Man charged with abuse of corpse, other charges in Pickens County
PICKENS COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI) – Pickens County law enforcement has released the name of a man taken into custody after an officer-involved shooting. Fred Sommerville, 47, was charged with abuse of a...
View ArticleATM stolen from convenience store in Clay County
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – In less than a minute, about $1,600 was loaded into the back of a Chevy Tahoe. In surveillance video from Pheba One Stop, you can see someone throw a rock through the front door...
View ArticleColumbus teen charged with murder after Propst Park shooting
COLUMBUS, Miss. (CPD PRESS RELEASE)- Columbus Police have charged a 17-year-old man with murder following a shooting at Propst Park on Saturday, July 20, 2019 that killed another teen. Curtis Lathan,...
View ArticleMan indicted on first degree murder charge in Oktibbeha County
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An Oktibbeha County grand jury has indicted a homicide suspect. Dustin Nixon is now charged with first degree murder. He’s been released from jail on a $100,000 bond....
View ArticleAberdeen man indicted on child sex crime
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An Oktibbeha County grand jury has indicted an Aberdeen man for alleged sex crimes involving a minor. Damarrione Forshee, 22, was charged with statutory rape, back in...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to Oktibbeha County robbery
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Brandon man pled guilty to robbery in Oktibbeha County. Karter Bounds made the plea this week in circuit court. He was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison, five...
View ArticleNew details released in deadly Columbus shooting that killed teen
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – We’re learning new details about what led-up to the deadly shooting of a Columbus teenager. Curtis Lathan, 17, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder. A judge denied him...
View ArticleStarkville man accused of having relationship with teenager
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A Starkville man has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenager. Lane Clark was indicted by a grand jury on one count of statutory rape and possession of...
View ArticleWest Point man charged with possession
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A traffic stop by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit landed a West Point man in jail on a drug charge. Thomas Rodgers, 34, was charged with possession of...
View Article‘It could have been me’: Woman talks about dates with Brandon Theesfeld
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Brandon Theesfeld knows how to have a party, his friends said. He also loves the ladies, talking about finding a “flavor of the week” when he would go out looking for his next...
View ArticleLowndes County man charged with aggravated assault
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Lowndes County man was accused of ramming his girlfriend’s car, while she was driving down the road. Christopher Austin Tedford, 21, was charged with aggravated...
View ArticleMurder case against student accused of killing fellow classmate to go to...
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – The murder case against a former Ole Miss student will go to a grand jury. District Attorney Ben Creekmore said a motion has also been filed to withhold bond for Brandon...
View ArticleStarkville man ruled competent to stand trial for Walmart shooting
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – The man accused of killing a Starkville optometrist is competent to stand trial. Circuit Court Judge Lee Howard made the ruling Friday morning at a competency hearing. Tommy...
View ArticleFamily argument lands one in hospital and one in jail
PRENTISS COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A father and daughter argument ends with dad in the hospital and daughter in jail. Kelly Nichols, 37, of Booneville was charged with domestic violence-aggravated...
View ArticleAmory MedPOINT owner arrested
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) – Some concrete answers on why an Amory pharmacy benefits company and health supply firm was searched by law officers Friday. Agents with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office,...
View ArticleStabbing reported on MSU’s campus
MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. (WCBI) – A stabbing has been reported in the Colvard Student Union on Mississippi State’s campus. A Maroon Alert sent out by the university said police had responded and had...
View ArticleUPDATE: MSU stabbing suspect turns himself in
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WCBI)- The suspect in Friday night’s stabbing at the Mississippi State University’s student union has turned himself in, and the school has identified the victim....
View ArticleTraffic stop leads to weapons charge for Iuka man
TISHOMINGO COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A man wanted for a warrant in Tishomingo County now faces a weapons charge. Brandon Carter, 37, of Iuka, was charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon....
View ArticleAmory man accused of stabbing woman
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI)- An early morning stabbing lands an Amory man in jail. Larry Daniel, 63, is charged with Aggravated Assaulted after Amory police say he stabbed a woman. Larry Daniel Lieutenant Andy...
View ArticleTupelo PD searching for armed robbery suspect
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Tupelo PD is searching for an armed robbery suspect that stole merchandise from a gas station and threatened employees with a gun. Early in the morning on July 19, the suspect in...
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