Bond $100,000 for teen in robbery

Published 12:00 am Thursday, December 24, 2009

A $100,000 bond was set Wednesday for a Vicksburg teen accused of robbing a convenience store and its three clerks at gunpoint.

Richard Smith, 19, 502 Bowmar Ave., was arrested by Vicksburg police Tuesday and booked into the Warren County Jail Wednesday.

He also was being held for $1,243.89 in fines owed to the city.

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Smith is accused of using a shotgun to break glass to get into Mac’s Gas, 1921 Drummond St., Monday night with three clerks inside.

No one was injured.

City man charged with assault, violence

A Vicksbrug man was arrested Wednesday on charges of simple assault and domestic violence, third offense, and was being held in the Warren County Jail this morning with a $5,000 bond.

Laurence D. Reed Sr., 33, 2604 Yerger St., was arrested by Vicksburg police.

Smoke damages home on Kendra

Heavy smoke from a kitchen fire forced a Vicksburg woman from her home Tuesday.

Flames ignited on the stove when Lola Webster, 118 Kendra Drive, stepped away from her kitchen while she was cooking at about 2:42 a.m., Vicksburg Deputy Fire Chief Mark Hales said.

“I would say the house was uninhabitable from the smoke damage,” said Hales, adding stove fires that are not caused by grease generally produce a lot of smoke due to the low heat and slow burn.

The blaze was contained to the kitchen.

Webster was not reported injured.

California woman held in Warren jail

A California woman was in the Warren County Jail for violating probation, records showed.

Kimberly McCarty, 36, 1390 Santa Alicia, in Chula Vista was arrested Wednesday afternoon and being held without bond.