By William Moore
Daily Journal
TUPELO – Three juvenile boys, one just 14, are facing charges as adults after an attempted armed robbery/carjacking Wednesday afternoon.
According to Tupelo Police Department spokesman Capt. Chuck McDougald, a woman said she was in the West Main Walmart parking lot around 2 p.m. when a male with a handgun attempted to force her out of her vehicle. The woman struggled with the suspect, and he fled along with two accomplices.
“She was able to give the responding officers a good description of a suspect vehicle, a white extended cab Ford F-150 pickup,” McDougald said. “The victim did not receive any physical injuries.”
Minutes later, patrol officers in the area spotted the white pickup in the Saddle Creek area. The suspects then drove into Yates Acres and stopped at the intersection of Pemberton Avenue and Smokey Mountain Drive. One suspect was captured immediately. The other two ran into the wooded area that separates the subdivision from the Natchez Trace Parkway.
Following a lengthy foot chase that involved the police, Lee County Sheriff’s deputies and Parkway rangers, the other two were captured near Ewell Avenue around 2:45 p.m.
Based on the preliminary investigation, all three suspects are charged with attempted armed robbery. While juveniles, all three have been transferred from Youth Court to Circuit Court jurisdiction and will be tried as adults.
Arrested were Nicholas Crawford, 17, of 978 County Road 54, Shannon; Isaiah Shaw, 16, of 1246 Ling Way, Austell, Georgia; and Montrell Moore, 14, of 1322 Ida Street, Tupelo.
During their initial appearance Thursday, Lee County Justice Court Judge Chuck Hopkins set bond for Shaw at $35,000. The bond for Crawford and Moore is $10,000 apiece.