News Briefs From Across The State
Toddler came out to greet mother
An accident in Laurel on April 30 has claimed the life of a 2-year-old girl leaving a Jones County family devastated.
Authorities said the mother was coming home from shopping and pulled into her driveway on Old Amy Road when the toddler ran out to greet her. Police said the mother apparently didn’t see the child and ran over her.
The girl was pronounced dead at the scene. No names have been released.
Man faces murder charge in shooting
A Corinth man now faces murder charges after he allegedly shot another man in the chest. Corinth Police Chief David Lancaster said the altercation occurred about 1 a.m., Saturday, April 28, during a party at the American Legion building on South Tate Street.
Lancaster said Norman Tyrone Mitchell, 36, followed Tavarus Holland, 29, outside and allegedly shot him. Officers tried to resuscitate Holland until paramedics arrived, but he died shortly afterward at Magnolia Regional Medical Center.
Lancaster said good police work led to authorities apprehending Mitchell before noon that Saturday, WTVA reported.
“The case remains under investigation,” Lancaster said. “I can’t release [motive] details yet. We still have a lot of statements to take.”
Lancaster said Mitchell is currently on probation and will also face charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Mitchell’s bond was set at $500,000.
Cocaine in jail leads to arrests
Three men face charges after authorities say they found cocaine in the Lee County Adult Detention Center. Sheriff Jim Johnson says Kim Merritt, 41, of Verona, Julian McGaughy, 36, of Baldwyn, and Andrago Gaston, 26, of Tupelo were arrested Friday afternoon.
Johnson says detention officers were notified some inmates were in possession of illegal drugs and conducted a search. He says officers found the cocaine during a search of the inmate housing unit.
Merritt is charged with possession of cocaine inside a correctional facility and introduction of cocaine into a correctional facility. Gaston is charged with introduction of cocaine into a correctional facility and McGaughy is charged with possession of cocaine inside a correctional facility.
No injuries from Gautier school bus accident
A bus carrying 15 elementary school children was in an accident, but everyone was reportedly okay.
Pascagoula School District Spokeswoman Debbie Anglin told WLOX News the accident involved a Gautier school bus and a car. It happened shortly after 3pm at the corner of Grand View Drive and Martin Bluff Road on April 30.
Fifteen students from Martin Bluff Elementary School were headed home, but there were no apparent injuries.
Authorities said who caused the accident is still under investigation.
Judge won’t throw out evidence in pain pill probe
A federal judge has refused to throw out evidence found in a south Mississippi casino hotel room as part of a prescription pain pill investigation.
Attorney Joe Holloman asked U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to suppress evidence gathered when police arrested Gail Owens and Charles MacGeorge at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi on Dec. 1, 2010.
Court records say police were working with information from an informant when they found more than 374 pain pills in the room, including oxycodone.
Holloman argued the search was improper.
Ozerden ruled last week that the search was legal and will allow the evidence.
Trial is set for May 14. MacGeorge and Owens have pleaded not guilty.
Holloman didn’t immediately respond to a message Sunday
5 arrested after authorities find meth lab in car and hotel room
Three hotel rooms in Oceans Springs have been condemned after authorities discovered a meth lab in one of the rooms and one meth lab in a car on Saturday, April 14 officials said.
Five people were arrested in connection with the meth labs.
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