欣斯县地区检察官乔迪·欧文斯同样为民主党人，此前已因 funnel 超过8万美元腐败款项认罪
2026年7月7日 美国东部时间下午2:36 / 福克斯新闻
作者：罗伯特·麦格里维，福克斯新闻
密西西比州杰克逊前市长乔克韦·安塔·卢姆巴周一承认一项共谋罪，因其卷入一起6位数金额的房地产贿赂阴谋。
卢姆巴2017年至2025年担任杰克逊市长，据称收受了数万美元款项。这些款项由欣斯县地区检察官乔迪·欧文斯从假扮房产经纪的联邦调查局探员手中收下后，分发给卢姆巴和其他市政府官员。
同样为民主党人的欧文斯已于上周对联邦共谋罪指控认罪。
路易斯安那州总检察长被刑事起诉书指控威胁地方官员
福克斯新闻数字频道获得的刑事起诉书副本显示，欧文斯将超过8万美元的款项分发给卢姆巴、杰克逊市议会前民主党副主席安吉丽克·李，以及欧文斯的亲属谢里克·马克·史密斯。
2024年11月19日周二，密西西比州杰克逊市政厅，杰克逊市长乔克韦·安塔·卢姆巴出席每周一次的市议会会议。（美联社 罗赫利奥·V·索利斯 档案照片）
根据起诉书，这位前地区检察官从两名他认为是田纳西州纳什维尔房地产开发商的人员处获取资金，“以换取他们同意采取官方行动，确保开发商提议的价值数百万美元的杰克逊市中心开发项目获得批准”。
但这些开发商实际上是联邦调查局卧底探员。
俄亥俄州两兄弟冒充中东王室成员，因2100万美元诈骗阴谋获长期刑期
起诉书显示，欧文斯“向开发商索要并收受了至少11.5万美元现金以及未来经济利益的承诺”。
起诉书指控，卢姆巴收受了5万美元的竞选捐款，他明知这些款项是为换取他对该房地产开发项目的支持而给出的。
“卢姆巴收受支票时，明知且清楚这笔钱来自开发商，且该款项是为换取卢姆巴采取有利于开发商拟议开发项目的官方行动而提供的，”起诉书中写道。
印第安纳州前众议员斯蒂芬·拜尔因2023年内幕交易定罪获得特朗普全面赦免
2021年3月8日，密西西比州杰克逊，时任杰克逊市长乔克韦·安塔·卢姆巴在新闻发布会上发言。（迈克尔·M·圣地亚哥/盖蒂图片社）
据美联社报道，卢姆巴最初将检方的指控称为政治迫害。
他在2025年的连任竞选中落败，在该市民主党初选中输给了最终获胜者约翰·霍恩，后者现为杰克逊市长。
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卢姆巴和欧文斯最高可面临5年监禁。两人的 sentencing 定于10月15日。
2025年1月17日，密西西比州杰克逊市中心，时任杰克逊市市长乔克韦·安塔·卢姆巴及其家人在杰克逊州立大学橄榄球全国冠军游行的庆祝启动 pep rally 上与参会者自拍。（阿龙·史密斯/杰克逊州立大学 via 盖蒂图片社）
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系卢姆巴、欧文斯、李以及杰克逊市的法律代表寻求进一步置评。
美联社对本报道亦有贡献。
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Former Democratic mayor of state capital city pleads guilty for role in six-figure real estate bribery scheme
Hinds County DA Jody Owens, also a Democrat, had already pleaded guilty after funneling over $80,000 in corrupt payments
July 7, 2026 2:36pm EDT / Fox News
By Robert McGreevy, Fox News
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy for his role in a six-figure real estate bribery scheme.
Lumumba, who served as Jackson’s mayor from 2017 to 2025, allegedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars that Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens distributed to him and other city officials after accepting it from FBI agents posing as realtors.
Owens, also a Democrat, pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy last week.
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Owens, according to a copy of the criminal indictment obtained by Fox News Digital, funneled over $80,000 in payments to Lumumba, Angelique Lee, the Democratic former vice president of the Jackson City Council, and Sherik Marve Smith, a relative of Owens’.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba listens to the weekly Jackson City Council meeting at city hall in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.(AP Rogelio V. Solis, File)
The former district attorney procured the money from two individuals he believed to be real estate developers from Nashville, Tennessee, “in exchange for their agreement to take official action to ensure the approval of the Developers’ proposed multi-million-dollar downtown Jackson development project,” per the indictment.
The developers, however, were actually undercover FBI agents.
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Owens “solicited and accepted at least $115,000 in cash and promises of future financial benefits from the Developers,” according to the indictment.
Lumumba accepted $50,000 in the form of campaign contributions knowing they were given in exchange for his blessing on the real estate developments, the indictment alleges.
“Lumumba accepted the checks knowing and understanding that the money was from the Developers, and that it was being offered in exchange for official action from Lumumba in favor of the Developers’ proposed development project,” the indictment read.
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Then-Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba speaks during a press conference on March 08, 2021, in Jackson, Mississippi.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Lumumba had originally called the prosecution’s charges a political prosecution, The Associated Press reported.
He lost his re-election bid in 2025, falling in the city’s Democratic primary to eventual winner John Horhn, who is now Jackson’s mayor.
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Lumumba and Owens could face up to five years in prison. Their sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 15.
Then-City of Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and his family take a selfie with attendees during the Celebration Kickoff Pep Rally at the Jackson State University Football National Champions Parade in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, on January 17, 2025.(Aron Smith/Jackson State University via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital contacted legal representatives for Lumumba, Owens and Lee and the city of Jackson for further comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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