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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for the mayor of Mississippi's largest city on charges that he violated terms of his probation, which had been set because of misdemeanor weapons charges, officials said.
Mayor Frank Melton, who recently had heart surgery, checked himself in to a hospital later Thursday with chest pains, said his attorney, Dale Danks Jr. The Hinds County Sheriff's Department has agreed to wait until Friday to meet with the mayor, Danks said.
"Mayor Melton is of the opinion he's done everything he's supposed to do in compliance with his probation, and he was quite surprised," Danks said.
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