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MDHS recovers over $1K in Lowndes County EBT fraud case By WLBT Digital | December 23, 2020 at 2:23 PM CST - Updated December 23 at 2:23 PM
LOWNDES CO., Miss. (WLBT) – A Lowndes County grand jury convicted a woman of food stamp fraud after she stole from those in a drug rehab facility.
Investigators said Deidra Norris, a former clerical support employee, stole and activated SNAP EBT cards. She also confessed to buying and selling the cards.
Norris was immediately fired from the agency.
The Mississippi Department of Human Services led an investigation and turned it over to the Lowndes County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
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