Sulligent, AL Police Officer Indicted On 12 Child Sex Crimes
Gary Farrior SULLIGENT, Ala. (WCBI) – A Sulligent, Alabama police officer is indicted on 12 counts of child sex crimes. Garry Farrior, 60, is charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse of a child less than...
View Article‘Choice Bus’ Makes A Stop In Northeast Mississippi
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Students at Tupelo Middle School get a look at the consequences of making the right choices and how their decisions now can impact their lives. The “Choice Bus” was at TMS for...
View ArticleCause Of Death Released In Noxubee County Homicide
NOXUBEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- Noxubee County investigators release how a Native American woman was killed. 30 year-old Nikita Nicole Wilson’s body was found late last month, just off Butler Road....
View ArticleAccused Cop Impersonator, Sexual Assault Suspect Sent Back To Prison For...
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A Pontotoc County man will head back to prison to serve the remaining 15 years of a sentence because he violated his probation. During the 90 minute revocation hearing, 44 year...
View ArticleVIDEO: Different Court Systems
GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Yesterday, we gave you a story about the rise in the severity of juvenile crime. If a juvenile is detained for committing a capital offense, there is a process to decide...
View ArticleMultiple Arrests Made In Monroe County Drug Round-Up
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- DA’Shun Jarquez Betts, 18, Nettleton, was arrested on September 7, 2017 and charged with 1 count possession of drug paraphernalia and 1 count of possession of controlled...
View ArticleSecurity Officer Shot At Winston County Night Club
WINSTON COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- The Winston County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a weekend shooting that left a security officer critically injured. The shooting happened early Sunday morning at...
View ArticleTwo Charged In Kidnapping And Rape Of Ole Miss Student
PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- A developing story out of Lafayette and Panola Counties where An Ole Miss student was kidnapped and raped. The victim was last seen just after 1 a-m Sunday, leaving the...
View ArticleDeputies search for wanted sex offender
PRENTISS COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- Prentiss County Deputies are looking for man they say failed to remain in compliance with the sex offender registry requirements. 38 year old Michael Wilder was last seen...
View ArticleVideo: Vernon Police investigate reported shooting
VERNON, Alabama (WCBI)- Vernon Police are investigating a shooting in the city limits. Details are brief, but police were called to a home on 4th Street Southwest. Initial reports are that one person...
View ArticleMultiple Arrests In Oxford This Weekend
OXFORD, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE)- On September 9, officers with the Oxford Police Department stopped a black Dodge Charger for no headlights leaving the square. Officers conducted a search of the vehicle...
View ArticleAlabama SBI Investigating Shooting Death Of Vernon Boy
VERNON, Ala. (WCBI) – The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting death of a Vernon boy. SBI says the 12 year-old was shot at a residence on 4th Street Southwest sometime...
View ArticleTwo Town Officials Arrested For Embezzlement
ECRU, Miss. (WCBI)- In the small town of Ecru, City Clerk, Gretchin Moody, and former Chief of Police, Paul Martin Blaylock, were arrested today, September 12, on charges of embezzling nearly half a...
View ArticleWanted Sex Offender Captured In Union County
UNION COUNTY, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE)- Wanted Sex Offender, Michael Steve Wilder has been captured. Earlier today Wilder turned himself in after contacting US Marshals and turning himself in to them in...
View ArticleWinston Shooting Suspect Identified
Lance Earnest Lance Earnest WINSTON COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Winston County investigators release the name of a suspect from a weekend shooting. Lance Earnest, 31, is accused of shooting a security guard...
View ArticleVIDEO: Investigation Uncovers Alleged Embezzlement
ECRU, Miss. (WCBI) – Investigators from the state auditor’s office have been in Ecru, unraveling an alleged web of corruption that had been going on for nearly four years. The charges come as a shock...
View ArticlePossession Of Meth Arrest In Itawamba County
ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE)- On September 7, 2017 deputies with the Itawamba Sheriff’s Department arrested Charles Darby, age 46 of Nettleton, for possession of meth and an MDOC warrant....
View ArticleFormer Macon Officer Sentenced
Darold Keith Mitchell MACON, Miss. (WCBI) – A former Macon police officer was sentenced on Wednesday in Noxubee County Circuit Court. A Mississippi Attorney General’s office spokesperson says Darold...
View ArticleFormer Police Officer’s Lawsuit Against City Reaches Settlement
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- The City of Columbus and former police officer Canyon Boykin reach a settlement in a wrongful terminate lawsuit. Court documents show the civil lawsuit was dismissed by reason...
View ArticleSuspected Child Molester Out On Bond
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- A former Lowndes County resident facing a child sex crime charge is out on bond. 45 year-old Scott Edward Sudduth is charged with molesting-touching a child for lustful...
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