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Sports Specialty owner, salesperson indicted in multi-million plot

Summary by The Dispatch
A federal grand jury has indicted three men who are accused of a 13-year bid rigging scheme that allegedly affected at least 44 public schools in Mississippi and 270 purchases totaling more than $1 million in taxpayer funds. John “Tank” Christopher Burt and Gerald “Jerry” Steven Lavender, both of Columbus, and Jack “Jay” Nelson Purvis Jr., of Laurel, are each charged with one count of bid rigging in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Burt i…
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The Dispatch broke the news in on Friday, February 20, 2026.
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