CPD Bags Burglary Suspect
COLUMBUS (WCBI). Columbus police have tracked down the suspect in a startling burglary case. 17 year old Donyaa Evans of Columbus is accused of breaking into a home on Lyford Drive while the resident...
View ArticleSaturday Night Fighting Leads To One Hospitalization, One Arrest
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – One person is in custody in connection with a late Saturday night fight that ended in a shooting. It happened around 11:30 p.m. at 17th Street South and Bell Avenue in...
View ArticleSouth Mississippi Man Wanted In North Mississippi
Kelsey Arnold Herrin Jr. Randy Lynn Kellum CALHOUN COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A state-wide search underway for a man accused of going on a stealing spree from Purvis to Calhoun County. Kelsey Arnold Herrin...
View ArticleBooneville Man Jailed On Child Sex Charges
PRENTISS CO., Miss. (WCBI) – A Booneville man is in jail, accused of child molestation. STRICKLAND 27-year-old Terry Jessey Strickland turned himself...
View ArticleLowndes Deputies: Woman Found Inside Home
Angela Chappell LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County deputies say they caught a woman inside a Steens home on Monday morning. Investigators say Angela Chappell, 40, will be charged with...
View ArticleVideo: Big Tip Leads To Big Bust In Pontotoc County
PONTOTOC CO., Miss. (WCBI) – A traffic stop and undercover work helps bust up a drug and burglary ring in Pontotoc County. Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask says his office was tipped off about the drug...
View ArticleVideo: Guilty Verdict Returned In Oktibbeha Co. Shooting Trial
Tobias Coleman OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An Oktibbeha County jury finds Tobias Coleman guilty of shooting another man. The trial started Monday. It took jurors about five hours today to convict...
View ArticleVideo: Card Skimmers Hit Starkville
STARKVILLE, Miss.(WCBI)—We all know new technology brings new crime. Thieves are stealing your money at the gas pump at the atm and at stores and most of the time…victims never know until they go to...
View ArticleColumbus Police Make Third Arrest in Armed Robbery and Assault Case
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) –Columbus Police make a third arrest in connection with a mid- January Armed Robbery and Aggravated Assault case. Lavenancho Fox Junior turned himself into Columbus Police on...
View ArticleCalhoun County Sheriff’s Department Arrest Alleged Meth Dealer
CALHOUN COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Calhoun County deputies say an accused meth dealer who used video surveillance is in jail. 52 year-old Robert Earl Knox is facing multiple charges, including one count of...
View ArticleVideo: Last Call At The Boom Boom Room
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Law enforcement went on a raid looking for illegal alcohol sales at a club and found a whole lot more in Clay County. It was a team effort between the Mississippi Alcohol...
View ArticleVIDEO: Cars Collide Into Each Other, A Home During Police Pursuit
COLUMBUS, Miss.(WCBI)—A routine traffic stop ends with a two-car collision and a vehicle running into a home. It happened just before 3:00 pm Sunday on the northside of Columbus. Columbus Police pulled...
View ArticleTwo Arrested After Columbus Police Chase
Carlos Body James Williams COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Two men are arrested after a Columbus police chase, which ended with a vehicle inside a house. Carlos Body, 33, is charged with possession of...
View ArticleSearch Continues For Saltillo Armed Robbery Suspects
SALTILLO, Miss. (Press Release) – Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi along with Saltillo Police Department is requesting your assistance identifying the persons responsible for an Armed Robbery....
View ArticleSuspect Arrested In Sherman Standoff
SHERMAN, MISS. (WCBI) – Authorities are trying to figure out what caused a Sherman man to barricade himself inside his mobile home, after firing shots at officers. It was around 1:30 pm when officers...
View ArticleColumbus Police Nab The Wright Stuff
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – When police get more than license and registration during a traffic stop, two men get a free ride to jail. 20-year-old Warren Wright and 22-year-old Jacob Stewart, both of...
View ArticleOxford Police Make Burglary Arrests
OXFORD (WCBI) – Oxford Police have jailed 3 people in connection with two separate burglary investigations. The first case comes after a breakup goes bad. WILKERSON 33 year old Ryan Wilkerson is...
View ArticleAlternative Execution Methods Bill Passes Mississippi House
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs....
View ArticleMississippi AG Suing Over Prison Bribery Scheme
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is suing 25 individuals and companies associated with a prison bribery scheme, saying they should have to repay more than $800 million in...
View ArticleUnion County Clerk Attacked, Suspect Tackled By Customers
Daniel Berry UNION COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Customers at a Union County store tackle an accused robber after he puts a clerk in a choke hold. Daniel Berry, 21, of Flowood is charged with strong armed...
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