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Yazoo’s Chief Winstead Resigns, Sheriff to oversee department
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Yazoo City Police Chief Jay Winstead submitted his resignation Monday morning.
The Mayor and Board of Alderman have asked Yazoo County Sheriff Jacob Sheriff to serve as Police Chief until a new chief can be hired.
Winstead’s resignation comes following a violent weekend in Yazoo where several people were wounded outside a nightclub Friday night and when an 8-year-old was wounded in a drive-by shooting the following night.
Winstead’s resignation follows a pattern of frequent turnovers in the Chief’s position the past several years.
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