Drug buy turns into armed robbery
Oxford Citizen OXFORD – Oxford Police Department investigators are in the process of figuring out how a drug deal led to an armed robbery at Campus Creek apartments. According to information provided...
View ArticleLawyer: Man to plead guilty to bribing prison commissioner
By Jeff Amy Associated Press JACKSON – A man charged with bribing former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps plans to plead guilty, his attorney said Tuesday. K.C. Hightower said...
View ArticleLee County arrests two on felony drug charges
ARMSTRONG EDWARDS Daily Journal TUPELO – A traffic stop in the Auburn community Saturday led to the arrest of two people. According to Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson, deputies stopped a car driven by...
View ArticleFulton officer cleared of strangling charges
By Adam Armour Itawamba Times A judge has dismissed the charges on a Fulton police officer accused of attempting to strangle the mother of his child. Orlando Gates, 27, was cleared of aggravated...
View ArticleTishomingo woman dies in Sunday morning crash
Daily Journal IUKA – The Mississippi Highway Patrol is still investigating a fatal one-car crash that happened Valentine’s Day in Tishomingo County. According to Master Sgt. Ray Hall, troopers...
View ArticleTwo questioned in Pontotoc fatal shooting
By William Moore Daily Journal PONTOTOC – Two people are in custody at the Pontotoc County Adult Detention Center in connection with a Tuesday morning shooting. Justin Judon, 33, was shot and killed...
View ArticleNew charges filed in the wounding of Clarksdale officer
JACKSON (AP) – Clarkdale police have filed new charges against the two men who they say were involved in the wounding of a Clarksdale police officer and robbery of a grocery store. Police arrested...
View ArticleBusiness owner faces drug charges on top of U.S. District Court appearance
By Ray Van Dusen and Emily Tubb Monroe Journal SMITHVILLE – Smithville Hardware owner Allen Duncan, 49, was charged Feb. 12 by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office with possession of marijuana with...
View ArticleLee County prosecutor DUI case stuck in legal limbo
MOORE By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – James Moore was charged with driving under the influence more than 14 months ago, and it could be another three years before it comes to trial. Moore, the...
View ArticleAmory man charged with aggravated assault after shooting
Monroe Journal AMORY – Amory Police Department officers responded to the Moore Manor apartment complex on 111th Street shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday for a subject that had been shot. When officers...
View ArticleUPDATE: Bruce shooting victim identified
Daily Journal BRUCE – Two people are being questioned in connection with an early morning shooting just off the square in Bruce. “We have two persons of interest at the sheriff’s office now being...
View ArticleGolden man charged with possession of meth
Monroe Journal A Golden man is in jail on a meth charge. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Andy Ray Williams, 36, was arrested on Thursday following a traffic stop and charged with...
View ArticleTwo charged with capital murder in Bruce shooting
COLEMAN WESTMORELAND By William Moore Daily Journal CALHOUN CITY – A Calhoun County couple is facing the death penalty in connection with a fatal shooting in Bruce. Calhoun County sheriff Greg Pollan...
View ArticleAmory man found guilty of manslaughter
THOMPSON By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal ABERDEEN – Christopher Lee Thompson, 48, of Amory, was found guilty of manslaughter by a Monroe County jury after a two-day trial in circuit court on Wednesday....
View ArticlePontotoc murder suspects appear in court
CHEWE DAVIDSON David Helms Pontotoc Progress In an initial appearance in Pontotoc County Justice Court on Thursday afternoon, Judge Scottie Harrison denied bond for one defendant and set another...
View ArticleState prison holdup keeps Harrington in jail
HARRINGTON By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – When Jada Presley Harrington entered a guilty plea on Feb. 11, the court ordered her immediately transferred to a state prison. But a week later, the...
View ArticleMarks man charged with forgery
COLEMAN OXFORD – A Quitman County man was caught in the act of cashing a fraudulent check. Oxford Police responded to a BancorpSouth branch bank Thursday and detained Jeremy Coleman, 24, of Marks....
View ArticleOxford PD makes burglary arrest
BROWN OXFORD – Investigators needed less than a week to solve the break-in of an Oxford restaurant. According to Oxford Police Maj. Jeff McCutchen, officers served an arrest warrant Wednesday and...
View ArticleTupelo SWAT team called to Terry Road incident
By William Moore Daily Journal TUPELO – A potential hostage situation involving weapons was diffused Thursday night in south Tupelo. Police were called to a domestic situation on Terry Road around 7...
View ArticleMan given 20-year sentence in manslaughter case
THOMPSON By Ray Van Dusen Monroe Journal ABERDEEN – First Circuit Court District Judge Jim Pounds sentenced Christopher Lee Thompson, 48, on Friday to 20 years in Mississippi Department of Corrections...
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