News Briefs From Across The State
Teens will be charged as adults
A grandmother checking her granddaughter’s text messages led to the arrest of four Jackson teenagers. Authorities said Darios Washington, 15, Jamez Rogers, 16, Nicholas Watson, 17, and Ontario Williams, 15, will be charged as adults for having oral sexual encounters with the woman’s 11-year old granddaughter.
Jackson police said the girl admitted that she had oral sex with the four teenage boys several times, with the first occurrence taking place on Oct. 29 at the Christ Missionary and Industrial College.
Authorities said the girl’s grandmother was going through the child’s cell phone when she found several obscene and vulgar text messages.
42 arrested in Greenwood drug round up
Greenwood police have arrested 42 people in what they’re calling “Operation Street Corner.” The suspects were arrested after a six-month long investigation by police. At least four vehicles and an undisclosed amount of cash was also confiscated during the round up.
Greenwood Police Chief Henry Purnell said they are determined to get “drugs off the streets,” and they expect to arrest at least 20 more people.
“We just had so many warrants,” Purnell said. “About 86, so we had to go ahead and start serving them and some of the suspects had at least four or five charges each. So our investigation is still going on.”
Greenwood is working with several other state-wide law enforcement agencies in this undercover operation.
Rescuers search river for missing Arkansas man
Rescuers are still looking for an Arkansas man presumed drowned after he went fishing near the Mississippi River. Davis Lawson, 50, was declared missing on Nov. 13, and his boat was later found floating down the Mississippi River.
An abandoned truck was found at Quapaw Landing which they believe belongs to Lawson.
Authorities believe Lawson went fishing and brought his boat up to a sandbar, WABG reported. Footprints also led investigators to believe that Lawson’s boat slipped back into the water and when Lawson ran back to the water to get it, he fell into the river.
Officials also said Lawson recently underwent heart surgery.
Ex-boyfriend possible suspect in Leland house fire
A Leland woman told police that her ex-boyfriend broke into her home, stole her car keys and her car and then set the residence on fire. Deidra Simmons said during the night of Nov. 12, he ex broke into the home she now shares with her current boyfriend, Anthony Gray, and stole her car keys and Gray’s car keys.
Simmons said her ex then stole both cars, a 1994 green Toyota Camry and a 1992 green Pontiac Bonneville, and set the house on fire.
Leland Police are investigating the incident and the fire department is looking into the cause of the blaze before they officially name the man as a suspect.
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