A Vicksburg man was in the Warren County Jail Thursday for sexual contact with three children.

Michael Hart, 46, 1163 Standard Hill Road, was arrested near his home at about 8 a.m. Thursday and charged with three counts of sexual battery which reportedly occurred more than a year ago in Warren County, said Sheriff Martin Pace.

Pace would not release any more details on the case.

Hart was released on a $5,000 bond.

City man charged with eluding, cocaine

A Vicksburg man was at the Vicksburg Police Department this morning, charged with running away from police during a traffic stop more than a month ago.

Chauncy Rankin, 19, 2991 N. Washington St., was arrested at 9:45 p.m. Thursday during a police safety checkpoint at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Denmans Alley. He was charged with felony eluding for the March 2 incident and possession of cocaine, said Lt. Bobby Stewart.

Rankin was issued a warrant for his arrest stemming from the March 2 traffic stop on Mississippi 27, in which he fled police by jumping out of his vehicle and running into the woods, said Stewart.

During his arrest Thursday, police recovered about 2 grams of cocaine after a body search, said Stewart.

He was being held without bond.

Jeans, chips, cigs hot in burglaries

Three business burglaries were reported in the city early this morning and Thursday night.

* Twelve pairs of Fourcast jeans valued at $10 each and 19 pairs of GV jeans valued at $20 each were reported missing at 10:35 p.m. from Honeyz Scentz and Fashionz, 3427 Halls Ferry Road. This was the second business burglary reported at the shop in less than a month.

* Assorted bags of chips valued at $100 and $250 worth of Newport cigarettes were reported missing at 12:56 a.m. from the BP gas station, 3595 U.S. 61 South.

* Five cartons of Newport cigarettes valued at $200 were reported missing at 2:41 a.m. from the Chevron gas station, 4306 Halls Ferry Road.

Video games, console missing on Drummond

A residential burglary was reported at 12:21 p.m. Thursday, in which about $500 in Sony PlayStation 3 video games and a game console valued at $450 were reported missing from a home in the 3000 block of Drummond Street.

Navigation system, car are missing

An auto burglary was reported at 11:44 a.m. Thursday in the city, in which a navigation system valued at $2,000 was reported missing from a 2009 Chevy Tahoe in the 2300 block of North Frontage Road.

Separately, an auto theft was reported at 4:32 this morning from the Wal-Mart SuperCenter, 2150 Iowa Blvd., in which a 2000 Oldsmobile Alero valued at $4,000, unknown tag, was reported missing.