District Attorney MS 6th District - Tim Cotton

05/21/2025

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Perhaps some seek to criticize Sixth Circuit District Attorney Tim Cotton after he approved a plea deal for accused killer Jalin Johnson last week. Walk a mile in his shoes. Johnson was accused of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Scottie Rodgers...

05/02/2025

The 6th Circuit District Attorney’s Office is pleased to officially announce our newest member to join the team, Assistant District Attorney, Christina “Cricket” Daugherty.
Many thanks to the Honorable Judge Debra Blackwell for taking time for the swearing in ceremony.

04/30/2025

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ — It took an Adams County jury of nine women and three men only 39 minutes to find Jordan Caston guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Marquez Brown. Brown was 16 on Feb. 17, 2022, when he was gunned down in a seemingly unprovoked...

04/25/2025

Exciting news!!!! We, at the 6th Circuit District Attorney’s Office, are pleased to make public our 2024 Annual Report which includes our mission statement. To our knowledge, this is the first annual report published in our district.

We, at the 6th Circuit District Attorney’s Office, are pleased to make public our 2024 Annual Report which includes our mission statement. To our knowledge, this is the first annual report published in our district. Annual Report

04/15/2025

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ — Legislation that reshapes Mississippi’s circuit and chancery court districts is awaiting the signature of Gov. Tate Reeves. District Attorney Tim Cotton said the Sixth Circuit District, of which Adams County is a part, remains intact but will ...

04/14/2025

The 6th Circuit District Attoneys office would like to thank Computer Consultants for allowing us to partner with them in the Special Olympics Golf Tournament.

03/06/2025

02/22/2025

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ — Attorney Christina “Cricket” Daugherty is joining District Attorney Tim Cotton’s office as an assistant district attorney. Daugherty is the Natchez municipal judge and Vice Principal at Adams County Christian School. “Cricket is someone ...

02/22/2025

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ — It was a very busy year for the Sixth Circuit District Attorney’s office. Based on statistics the district is required to gather and report to the state, District Attorney Tim Cotton’s office closed 376 criminal cases in 2024 — almost thre...

11/27/2024

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ — Natchez Police Chief Caroline Green confirmed a suspect was arrested early Wednesday morning and is being charged with attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle in the Nov. 17 Daisy Street shooting. Tyrell LeShawn White, 28, known b...

11/21/2024

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ — In a press conference Thursday morning, Natchez Police Chief Caroline Green and Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten discussed in broad terms how their deputies and officers would work together to patrol some Natchez neighborhoods in what Mayor Da...

11/21/2024

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NATCHEZ — Three shootings in Natchez in less than a week have some residents in the city on edge and concerned about their safety. On Nov. 10, a woman was shot twice on St. Catherine Street near Holy Family Church while sitting in a car with another perso...