What started as a traffic stop in Mantachie for littering ended in drug charges for two women. Tishunda Leigh Foster, 32, of Tupelo, and Rhonda Jane Smith, 50, of Baldwyn, were arrested by investigators with the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Department, Wednesday, and each charged possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell. The charges were enhanced […]
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Fulton police have arrested a Tupelo man for allegedly attempting to burglarize the American Legion building. On Friday, Chris Shumpert, 36, of Tupelo was charged with two counts of attempted burglary of a commercial building. He is accused of a Dec. 23 attempt to break into the Itawamba County American Legion Post 51 and the […]
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A Booneville man has been charged in connection with a string of Itawamba County burglaries dating back to the fall. Investigators with the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Department have charged Bradley Russell Wilson, 33, with four counts burglary of a commercial building, one count of burglary of a dwelling and a count of petty larceny for […]
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Local officials are trying to get the jump on potential phone scam before it hits Itawamba County. The scam apparently involves a caller claiming to be from the district attorney’s office. The caller says he has a warrant out for the potential victim’s arrest, but he or she can make a payment over the phone […]
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Fulton police have raided a house in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation. On Tuesday, police executed a search warrant at the house at 310 Witt Street for alleged illegal drug activity. Officials say a felony amount of crystal methamphetamine was found inside the house. Three people were taken into custody for questioning, although no […]
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A judge has dismissed the charges on a Fulton police officer accused of attempting to strangle the mother of his child. Orlando Gates, 27, was cleared of aggravated assault charges and his case retired by Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Gardner III during a hearing in late January. He was indicted in November for allegedly […]
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A Fulton man is behind bars after allegedly threatening to kill a Tremont resident, resulting in a brief lockdown at Tremont Attendance Center on Friday. Officials with the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Department say Kevin Dewayne Steele, 43, of 525 Beans Ferry Road, Fulton, was arrested after attempting to use a 9mm handgun to coerce an […]
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The search continues for a Fulton woman who has been missing since the beginning of February, or possibly earlier. Officials with the Fulton Police Department are still hunting the whereabouts of Deborah Evans-Bell, who was reported missing by her husband on Feb. 8. Bell is in her mid-50s and a resident of East Hill […]
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Authorities are investigating weekend vandalism that’s caused damage to the Itawamba County Pratt Memorial Library. Survelliance footage taken inside the library’s back hallway, which connects to downtown Fulton’s Playgarden Park via a set of double doors, shows multiple suspects entering the bathroom at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday and exiting together a few minutes later. The […]
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Authorities have arrested a juvenile believed to be responsible for last weekend’s flooding of the Fulton library. Officials with the Fulton Police Department said a juvenile was arrested on March 8 and charged with malicious mischief in connection with the vandalism. The case has been turned over to the Itawamba County Youth Court. The suspect, whose […]
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The Itawamba County Sheriff’s Department is increasing its efforts to clean up the county … in this case, literally (or, litter-ally). Spurred by recent complaints that portions of the county are drowning in roadside trash, Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickinson said he’s increased the amount of time prisoners spend each week picking up trash. A […]
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An erroneous report of a firearm on campus resulted in a brief lockdown at Mantachie High School, Thursday morning. Traffic in and out of the campus and among classrooms was partially halted for approximately 30 minutes around 10 a.m. this morning after a student reported that a classmate may have been in possession of […]
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Local investigators believe they have broken up a large theft ring responsible for crimes in both Mississippi and Alabama. Officials with the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Department, working in conjunction with law enforcement officials in Monroe County and Alabama’s Franklin and Marion counties, have arrested and charged eight people in connection with what they say has […]
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An Alabama man wanted for attempting to murder his wife via a booby trap was arrested in Fulton, Thursday. Law enforcement authorities arrested Clinton Poores, 43, of Alabama, just after 5 p.m. on June 2 at the Countryside Manor apartments in Fulton. Poores was being hunted by law enforcement officers in both Mississippi and Alabama […]
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By ADAM ARMOUR News Coordinator Deputies in Webster County have arrested a Mantachie man allegedly caught in the process of burglarizing a home. Brandon Garrett, 22, of 1055 Fawn Grove Road, was arrested in Eupora on Sept. 2 after reportedly entering into an altercation with the owner of a home he was in the process […]
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By WILLIAM MOORE Daily Journal FULTON – Joshua Clark was found guilty of second degree murder last month but he will have to wait a little longer to learn his future. Clark was scheduled to be sentenced Thursday morning but Circuit Court Judge Thomas Gardner postponed sentencing indefinitely while considering several motions and some new […]
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By ADAM ARMOUR News Coordinator Investigators in Itawamba County say they’re currently conducting interviews and gathering information into potentially criminal behavior by Mantachie High School’s former band director. On Wednesday, Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickinson said an allegation of inappropriate conduct with a former student via social media resulted in Tuesday’s termination of Josh Robinson […]
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By ADAM ARMOUR News Coordinator Bond has been set for a former high school band director accused of having sex with one of his students. On Monday, Itawamba County Justice Court Judge Harold Holcomb set the bond for Joshua Robinson at $60,000. Robinson has been charged with sexual assault and enticement. Itawamba law enforcement officials […]
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By ADAM ARMOUR News Coordinator One of a group of five individuals charged with capital murder for shooting a Mantachie man has pleaded to a lesser charge. Tonisha A. Johnson, 20, of Tupelo entered a guilty before Judge Thomas Gardner III to armed robbery using a deadly weapon, during Itawamba County Circuit Court’s September session. […]
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FULTON – A Texas man in a high-powered sports car led law enforcement on a chase through Itawamba and Lee counties before being stopped at the Prentiss County line. A Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop a westbound 2016 Dodge Challenger Hellcat on Interstate 22 near the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway around 3:50 p.m. Monday for […]
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