A man suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body, with her limbs amputated, in Louisiana three years ago has been arrested. US Marshals tracked down Carl Tates, 61, in Madison County, Mississippi, on September 7, an affidavit filed in the case said. He’s being held without bond on a fugitive warrant from Texas, …
A Mississippi man who stole a plane earlier this month and threatened to crash it into a Walmart appeared in federal court on Wednesday to face charges of destruction of an aircraft and threats involving the destruction of an aircraft. Cory Wayne Patterson, 29, was charged in state court with grand larceny and making terroristic …
A Mississippi man has been jailed for allegedly shooting his girlfriend and her parents on Sunday. Deon Woods, 32, has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of domestic violence-aggravated assault, WLOX reported. Deputies arrived on the scene in Long Beach Sunday evening and found the three victims with gunshot wounds. …
A Mississippi aviation employee is being charged with grand theft and making terroristic threats after he stole an airplane from Tupelo Regional Airport and threatened to crash it into a Walmart on Sunday. Lee County Sheriff John Quaka said that the FBI is considering “four or five” more charges for Cory Patterson, 29, a lineman …
An inmate serving a life sentence for rape escaped an Arkansas prison on Friday, apparently with the help of his mother and sister. According to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Samuel Hartman fled a work detail in a field near the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys. He and an unnamed accomplice reportedly fired on …
A Mississippi woman was arrested last week after she intentionally ran over her own 6-year-old child with her car. A local hospital called Hattiesburg Police when the child was brought in for treatment at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, WDAM reported. The child’s father also incurred minor injuries in the incident, which police deemed a …
A Mississippi grand jury has indicted a man for the murder of an ex-state lawmaker who was shot to death while doing yard work at a mobile home where her sister-in-law died. Former State Rep. Ashley Henley, 40, was shot in the back of the head in June 2021 as she was mowing the grass …
A Mississippi teenager dove into the Pascagoula River early Sunday and helped rescue three girls after their car went off the boat launch into the river. Corion Evans, 16, also helped rescue a police officer who’d responded to the situation but was pushed underwater when the girl he was helping panicked. City of Moss Point …
A Texas man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her friend was arrested in Mississippi Thursday morning after a police chase. Kentrell Brumfield faces murder and aggravated assault charges in the shootings of Lioneicia Malveaux, his former girlfriend, and her friend Brittani Simmons at Malveaux’s apartment, KHOU reported. According to court documents Brumfield was …
Police in Mississippi arrested a woman and charged her with felony child neglect after her 2-month-old son was found dead in a Clinton hotel. Clinton police were called to the Econo Lodge on Tuesday where they found the baby, WAPT reported. The child’s mother, 34-year-old Darla Luke, was arrested and ordered held on a $25,000 …
A Mississippi teen was jailed on a murder charge Saturday, just hours after he graduated from high school. Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said Justin Robert Coggins, 18, is believed to have shot 33-year-old Dustin Hoffpauir to death during a domestic dispute. WTVA reported that deputies received the call about a shooting at about 7 …
A Mississippi woman was charged with capital murder on Saturday after her 8-week-old infant died. The infant, Khalysie Lashay Jolley, was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Mississippi in Jackson Thursday afternoon after Pearl police responded to a call about a woman who “repeatedly and forcibly” threw a baby on the road, according to WJTV. The …
