JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A Hinds County judge says she plans to sentence Nancy and Zachary New to house arrest while they await federal sentencing in connection with the state’s largest welfare fraud case. The judge was frustrated that the mother and son have waited more than four years to be sentenced.
Nancy and Zachary New appeared before Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Faye Peterson on Tuesday morning for a status hearing.
The mother and son previously pleaded guilty to state and federal charges for their roles in the state’s largest public welfare scheme…