News Briefs From Across The State
Victim was 81-years old
An accident last Monday in Lee County resulted in the death of a Sherman woman. The Mississippi Highway Patrol said Delores Toy was pulling her 1997 Grand Marques from a private driveway on U.S. Highway 145, when she pulled into the path of Joseph Kellum of Shannon.
Kellum, 67, was driving a 1998 Toyota Tacoma and he was headed southbound when the two collided.
Toy was pronounced dead at the scene and Kellum was transported to North Mississippi Medical Center where he was listed in stable condition.
Authorities said Toy was wearing a seatbelt and Kellum, reportedly was not. The accident remains under investigation.
Fugitive arrested in Michigan
A Jackson man sentenced to 80 years in prison for attacking an Iraq war veteran was captured in East Lansing, Michigan. Leo Wales, 20, of Jackson, was wanted for failing to appear for his trial in Hinds County Circuit Court in November 2009, to face charges of aggravated assault and robbery in his alleged attack on Michael Robinson on March 7, 2009.
Wales allegedly shot Robinson while trying to rob him.
Circuit Judge Swan Yerger ruled Wales was in default and the trial proceeded. A jury returned a guilty verdict and an arrest warrant was issued.
Considered a fugitive, Wales was seen last week urinating near the Quality Dairy on Grand River. Authorities attempted to take him into custody and he reportedly resisted arrest having to be tasered after scuffling with officers.
He was returned to Mississippi where he was incarcerated.
Columbus Police to issue arrest warrants for old fines
Anyone with outstanding fines with the Columbus Police Department is urged to “pay up immediately.” The department will begin serving warrants on a regular basis in March on anyone with delinquent court fines.
The department began by purging their rolls, local news reports said, and they initiated an amnesty program whereby anyone with old court fines could come into the station, starting last Monday, pay the fines and have them removed from the books.
Columbus Police Officer Terri Songer told local news stations that “they have to show the citizens they’re serious about this,” and “paying fines is their obligation.”
The amnesty program runs until April 30.
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