Trial Finally Begins After Odd Delay

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- A woman who prosecutors say showed up drunk and high for her first trial, is back in a Lowndes County courtroom again this Tuesday, September 5.

Roschell Cotton is accused of threatening to blow up the Lowndes County Department of Human Services in July 2016.

Columbus police say she also threatened an employee when she made the call.

She’s charged with making a false bomb threat and simple assault against a DHS employee.

Court documents allege Cotton was under the influence of meth, marijuana and alcohol this past May when her trial was supposed to begin.

Her bond was revoked and she was taken to jail.