CRIME & ACCIDENT * From Staff Reports

One of two women injured Saturday night by a hit-and-run vehicle as they attempted to cross Mulberry Street remained in a Jackson hospital this morning.

Yvonne Riley, 51, 226 Greenbriar Drive, was taken to River Region Medical Center and transferred to University Medical Center, where her condition was reported to be fair this morning, a hospital spokesman said.

Her companion, Linda Stewart, 49, 300 Gregory Lane, was treated and released from River Region.

The women had left Horizon casino at about 9:30 p.m. and were headed to the parking garage when they were hit, Vicksburg police Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

James Hall, 49, 4729 Gibson Road, was arrested Sunday at 3 a.m. and charged with leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a suspended driver’s license and driving with no insurance.

He was released on bond Sunday.

Charges against Hall were upgraded from misdemeanor to felony Tuesday because of Riley’s condition, Stewart said.

Hall was arrested for the second time this morning at 9:05 in the 1700 block of North Washington Street and was in jail awaiting his arraignment hearing, Stewart said.

Fighting sticks, guns, sword missing on Spring

Two guns valued at $1,300, multiple Samurai swords valued at $6,000, African fighting sticks, value unknown, and a watch valued at $60 were reported stolen Tuesday at 5:29 p.m. in the 1300 block of Spring Street, Vicksburg police crime analyst Suzan Ebeling said.

Two of five nabbed in Wal-Mart check scam

A Vicksburg man and a Natchez woman were arrested Tuesday after they attempted to cash counterfeit checks at Wal-Mart’s Money Center, 2150 Iowa Blvd, Vicksburg police crime analyst Suzan Ebeling said.

Edwin Jones, 19, 320 Fisher Ferry Road, and Sophie Williams, 35, 719 Smith Lane, Natchez, were taken into custody at 12:11 p.m. and charged with uttering a forgery and possession of counterfeit objects.

The police were called after the clerk at the Money Center became suspicious when the pair attempted to cash the checks, which were designed to look like paychecks from the Piccadilly restaurant in McComb, because three others had cashed identical checks minutes before.

Copies of the checks have been obtained and it is believed all suspects endorsed them with their real names, causing police to believe they will be able to find the other three quickly, Ebeling said.

Jones’ bond was set at $15,000 and Williams’ was set at $30,000; both remained in jail this morning.

Vicksburg man jailed after crack bag tossed

A Vicksburg man was arrested for possession of crack cocaine after police witnessed him pull a bag filled with the substance from his pocket and toss it to the ground, Vicksburg police crime analyst Suzan Ebeling said.

Lee Newsome, 30, 1205 Prospect St., was arrested Tuesday at 6:34 p.m. in the 1100 block of Bowmar Avenue.

Newsome was being held without bond for the Mississippi Department of Corrections for a parole violation, Ebling said.

City man jailed, sent to Hinds in shooting

A Vicksburg man wanted in a Hinds County shooting into an occupied dwelling was arrested in the city Tuesday.

Marcus Robinson, 20, 212 Overlook Drive, was arrested at 1:05 p.m. at his place of employment, Wal-Mart SuperCenter, 2150 Iowa Blvd., by Vicksburg police and was transferred to Hinds County.

He faces charges of aggravated assault and shooting into an occupied dwelling.

No details of the shooting were available.

Man inquires about tires, ties up 2, steals $3,000

A man asking about buying tires is accused of pulling a gun, tying up two employees of a Vicksburg towing company and getting away with about $3,000 and a cell phone.

Vicksburg police crime analyst Suzan Ebeling reported the victims said the suspect, who said he had a vendetta against one of them, ordered them to lie on the floor before tying them up.

Described as a black male in his mid-30s and wearing a white cap, white shirt, blue jeans, boots and sunglasses, the suspect left in an unidentified vehicle.

The victims, however, said it may have been a Dodge Intrepid because that was the model he mentioned when inquiring about tires.

The armed robbery was reported at 10:23 a.m. Tuesday at Thomas’ Towing, 2100 N. Washington St.

The victims said they did not know the suspect.

Woman says car taken; vehicle found burning

An abandoned car found burning on Mississippi 27 late Tuesday night reportedly had been carjacked about five hours earlier, authorities said.

The black Ford Taurus belonged to the mother-in-law of a Fayette woman who told Vicksburg police she was forced to walk to the Mississippi Welcome Center on Warrenton Road after being forced at gunpoint to give up the car on the side of Interstate 20.

She said she was westbound on I-20 when two men, 15 to 17 years old, drove up behind her and flashed their lights, prompting her to pull off the road.

They pulled a gun and physically fought with her, she said, forcing her to leave the vehicle. She then walked to the welcome center for aid.

The car was found burning at about 11 p.m.