How Did He Get Away With 15 Break-Ins? Jackson, Ms. Homeless Man Continues To Avoid Prison time!

Greenbrook Flowers, Pig & Pint, Downtown Snack Shop, Steve's Deli, Downtown Drug Store, Iron Horse Grill, Shiro's, Keifers, La Cazuela, Jaco's Taco's, Stanley Wine & Liquor, Fenians, Downtown Pizza & Daiquiri, Native Coffee, and Snack Shack. These are the businesses repeatedly burglarized by Hinds County Catch & Release star pupil and downtown bum, John Arthur Banks. Despite pleading guilty six times to hitting Jackson businesses, Banks is set free to terrorize more businesses.

Check out his criminal history. Keep in mind Banks has never gone to trial as he always pleads guilty.

2009: Indicted for business burglary. Banks pleads guilty. He is sentenced to serve 5 years in prison but the entire sentence is suspended.

2017: Indicted for building burglary at Jaco's Tacos. Hinds County Circuit Judge Bill Gowan sentenced Banks to serve 7 years in prison but suspended 4 years of the sentence. Banks' residence was listed as Gateway Shelter.

2018: Indicted for building burglary at Stanley Wine & Liquor. Judge Gowan sentenced Banks to serve 7 years in prison but suspended 3 years of the sentence. He ordered the sentence to run concurrently with the sentence in the 2017 case.

2019: Indicted for business burglary of Downtown Snack Shop on West Capitol Street. Judge William Kidd sentences him to serve 7 years in prison and suspends 2 years of the sentence. Banks is ordered to drug/alcohol treatment.

2020: Indicted for two counts of business burglary. Banks hit Greenbrook Flowers and the Iron Horse Grill in 2019. Judge Kidd sentenced Banks to serve 7 years in prison but suspended 2 years of the sentence.

2022: Indicted for business burglary after he hit the Hood Building. Judge Faye Peterson sentenced Banks to serve 7 years in prison but suspended 2 years. The District Attorney agreed not to pursue habitual offender enhancement.

2022: Indicted for 10 counts of business burglary. Banks hit La Cazuela Mexican Grill, Keifer's Restaurant on Congress Street, Shiro's Restaurant, Downtown Pizza & Daiquiri, Steve's Deli, Mississippi Farmer's Market, Downtown Drug Store, Pig & Pint Restaurant, Fenians, and Tatum & Wade law firm. The District Attorney remanded the indictment as part of his sentence in the other 2022 case.

2024: Capitol Police arrested Banks in July 2024 for business burglary after he hit the Farmer's Market, Downtown Drug Store, Native Coffee, and Lou's Restaurant. Hinds County Court Judge Johnny McDaniels ordered him transported to MDOC for a one-year revocation in September 2024.

2024: Indicted in October 2024 for business burglary and habitual offender in the Capitol Police cases. The District Attorney seeks habitual offender enhancement for Banks. Judge Damon Stevenson set Banks' trial for July 2026.

Oh yes, remember that revocation? Well, the Mississippi Parole Board once again couldn't wait to put a criminal back out on the street. You can't make this up.

Make no mistake, the police is doing its job. When this old boy acts up, the police find him and lock him up. However, prosecutors, judges, and MDOC work together to keep putting this guy back out on the street and they wonder why businesses leave Jackson.