Pickup gets stripped

Published 6:44 pm Wednesday, February 21, 2018

A 1967 Chevrolet C-10 pickup parked behind the Mobil 1 Lube Express, 4326 U.S. 61 South, was stripped of parts sometime Monday night, Vicksburg police Sgt. Johnnie Edwards said.

He said employees at the business reported the theft about 8:07 a.m. Tuesday. Taken from the truck were a passenger side door, radiator and fan assembly, dash, radio and door speakers, a tailgate and taillight covers.

In other cases:

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• Shots were reported fired about 10:07 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Sky Farm Avenue and Maulding Drive.

• Shots were reported fired about 8:24 p.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of Forest Street.

• Shots were reported fired about 9:38 a.m. in the 1800 block of Sky Farm Avenue.

Police made the following arrests Tuesday:

• Warrants were served on Stephanie Margaret Merritt, 35, 1820 Clay St.

• Roy Daniel Davis, 55, 1416 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., was arrested about 2:46 p.m. in the 1500 block of Washington Street on a charge of possession of an open container of alcohol.

• George Lee Miller, 54, 1307 1/2 Lane St., was arrested about 5:45 p.m. in the 1500 block of Lane Street on two counts of contempt of court. He was also served with warrants.

• Tommy Lee Ames, 25, 260 Ironwood Drive, was arrested about 8:14 p.m. at the intersection of East Clay Street and Berryman Road on charges of resisting arrest, having no lights operating and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.

Zachary Bernard Blackmore, 22, 1116 Randolph St., was arrested about 8:50 p.m. on two counts of contempt of court, seatbelt violation, no proof of insurance and driving with an expired license.

• Patrick Lamond Hall, 36, 1042 Meadows St., was arrested about 10:38 p.m. on charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

• Della Judge Richardson, 59, 410 Lake Hill Drive A-7, was arrested about 6 p.m. Friday on a charge of contempt of court. She was also served with warrants.

• Jennifer Nicole Knight, 42, 612 LaSalle St., Tallulah, Louisiana, was arrested about 5:32 p.m. Friday in the 2100 block of Iowa Boulevard on a charge of first-offense shoplifting.

• Michael James Thomas Jr., 29, 102 Elm Drive, was arrested about 9:57 a.m. Friday on a charge of contempt of court.