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PER REPORTER: Jamita said she use to represent Ayanna in the past through the youth court for delinquent matters. Jamita said this morning she received a call from Shavon Sykes a counselor at Warren Yazoo Mental Health regarding Ayanna. Jamita said Shavon told her, she saw her client referring to Ayanna on the corner of Washington and Lee Street surrounded by police. Jamita said she then left her office to go and check on the child because she knew she had been having some issues at home. Jamita said when she arrived to the scene she noticed Ayanna had clothes in her bag and was planning to run away. Jamita said she asked Ayanna why she was running away from home and she expressed no longer wanting to be at home with her mother. Jamita said …show more content…

Jamita said from what she understands due to what Don told her the children’s mother’s boyfriend offered drugs to Ayanna and her friend. It is unknown if the children have access to the drugs in their home. However, Jamita said she assumes they do because Ayanna said she has seen her mother’s boyfriend weighing drugs on a scale. Jamita also said she believes drugs are being manufactured in the family’s home. According to Ayanna, she is afraid to say anything about the things going on in her mother’s home because she does not want her mother to get in trouble or be arrested. Ayanna said if someone comes out to her mother’s house she will not tell the truth about everything going on, because she said she is afraid of the back lash she and her siblings will get for telling. However, Jamita said majority of the allegations were reported to CPS by her last year. Jamita said a worker by the name of (Tasia) from the county went out to the family’s home to check on the children. Jamita said the children told Tasia everything in their home was ok because Ayanna said she interviewed them in front of their

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