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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...

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Lawyer: 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...

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Lee 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...

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Fulton 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...

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Tishomingo 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...

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Two 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...

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New 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...

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Business 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...

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Lee 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...

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Amory 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...

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UPDATE: 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...

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Golden 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...

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Two 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...

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Amory 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....

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Pontotoc 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...

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State 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...

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Marks 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....

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Oxford 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...

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Tupelo 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...

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Man 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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