Fulton police searching for city property vandal
FULTON, Miss. (WCBI) – Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi is asking for help identifying the vandal who caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to a Fulton walking trail. Between October 20...
View ArticleCorinth PD searching for veteran’s stolen insulin
CORINTH, Miss. (WCBI) – Corinth Police Department has asked for help finding a veteran’s stolen insulin. The department said the veteran’s insulin was taken off his porch on Gaines Road in Corinth. The...
View ArticleWoman charged with child abuse after death of infant child
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Clay County woman was charged with child abuse after the death of a six-month-old child. Courtney Fitzgerald, 28, remains in the Clay County jail. Her bond was set at...
View ArticleMan accused of trying to steal copper from Lowndes County home
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A man was accused of trying to steal copper from a Lowndes County home. Last week investigators were called out to a house on Jess Lyons Road, in reference to a burglary....
View ArticleArrest made in Starkville shooting near Cook Out
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Starkville police made an arrest in a weekend shooting and it could have ties to a gang. Jaylin Nave, 22, of Columbus, was charged with aggravated assault and commission of...
View ArticleMan accused of knowingly giving someone an STD
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Columbus man was accused of giving another person a sexually transmitted disease. Stephen Flood, 34, was charged with knowingly giving another person HIV. Lowndes...
View ArticleMan accused of fatally shooting wife, 2 others indicted
CARROLLTON, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi man who shot and killed his wife and two other people at her birthday party earlier this year after she tried to stop him from driving drunk has been indicted on...
View ArticleWest Point man accused of felony child abuse
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A West Point man wanted for charges relating to a 6-month old baby’s death was arrested Friday afternoon. Patrick Tony Lippincott, 49, was wanted for child abuse after a...
View ArticleTupelo shooting suspect captured in Kentucky
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A man wanted in connection to a Tupelo shooting has been captured in Kentucky. Jaquarius Jones was indicted by a grand jury for aggravated assault. The charges stem from a...
View ArticleAmory man charged with conspiracy to commit a crime
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) – An Amory man is out of jail on a $10,000 bond. Jerry Daniel, 47, was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime. Amory police said Daniel was arrested during a drug investigation....
View ArticleIdentity theft investigation leads to two arrests in Prentiss County
PRENTISS COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A stolen mail, identity theft and altering checks investigation led to over a dozen charges between two people in Prentiss County. Katie Butler, 27, of Booneville, was...
View ArticleWoman arrested for “smash-and-grab” car burglaries
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A woman is facing felony charges in Starkville after a string of “smash-and-grab” car break-ins. Joseline Perez, 19, was charged with four counts of auto burglary and...
View ArticleUtility vehicle stolen from Lowndes County home
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County investigators are asking for helping finding a stolen utility vehicle. Investigators said a John Deere XUV25M was stolen from a Stinson Creek Road home on...
View ArticleIndiana man convicted in April slaying of barbershop owner
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) – A man arrested last spring in Mississippi in the fatal shooting of an Indiana barber has been convicted in that slaying. An Allen County jury convicted 35-year-old James Dodson...
View ArticleCorinth woman accused of stealing, damaging car
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A Corinth woman was accused of stealing, and then damaging a car in Booneville. Sydney Rider, 23, was charged with felony taking of a motor vehicle. She was also charged with...
View ArticleStarkville man charged with domestic violence
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A Starkville man is facing assault charges. Brandon Jefferson, 25, was charged with domestic violence – aggravated assault. Starkville police said the incident happened...
View ArticleMan charged after attempting to break into car
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A suspected Halloween burglar faces charges in Starkville. William Hughes, 40, was accused of petit larceny and attempted auto burglary. On Thursday morning, police received...
View ArticleVernon man sentenced in attempted murder case
VERNON, Ala. (WCBI) – A Vernon man will spend life in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder. District Attorney Andy Hamlin said Marshall Lee Gray was sentenced this week in Lamar County...
View ArticleWest Point man accused of tying up, robbing woman
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The day before Halloween a woman said she was tied up and robbed. Clay County investigators said it happened at a home on Highway 45 North Alternate. Jeffery Walker, 30, of...
View ArticleMurder suspect mistakenly released from custody
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A second murder suspect that was supposed to be housed in the Lowndes County jail was released from custody. Now, he’s back behind bars after less than a week on the run...
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