Former Aberdeen mayor ordered to serve four years in prison
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ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – Former Aberdeen Mayor Maurice Howard is back behind bars.
Howard was ordered to serve four years in prison.
The courts said he violated the terms of his suspended sentence from a guilty plea to embezzlement during his time as mayor.
Howard was arrested last year during a drug bust in Monroe County.
After serving four years with the Department of Corrections, he will be on probation for five years.