Public Complaint No. 1717979680 - 1265807981

Eddie Hawkins

Lowndes County Sheriff's Office

527 South Martin Luther King Jr Drive

Columbus, Mississippi 39701

(662) 328-6788

https://www.lowndes…

Date of Offense

July 6, 2022

Complaint

Supporting Document(s)

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Statement

Sheriff Eddie Hawkins staged a raid on Rebecca Bumgardner's home without probable cause, proper search warrant, or arrest warrant and arrested Bumgardner on false charges. He personally took pictures of this staged raid which were published by local news media in order to create a false narrative designed to slander Rebecca Bumgardner and set the stage for her to ultimately be convicted of those false charges. I am including links to Bumgardner's home surveillance video footage directly related to this incident in this section as the evidence section provided below has a 100Mb limit. https://youtu.be/-2hUsn4AAOk?si=D9VZ7dCE_zYh26My The next two links are strictly my attempt to show motive of Sheriff Eddie Hawkins prior to staged raid. Rebecca Bumgardner was a "thorn in the side" of LCSO. The staged raid and false charges were meant to "shut her up". https://youtu.be/1HjvavYD-PM?si=ff1pnOFaUBeTxbh4 https://youtu.be/iQr4_bPy8xg?si=LGgcajLT-bas2I61

Location

735 South Pickensville Road, Columbus, MS, USA

33.4675617, -88.4014039

Mississippi Public Records Act

Miss. Code Ann. 25-61-1 et seq.

The Mississippi Public Records Act is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of government bodies at all levels. Records are defined as "all books, records, papers, accounts, letters, maps, photographs, films, cards, tapes, recordings or reproductions thereof, and any other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, having been used, being in use, or prepared, possessed or retained for use in the conduct, transaction or performance of any business, transaction, work, duty or function of any public body, or required to be maintained by any public body."

Anyone can request access to Mississippi’s public records and no state of purpose is required. There are no restrictions placed on the use of records.The Mississippi Public Records Act states that, if not decided upon by the individual department, departments have one working day to respond to PRA requests. However, departments may establish their own time limits of up to fourteen working days.