Colom’s campaign says mugshot is “fake.” Law enforcement says otherwise

Colom's campaign notes mugshot is. Colom's campaign notes mugshot is "fake." Law enforcement states otherwise.

Key points

• Eighty-year-old Steve Pajcic is behind the freshly minted Super PAC New Accord for All that was formed in October.
• The Columbus Police Department was the arresting agency and the incident was documented to have occurred at Luxapalila Creek Park.
• Wealthy Florida trial lawyer who wants Democrats to usher in another New Accord is funding ad blitz for Colom in Mississippi.
• Sounding like a candidate for Governor, Duff discussions vision and opportunities for Mississippi with Lamar County Republicans.
• His team informed one media outlet it was "likely being generated by AI." The 2001 arrest record tells a different story.

For context, a mugshot of Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom is being shared online. His team informed one media outlet it was "likely being generated by AI." The 2001 arrest record tells a different story.

Notably, the Mississippi Free Press documented Friday that Scott Colom's U.S. Senate campaign notes they have verified that a mugshot of the Lowndes County District Attorney from 2001 shared by the Hyde-Smith campaign "is fake, " further claiming that it was "likely being generated by AI."

Nevertheless, Magnolia Tribune has learned that the mugshot shown here is indeed real.

Sources with state law enforcement and the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office confirmed the authenticity of Colom's mugshot as well as the arrest record shown below.

Notably, the re-election campaign for Cindy Hyde-Smith shared the mugshot of Colom on the website created to challenge the Democrat's positions on transgender surgeries for children and his ties to liberal financier George Soros.

According to the 2001 arrest record from the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center, Colom was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor when he was 18 years old.

For context, the Columbus Police Department was the arresting agency and the incident was documented to have occurred at Luxapalila Creek Park. The nature of the incident was not detailed in the report.

Magnolia Tribune attempted to contact the Colom campaign Friday afternoon for comment, seeking clarification on what led to the Democrat's arrest and if they were continuing to dispute the record from the Lowndes County ADC.

No response was received as of press time. Should a response come, this article will be updated.

Colom and Hyde-Smith are in a heated race for Mississippi's junior U.S. Senate seat. They will face off on November 3 in the General Election. Independent candidate Ty Pinkins will additionally be on the ballot. Regarding the Author(s).

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For now, colom's campaign says mugshot is fake. Law enforcement says otherwise remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.