Pair wanted after leading officers on car chase

Published 8:00 pm Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Warren County authorities are looking for two men who led sheriff’s investigators on a chase before driving their vehicle into a heavily wooded area and fleeing on foot Wednesday, Sheriff Martin Pace said.

He said the chase began about 10:11 a.m. when investigators went to a home off Standard Hill Road to serve a warrant on a burglary suspect, who was sitting in a blue Chevrolet Blazer with another man when the investigators pulled up to the house.

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As the investigators pulled up, the men in the Blazer left at high rate of speed, starting a chase that went from Standard Hill Road to North Washington Street, then on Chickasaw Road to the intersection of Chickasaw and Long Lake Road, where they drove through a field and into a heavily wooded area, where the SUV became stuck and the men left on foot.

The investigators were unable to follow the men in their vehicles.

Pace said extra manpower was called, including a Vicksburg Police Department K-9, to help search the area.

In other cases:

• Quincy Ladell Williams, 41, was charged with burglary after Vicksburg police responding to a burglar alarm about 3:33 a.m. Wednesday at the Top 5 Food Mart at the corner of Bowmar and Drummond streets arrived to find him inside a cooler in the store. He is accused of stealing money and cigars from the store.

He was being held in the Warren County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.

• Matthew Ray Bardwell, 35, was arrested Tuesday and charged with the July 9 armed robbery of Petsense. He was being held in the Warren County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bond.

• Four 20-inch tires and rims valued at $3,500 were reported stolen Tuesday about 7:27 a.m. from a 2016 Ford Explorer on the lot of George Carr Buick GMC.

• A traffic stop or a broken headlight led to the arrest of a Pattison teen for receiving stolen property.

James Keyante Hill, 18, was arrested after a records check during the stop indicated the 1998 Chevrolet 1500 pickup he was driving had been reported stolen in Georgia in 2015.

He was released on $1,000 bond.

• Tommy Lee Wright, 47, was arrested at the Vicksburg Police Department on a charge of credit card fraud. He was released on $25,000 bond.

About John Surratt

John Surratt is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in general studies. He has worked as an editor, reporter and photographer for newspapers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post staff since 2011 and covers city government. He and his wife attend St. Paul Catholic Church and he is a member of the Port City Kiwanis Club.

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