources tell News Seven that the charge against McGee is a misdemeanor. </P>


We are also being told that at least two powerful lawmakers, Sen. Trent Lott
and Rep. Chip Pickering, have contacted federal prosecutors on McGee's
behalf.</P></FONT>