News Briefs From Across The State
Robber forced his way in with a gun
Columbus police said they have a man in custody for the early morning robbery of a McDonald’s. Around 4 a.m., on Friday, May 21, police said 22-year old Jeremy Evans, of Columbus, allegedly forced an employee, at the Alabama Street location, to let him in the back door.
Authorities aid Evans reportedly used a gun in the hold up and demanded money from the employee before leaving through the same door and running away on foot.
Police said Evans was arrested shortly after the robbery.
Man convicted in death of cyclist
A Calhoun County man could get up to 33 years in prison after he was convicted of killing a Dutch cyclist on the Natchez Trace while under the influence of morphine. Wendell Blount, 58, was convicted by a jury in federal court for the death of Esther Hageman.
Court records showed that Hageman, a journalist, was on vacation in Mississippi, when she was hit by Blount’s SUV near Houston, Miss., on April 22, 2009.
Blount said he saw the cyclist in the distance, but was checking his vehicle’s mirrors when he hit her from behind.
WTVA reported the case was heard in federal court because the Natchez Trace is federal property.
Woman bound over for stabbing man to death
The case of a woman who allegedly stabbed a 67-year old man to death in his home will be going before the grand jury. Mary Katherine Patrick, 48, was being held on a $75,000 bond after authorities said she reportedly killed Howard Lee Stingley.
Forest police said Stingley and Patrick had lived together for seven years before the stabbing late last month. Police said the two reportedly argued before Patrick stabbed the victim.
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