CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Clay County man with a list of theft charges already on the books has more added.
This time, he’s accused of bringing children in to help.
Sheriff Eddie Scott says 37-year-old Edward Malone is now charged with burglary and possession of a controlled substance.
He also faces two counts of directing a minor to commit a felony and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Scott tells WCBI a Waverly Mansion Road homeowner caught Malone, along with an 11-year-old and 13-year-old at their house on Saturday.
Deputies were investigating four other burglaries in the area when they got this call.
Malone was arrested in the woods a short time later.
He was arrested earlier on four counts of burglary.
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