The Mississippi Link Newswire
Officers from several law enforcement agencies are searching an area of south Jackson for a man wanted in Georgia. Authorities are looking for 35-year-old Wesley Walton of Naylor, Georgia. Walton is wanted on felony vehicle theft charges. Walton is described as a white male, five feet, ten inches tall, weighing 190 pounds with brown eyes and hair. The search area is a wooded area north of TV Road off Highway 18 in southwest Jackson. If anyone has information regarding the whereabouts of Wesley Walton contact the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation at 601-987-1530.Walton was sighted today about 11:00 a.m. by a US Marshal’s task force. Officers discovered Walton was in a stolen Ford pick-up truck. The officers attempted to talk with Walton and Walton attempted to run over them with the truck. One officer discharged his weapon in an attempt to stop the vehicle blowing out two of the truck’s tires. Walton abandoned the vehicle and fled into the woods.
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