Broken jaw jacks up charges against assault suspect

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Charges on a Vicksburg man arrested for simple assault on Feb. 16 were upgraded Monday to aggravated assault.

Shawn Jones, 36, 2804 Halls Ferry Road, was arrested at police headquarters at 8 a.m. because police had found out the victim’s jaw had been broken during the domestic attack, Vicksburg police Sgt. Sandra Williams said.

The victim had been treated and released from River Region Medical Center before she filed charges at police headquarters the same day, Williams said.

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Jones was being held at the police station on an unrelated misdemeanor charge when the assault charge was upgraded, Williams said.

He was in the Warren County Jail today on $15,000 bond.

Guns, duffle bags stolen from camp

Weapons and duffle bags were reported missing from campers Monday at the Highway 61 North Hunting Club, Warren County records showed.

A Ruger stainless steel .22-caliber automatic rifle and two 10-round clips valued at $300 along with a Remington 12-gauge shotgun valued at $900 were reported stolen from the club just north of Oak Ridge Road at 8:07 a.m.

A separate report was filed at the same time and place when another missing duffle bag, a nylon bag, hunting clothes and ammunition valued at $2,500 total were reported stolen.

Three injured in county wrecks

Three Vicksburg people were treated and released from River Region Medical Center following two wrecks Monday afternoon, hospital spokesman Allen Karel said.

The driver, Gary Lick, 59, and Nina Lick, 58, both of 2168 Culkin Road, were in a two-vehicle accident at Mississippi 27 and Clay Street at 1:56 p.m.

The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol did not return calls for wreck details.

Devin Rost, 30, 155 Turner-ville Road, was southbound in the 4400 block of Oak Ridge Road at about 1:30 p.m. when he lost of control of his 1998 Chevrolet pickup, ran off the left side of the road and overturned, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said.

Rost was alone, and no other vehicles were involved, Pace said.