Home Invasion Lands Two Oxford Men Behind Bars
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – Two Oxford men are arrested when a home invasion turns violent. HILLIARD 27-year-old Justin Hilliard and 22-year-old Demarquis Gipson are charged with...
View ArticleHalf-Naked Man Attacks Convenience Store Clerk
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (WCBI) – A New Albany convience store clerk says a half-naked man attacked her as she was closing the store. JONES 36-year-old Troy Michael Jones is charged with...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Grand Larceny
TUPELO, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE) – Derik Graves entered pleas of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Grand Larceny. Circuit Court Judge Paul S. Funderburk sentenced Graves to serve 15 years in...
View ArticleOle Miss Signee Charged With Burglary
Tae-Kion ReedSource: Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A New Hope High School defensive tackle and Ole Miss signee has been charged with burglary. Lowndes County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleVideo: UPDATE: Bond Set For Football Signee, Another Arrested
Tae-Kion ReedSource: Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Two juveniles are now charged in connection with the break-in that led to Tae-Kion Reed’s arrest. The 19 year-old...
View ArticleNew Albany Police Take Pot and Meth Off of the Street
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (WCBI) – Some good police work in New Albany gets a large amount of drugs off the streets, and lands two people behind bars.. JOHNELL PRYOR FRANCES RANDEL Narcotics officers got a tip...
View ArticleUPDATE: 3 Juveniles And Ole Miss Signee Arrested In Lowndes Burglary
Tae-Kion ReedSource: Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Three juveniles are now charged, along with an Ole Miss football signee in the burglary of home. Now, deputies are...
View ArticleVideo: Day Care Worker Charged With Child Abuse
LEE COUNTY (WCBI) – Bond is set at $35,000 for a Saltillo daycare worker. DILL Sheriff Jim Johnson says 54 year old Johanna Dill is charged with felony child abuse after reports surfaced she may have...
View ArticleVideo: Man Faces Felony Child Sex Abuse Charges In Lee County
John Tallant LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI-TV) – Lee County Sheriff’s Department officials said Thursday that a man is facing four felony counts of sexual child abuse. 39-year-old John Tallant is under...
View ArticleVIDEO: Columbus Murder Suspect Captured In Iowa
COLUMBUS, Miss./CLINTON, Iowa (WCBI) – A man wanted in connection with a deadly shooting is arrested in Clinton, Iowa. U.S. Marshals found Billy Lee Kennedy in the eastern Iowa town last week....
View ArticleMan Wanted In Winston Burglaries Found In East Tennessee
WINSTON COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A man wanted in connection with several Winston County burglaries is arrested in east Tennessee. Johnathan Keith Stafford was taken into custody about noon Thursday in...
View ArticleVideo: Columbus Police Looking for Armed Robbery Suspect
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) -Columbus Police are on the hunt for an armed robbery suspect. Just after 8:00 P.M. Thursday a man walked into the East End Chevron at the corner of Alabama Street and Highway...
View ArticleVideo: Judge Seeks Donations Of Backpacks-Duffel Bags For Foster Children
NEW ALBANY, MISS. (WCBI) – A Northeast Mississippi judge is asking churches, civic groups and individuals to help children caught in the web of addiction and despair. First District Chancery Judge TK...
View ArticleAmory Police Make Two Weapons Arrests
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) – Two people are arrested in Amory in separate incidents, but both are facing weapons charges. CAYSON On March 3rd, Amory Police officers reponded to a...
View ArticleDefense In Ex-NFL Star’s Murder Trial Claims New Evidence
BOSTON (AP) – The jury in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez has been sent home early after the judge said he needed time to consider a claim that Hernandez’s lawyers have new...
View ArticleOxford PD Nabs Four In Separate Weekend Incidents
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – Four men are arrested in Oxford last week in separate incidents. JONES On March 3, investigators with the Oxford Police Department arrested Tony Jones, 40, and charged him with...
View ArticleRipley Teenager Facing Rape Charges
TIPPAH CO., Miss. (WCBI) – An investigation is underway after a teenager is charged with rape and sexual battery. PANNELL 18-year-old Cameron Jacob Pannell was arrested on...
View ArticleOhio Parents Charged With Murder In Restaurant-Body Case
CANTON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio couple who reported their daughter missing before the 5-year-old’s body was found hidden at their restaurant in January have been indicted on murder and corpse-abuse...
View ArticleDriver Hits Unmarked Lowndes Deputy’s Vehicle
Jennifer KirkmanSource: Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department vehicle is hit and the driver takes off from the scene. Jennifer Kirkman,...
View ArticleUnion County Teen Charged With Sexual Battery
James Higginbotham UNION COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Union County teen is facing two counts of sexual battery. Bond was set at $20,000 on Wednesday for James Higginbotham, 18. Deputies arrested him...
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