Owens, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and City Council member Aaron Banks were indicted last month on conspiracy and bribery charges.
Barbara Gauntt / Clarion Ledger / USA Today via ImagnA City Council member, Angelique Lee, resigned in August and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.
“People are tired; they just want some good stuff done,” said Vernon Hartley, a City Council member for one of the city’s poorest wards.
Aaron Banks is the second Jackson City Council member to be charged in the federal bribery case.
Angelique Lee, a former City Council member, resigned and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.
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