MERRITT
Monroe Journal
A Tupelo man has been arrested in connection to a string of car burglaries.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Risheco Keymon Merritt, 20, of Tupelo, has been arrested and charged with nine counts of auto burglary stemming from a case several months old.
Several vehicles were broken into in the Hatley and Amory areas the evening of Feb. 29 and early morning of March 1.
This arrest follows the October arrest of 21-year-old Deuntae Demarcus Randle of Okolona, who faces 28 cases of auto burglary.
Merritt is being held in the Lee County Adult Jail on a $7,500 bond.